Cast

Raquel Welch

Acting

Cast

Raquel Welch

Known for

Acting

Born

1940-09-05

From

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Died

2023-02-15

Also known as ラクエル・ウェルチ, Jo Raquel Welch, Jo Raquel Tejada

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.

Raquel Welch

Raquel Welch

Biography

Legally Blonde

Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult

Lionpower from MGM

How to Be a Latin Lover

The Three Musketeers

One Million Years B.C.

Flareup

Get Bruce!

Bandolero!

Hollywood Invasion

100 Rifles

Jim Henson Idea Man

Hannie Caulder

The Four Musketeers

Heart of the Festival

Fantastic Voyage

House of Versace

Belmondo: The Incorrigible

Salvador Dalí's Fantastic Dream

Night of 100 Stars II

The Prince and the Pauper

The Magic Christian

Myra Breckinridge

Raquel!

Bluebeard

Do Not Disturb

The Ultimate Legacy

Playboy's 50th Anniversary Celebration

Night of 100 Stars III

Bedazzled

The Last of Sheila

The Muppets Go Hollywood

Chairman of the Board

Sex at 24 Frames Per Second

A House Is Not a Home

Really, Raquel

Mickey's 50

Mother, Jugs & Speed

The Fabulous Allan Carr

The Wild Party

Lady in Cement

Roustabout

Sin

The Oldest Profession

Playboy: Celebrity Centerfolds

Tortilla Soup

From Raquel with Love

Jim Brown: All-American

Kansas City Bomber

The Dish on Dolls

The Flintstones: Hollyrock a Bye Baby

Animal

Fuzz

What I Did for Love

Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror

The Biggest Bundle of Them All

Trouble in Paradise

Forget About It

The Queens

Hollywood-Diven von ihrer erotischen Seite

Scandal in a Small Town

Tainted Blood

Will the Real Mr Sellers.....?

Fathom

Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood

Torch Song

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

Shoot Loud, Louder... I Don't Understand

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

Right to Die

Legends in Light: The Photography of George Hurrell

1,000,000 A.D. Promo Reel

Of Muppets & Men

Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1

Raquel: Total Beauty and Fitness

A Swingin' Summer

Muppet Video: The Kermit and Piggy Story