Jaclyn Smith’s Quotes About Farrah Fawcett Friendship

Charlie’s Angels costars Jaclyn Smith and Farrah Fawcett only shared the screen for one season of the hit ABC crime drama, but their friendship went far beyond that. The pair grew closer together after Fawcett was diagnosed with cancer in 2006, three years before her death at the age of 62.

Jaclyn and Fawcett were cast together on Charlie’s Angels along with Kate Jackson in 1976. Fawcett left the show the following year after earning her first Golden Globe nomination for her portrayal of Jill Munroe. Jaclyn reflected on how much the series impacted each of their careers during a June 2019 interview with People.

“It changed our lives. We were sorta like rock stars. When we went to Hawaii for the season opener, we had guards around the clock,” the mom of two said. “We all went on to do our thing, but the power of Charlie’s Angels — it helped define who we were and where we went.”

Fawcett returned as a guest star during the third and fourth seasons of the series. She also snagged roles in 1978’s Somebody Killed Her Husband, 1979’s An Almost Perfect Affair and 1981’s Murder in Texas. In 1997 at the age of 50, the model appeared in a top-selling pictorial for Playboy. In 2002, she joined the CBS series The Guardian for a four-episode arc that earned her an Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series.

Jaclyn, on the other hand, was the only member of the show’s original trio to star in all five seasons until it came to an end in 1981. The television star continued to snag roles in popular primetime series and films. She starred in two seasons of The District in the early 2000’s and hosted the reality competition series Shear Genius.

Fawcett received her devastating anal cancer diagnosis in 2006. Her good friend, Alana Stewart, documented the Harry O star’s cancer battle and treatment on camera, which later became part of the documentary Farrah’s Story. In the final years of her life, Fawcett spent time with those closest to her, longtime love Ryan O’Neal, their son Redmond O’Neal and her friends. The television icon died on June 25, 2009. Jaclyn was deeply devastated by her friend’s passing.

“She always thought that she would get well. I saw the best of Farrah at the end,” the Range of Angels actress told ABC News in July 2019. “I saw a person that just fought for life and fought to be here for her family, her loved ones.”

Keep scrolling to see Jaclyn’s most touching quotes about her friendship with her late costar.

On Her Favorite Memories

Jaclyn welcomed her son, Gaston Richmond, with her third ex-husband, Tony Richmond, in 1982. Fawcett was the first of her famous friends to come visit. It was impossible for her to pick just one favorite memory with her late friend during a September 2019 interview with Closer, but the arrival of her son stuck out to her.

“There’s so many. When she came to see me after my son was born in the hospital,” Jaclyn said. “The first one, first girlfriend to visit. Yeah. She said some funny things and Ryan was waiting downstairs. She wanted it just to be us.”

On Sharing Laughs

Jaclyn shared many funny on-set moments with her costars, but one stood out to her among the rest.

“There was a show where I was crazy and I was hallucinating and we were in a car and almost wrecked us,” the Golden Globe nominee told Closer. “And we were laughing, and it was about this doll I had, Lilypad, and Beamish and I … Yeah. And her reaction, like, ‘What are you doing? You’re taking this role a little too seriously. You know?’ So, It was fun.”

On Their Final Days Together

Before Fawcett’s death, Jaclyn visited her in Los Angeles. The pair were closer than ever before.

“She was in pain and couldn’t stay still,” Jaclyn told People on the 10th anniversary of Fawcett’s death. “I was rubbing her feet, trying to make her feel better. And that relaxed her. We must have talked for three hours about our lives, about our children, about growing up in Texas. The time I spent with Farrah at the end was the best because we appreciated the friendship.”

On Their Close Bond

Even as she battled the aggressive disease through her final days, Fawcett was determined to persevere.

“Farrah never lost her humor and never lost her hope and never was ‘poor me,’” Jaclyn told The Hollywood Reporter in March 2019. “She did say, ‘I never thought this would happen to me.’ But she never gave up.”