Raquel Welch

Known for ActingBorn 1940-09-05Died 2023-02-15Chicago, Illinois, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Raquel!

Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre Footprints

Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1

People's Choice Awards

From Raquel with Love

Mickey's 50

Belmondo: The Incorrigible

Seinfeld

E! True Hollywood Story

Jim Henson Idea Man

Night of 100 Stars II

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

The Muppet Show

CSI: Miami

Right to Die

Wendy and Me

The Baileys of Balboa

Hollywood Squares

Bewitched

V.I.P. Schaukel

Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror

Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood

Bracken's World

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Of Muppets & Men

How to Be a Latin Lover

Spin City

Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen

Donny & Marie

Mork & Mindy

Muppet Video: The Kermit and Piggy Story

Raquel: Total Beauty and Fitness

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

Legally Blonde

8 Simple Rules

Cher

Dinah!

The Last of Sheila

Date My Dad

One Pair of Eyes

Saturday Night Live

Golden Globe Awards

The World of Hammer

Champs-Elysées

Get Bruce!

What's My Line?

The Oscars

The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema