Kate Jackson Biography

Fast Facts

• Former model for Max Factor and Revlon
• Worked as a tour guide at NBC
• First acting break came on the soap opera Dark Shadows in 1970; she played a ghost named Daphne Harridge
• Acted in both the original version of Satan's School for Girls (1973) and the 2000 remake (which starred Shannen Doherty)
• First of the Charlie's Angels to be cast in the '70s series
• Reluctantly declined the Meryl Streep role in 1979's Kramer vs
• Kramer because of scheduling conflicts with Charlie's Angels
• Battled breast cancer in 1987 and 1989, and had open-heart surgery in 1995 for a genetic defect involving a tiny hole in her heart
• Was awarded the Power of Love award by the American Heart Association in 2003 for her efforts to spread awareness about breast cancer and heart defects