The veteran actress revealed what "it's all about" at the 2026 Paley Honors Spring Gala, which she attended alongside costar Kate Jackson
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NEED TO KNOW
- Jaclyn Smith, 80, revealed her unexpected beauty secret at the 2026 Paley Honors Spring Gala
- Smith and Kate Jackson attended the event, which included a celebration of 50 years of Charlie’s Angels
- The new insight from Smith comes ahead of the release of her upcoming memoir, I Once Knew a Guy Named Charlie
Jaclyn Smith has a unique beauty tip for anyone looking to emulate the Charlie's Angels star's glow — and it has nothing to do with skincare, diet or exercise.
On May 14, the 80-year-old actress and her Charlie's Angels costar Kate Jackson attended the 2026 Paley Honors Spring Gala at New York City's The Plaza Hotel. On the red carpet, Fox News asked Smith what her beauty secret is — and she obliged.
Her answer? "Clean living, being loved."
"I have the best family in the whole wide world to grow up with. Great husband, two beautiful children, three granddaughters,” Smith, who has been married to surgeon Brad Allen since 1997, told the outlet at the event.
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“So, it doesn't get better than that,” the TV legend added. “It's all about love, all about family with me.”
Smith later shared snaps from the gala — which included a 50th anniversary salute to the beloved series, which ran from 1976 to 1981 — including some in which she posed alongside Jackson, 77, on Instagram.
“Kate and I were so lucky to attend and accept this on behalf of our Charlie's Angels family, continuing in our celebration of 50 years since the launch of the series,” she wrote alongside the photos, in part. “Grateful doesn't begin to encompass how I feel to have been and continue to be a part of that legacy.”
Jackson and Smith starred alongside the late Farrah Fawcett in the original Charlie's Angels in 1976, before her departure at the end of the first season. Cheryl Ladd later replaced Fawcett in the second season and remained on the show until its 1981 conclusion.
The latest reunion between Jackson and Smith comes just weeks after the duo and Ladd, 74, reunited at PaleyFest's 50th anniversary celebration of the show in Los Angeles on Monday, April 6.
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Smith's newly shared beauty secret, meanwhile, comes as she is preparing to open up further still in the pages of her new book, I Once Knew a Guy Named Charlie.
The Charlie's Angels star previously told PEOPLE why she ultimately decided to write the forthcoming memoir, set to hit bookshelves in September.
“People have often asked me to share behind-the-scenes stories, and in these pages, you will find plenty,” she told PEOPLE. “But there is another goal I had in writing this book. And that is to finally let others see the girl behind the image.”
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The image includes her style icon status — something she embodied during and after her Charlie's Angels days, along with her costars.
At the 2026 Paley Honors Spring Gala, Fox News also asked Smith if she realized she was becoming a style icon while starting out on the now-beloved series, and she replied, "When I was starting out, no."
"But I guess we did pave the way for some glamor and looking at women in a different way,” Smith added of herself and her costars. “We sort of paved that way for new roles for women."
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