Raquel Welch
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
129
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
The Mike Douglas Show
Seinfeld
Saturday Night Live
Hollywood Squares
Bewitched
Tony Awards
Tony Awards
The View
Golden Globe Awards
Golden Globe Awards
Golden Globe Awards
Golden Globe Awards
Wetten, dass..?
The Virginian
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
Wogan
Champs-Elysées
The Bob Hope Show
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
Intimate Portrait
The Dick Cavett Show
Spin City
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
What's My Line?
Dinah!
McHale's Navy
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
The Oscars
8 Simple Rules
Entertainment Tonight
Legally Blonde
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Today
Mork & Mindy
The Muppet Show
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
Shindig!
Donny & Marie
Système 2
V.I.P. Schaukel
The Last of Sheila
Electric Blue 005
The Oldest Profession
Cher
The Ultimate Legacy
Bracken's World
The Prince and the Pauper
Mother, Jugs & Speed
Animal
The Three Musketeers
Central Park West
Tortilla Soup
Fantastic Voyage
A Swingin' Summer
Of Muppets & Men
Sin
The Biggest Bundle of Them All
The Queens
Wendy and Me
How to Be a Latin Lover
The Early Show
A House Is Not a Home
Flareup
One Million Years B.C.
100 Rifles
Bedazzled
The Magic Christian
The Muppets Go Hollywood
Welcome to the Captain
The Baileys of Balboa
Trouble in Paradise
Mickey's 50
Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Trailer Camp
Hollywood-Diven von ihrer erotischen Seite
Roustabout
The Four Musketeers
Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen
Hannie Caulder
Bluebeard
Night of 100 Stars III
Chairman of the Board
Right to Die
Date My Dad
Tainted Blood
Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1
Shoot Loud, Louder... I Don't Understand
The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema
Jim Brown: All-American
Los Angeles Plays Itself
Fuzz
Legends in Light: The Photography of George Hurrell
Kansas City Bomber
E! True Hollywood Story
Forget About It
Bandolero!
Myra Breckinridge
The Wild Party
Sex at 24 Frames Per Second
The World of Hammer
Fathom
Playboy: Celebrity Centerfolds
Get Bruce!
House of Versace
The Flintstones: Hollyrock a Bye Baby
Do Not Disturb
Night of 100 Stars II
Lt. Dan Band: For the Common Good
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen
The Legend of Walks Far Woman
Lionpower from MGM
What I Did for Love
Lady in Cement
Raquel!
Will the Real Mr Sellers.....?
Fertile La Toyah Video Magazine #2: The Kinky Issue!
Salvador Dalí's Fantastic Dream
Scandal in a Small Town
Rona Looks at Raquel, Liza, Cher and Ann-Margret
Muppet Video: The Kermit and Piggy Story
Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre Footprints
1,000,000 A.D. Promo Reel
Raquel: Total beauty and fitness
Torch Song
Really, Raquel
From Raquel with Love
