Raquel Welch
Acting
- Born:
- 1940-09-05
- Died:
- 2023-02-15
- Place of birth:
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
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
Filmography
Jim Henson Idea Man
Belmondo: The Incorrigible
Hollywood-Diven von ihrer erotischen Seite
Date My Dad
The Fabulous Allan Carr
How to Be a Latin Lover
The Ultimate Legacy
House of Versace
Welcome to the Captain
Forget About It
The Dish on Dolls
Playboy: Celebrity Centerfolds
The Best of So Graham Norton
Playboy: Sex at 24 Frames Per Second
Playboy's 50th Anniversary Celebration
CSI: Miami
8 Simple Rules
The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema
Heart of the Festival
Jim Brown: All-American
Tortilla Soup
Legally Blonde
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre Footprints
The Early Show
Get Bruce!
Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1
Hollywood Squares
What I Did for Love
Chairman of the Board
The View
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen
Spin City
E! True Hollywood Story
Central Park West
Trailer Camp
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Legends in Light: The Photography of George Hurrell
The World of Hammer
Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
Fertile La Toyah Video Magazine #2: The Kinky Issue!
The Flintstones: Hollyrock a Bye Baby
Intimate Portrait
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
Torch Song
Tainted Blood
Night of 100 Stars III
Seinfeld
Trouble in Paradise
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Scandal in a Small Town
Right to Die
Muppet Video: The Kermit and Piggy Story
Night of 100 Stars II
Raquel: Total Beauty and Fitness
Wogan
Champs-Elysées
Of Muppets & Men
Entertainment Tonight
Wetten, dass..?
Electric Blue 005
From Raquel with Love
The Legend of Walks Far Woman
The Muppets Go Hollywood
Mickey's 50
Mork & Mindy
Animal
The Prince and the Pauper
The Muppet Show
Mother, Jugs & Speed
Donny & Marie
Saturday Night Live
Rona Looks at Raquel, Liza, Cher and Ann-Margret
People's Choice Awards
The Wild Party
Cher
Système 2
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
The Four Musketeers
Dinah!
Really, Raquel
The Three Musketeers
The Last of Sheila
1,000,000 A.D. Promo Reel
Bluebeard
Kansas City Bomber
Fuzz
Film '72
Hannie Caulder
V.I.P. Schaukel
Sin
Myra Breckinridge
Raquel!
Will the Real Mr Sellers.....?
The Magic Christian
Flareup
Bracken's World
100 Rifles
Lady in Cement
The Dick Cavett Show
Bandolero!
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
The Biggest Bundle of Them All
Bedazzled
Fathom
One Pair of Eyes
The Oldest Profession
Lionpower from MGM
One Million Years B.C.
Shoot Loud, Louder... I Don't Understand
Fantastic Voyage
Salvador Dalí's Fantastic Dream
The Queens
Do Not Disturb
A Swingin' Summer
Roustabout
The Baileys of Balboa
Bewitched
Shindig!
Wendy and Me
A House Is Not a Home
McHale's Navy
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Virginian
The Mike Douglas Show
Tony Awards
The Oscars
Today
The Bob Hope Show
What's My Line?
Golden Globe Awards