Raquel Welch
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
130
Gender
Female
Birthday
1940-09-05
Day of death
2023-02-15 (82 years old)
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Raquel Welch
Biography
Jo Raquel Welch (née Tejada; September 5, 1940 – February 15, 2023) was an American actress. Welch first garnered attention for her role in Fantastic Voyage (1966), after which she signed a long-term contract with 20th Century Fox. They lent her contract to the British studio Hammer Film Productions, for whom she made One Million Years B.C. (1966). Although Welch had only three lines of dialogue in the film, images of her in the doe-skin bikini became bestselling posters that turned her into an international sex symbol. She later starred in Bedazzled (1967), Bandolero! (1968), 100 Rifles (1969), Myra Breckinridge (1970), Hannie Caulder (1971), Kansas City Bomber (1972), The Last of Sheila (1973), The Three Musketeers (1973), The Wild Party (1975), and Mother, Jugs & Speed (1976). She made several television variety specials. Through her portrayal of strong female characters, helping her break the mold of the traditional sex symbol, Welch developed a unique film persona that made her an icon of the 1960s and 1970s. Her rise to stardom in the mid-1960s was partly credited with ending Hollywood's vigorous promotion of the blonde bombshell.[1][2][3] Her love scene with Jim Brown in 100 Rifles also made cinematic history with their portrayal of interracial intimacy.[4] She won a Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture Actress in a Musical or Comedy in 1974 for her performance as Constance Bonacieux in The Three Musketeers and reprised the role in its sequel the following year. She was also nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in Television Film for her performance in Right to Die (1987). Her final film was How to Be a Latin Lover (2017). In 1995, Welch was chosen by Empire magazine as one of the "100 Sexiest Stars in Film History". Playboy ranked Welch No. 3 on their "100 Sexiest Stars of the Twentieth Century" list. Description above from the Wikipedia article Raquel Welch, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Seinfeld
CSI: Miami
Saturday Night Live
Bewitched
The Mike Douglas Show
Golden Globe Awards
Golden Globe Awards
Golden Globe Awards
Golden Globe Awards
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
Tony Awards
Tony Awards
The View
Wogan
The Virginian
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
Champs-Elysées
Spin City
The Dick Cavett Show
Dinah!
Intimate Portrait
Wetten, dass..?
The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema
Hollywood Squares
One Million Years B.C.
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
What's My Line?
8 Simple Rules
The Bob Hope Show
Legally Blonde
The Oscars
McHale's Navy
The Muppet Show
Mork & Mindy
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
Entertainment Tonight
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Bluebeard
Donny & Marie
Bedazzled
Shindig!
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
The Queens
V.I.P. Schaukel
Shoot Loud, Louder... I Don't Understand
100 Rifles
Sin
Fuzz
Flareup
Fathom
Today
Bracken's World
Bandolero!
Système 2
Tortilla Soup
The Last of Sheila
Animal
The Three Musketeers
Cher
How to Be a Latin Lover
Mickey's 50
Central Park West
The Oldest Profession
Hannie Caulder
The Muppets Go Hollywood
The Prince and the Pauper
The Four Musketeers
Tainted Blood
Jim Henson Idea Man
The Magic Christian
Kansas City Bomber
Get Bruce!
A House Is Not a Home
Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror
Wendy and Me
The Ultimate Legacy
The World of Hammer
Date My Dad
The Early Show
Night of 100 Stars III
Of Muppets & Men
Trouble in Paradise
Chairman of the Board
The Wild Party
Los Angeles Plays Itself
Mother, Jugs & Speed
A Swingin' Summer
Fantastic Voyage
Legends in Light: The Photography of George Hurrell
Sex at 24 Frames Per Second
Do Not Disturb
The Baileys of Balboa
The Legend of Walks Far Woman
Right to Die
Hollywood-Diven von ihrer erotischen Seite
Jim Brown: All-American
House of Versace
Rona Looks at Raquel, Liza, Cher and Ann-Margret
Forget About It
The Flintstones: Hollyrock a Bye Baby
Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen
Welcome to the Captain
Raquel!
E! True Hollywood Story
What I Did for Love
Myra Breckinridge
Roustabout
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
Lady in Cement
1,000,000 A.D. Promo Reel
Really, Raquel
The Biggest Bundle of Them All
Salvador Dalí's Fantastic Dream
Raquel: Total Beauty and Fitness
Night of 100 Stars II
Fertile La Toyah Video Magazine #2: The Kinky Issue!
Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen
Playboy: Celebrity Centerfolds
From Raquel with Love
Muppet Video: The Kermit and Piggy Story
Electric Blue 005
Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre Footprints
Torch Song
Scandal in a Small Town
Lionpower from MGM
Trailer Camp
Will the Real Mr Sellers.....?
Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1
