Callie Shaw List of The Hardy Boys characters

callie girlfriend of elder hardy boy, frank hardy. first appeared in 1927 in first volume of series, , appeared or mentioned in of following 57 volumes (as of subsequent digest series), never had important role until 1987 , death of best friend iola morton in hardy boys casefiles #1 dead on target. mentioned blonde brown eyes , has tendency start giggling mad no reason.

original series

other being described ‘‘frank s favorite date’’ , ‘‘one of prettiest girls attending bayport high school’’, virginal callie not have much, if any, of role in first 58 books; however, book 59 (night of werewolf) till book 190 (motocross madness), callie made more of modern woman (depending on decade in stories written) , not presented frail woman in stories 1920s 1970s, still retains personality , characteristics of earlier books.

in original books callie lives older cousin pollie shaw, proprietor of beauty parlor in bayport, while parents live in country, sending allowance pay expenses. 1959, lives parents, few blocks away hardys’ home, lives remainder of series, , spin-off series.

casefiles

callie s role increased in casefiles series, following death of iola in book #1, no longer merely frank s date, competitive, brave, young woman, ready assist hardys on cases, whether want or not. working on cases, callie saves hardy brothers, more once, notably in book #8 see no evil , #80 dead of night. hardy boys spend of latter novel mourning her, incorrectly thinking has been slain. in of casefiles, , frank s younger brother, joe seem @ odds, end of series however, along quite well.

undercover brothers

in current hardy boys series callie s role has again been reduced; far 20 books series has appeared once , no longer described frank s girlfriend, ‘‘close friend of hardys’’.

tv portraits

in 1970s tv show, hardy boys/nancy drew mysteries, callie played lisa eilbacher. in show callie works part-time hardy boys dad, fenton hardy (ed gilbert).