“What I do on the screen is not to be equated with what I do in my private life. Privately, I am understated and dislike any hoopla.”
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Raquel Welch
Jo Raquel Welch was an American actress. Welch first gained 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 a doe-skin bikini became…
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entertainment · American actress and model (1940–2023) · television actor · film actor · singer · model · writer · actor · musician · also Raquel Welch, Raquel Tejada, Jo Raquel Welch, Welch
Born 5 September 1940 · Died 15 February 2023 · Q229545
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2026· 3 entries
“I just wanted to clear my reputation and get back to my work, my work in movies”
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The Guardian: Florence Welch’s mother says cuts to arts and humanities ‘absolutely tragic’
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2025· 1 entry
Yahoo: Raquel Welch Was Told to Change Her First Name So She Wouldn't 'Come Off as Being Hispanic'
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2024· 2 entries
Deadline.com: The Raquel Welch Collection Auction Highlighted By Knock-Off Of Her Iconic ‘One Million Years B.C.’ Faux Fur Bikini
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New York Post: Raquel Welch’s iconic ‘One Million Year B.C.’ style bikini up for auction
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2023· 7 entries
Page Six: Emily Ratajkowski, more pay tribute to Raquel Welch in iconic fur bikini
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Los Angeles Times: Some of Raquel Welch’s best films are hard to find. Here’s where you can watch them
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People: Reese Witherspoon, Christopher Meloni, More Stars React to Raquel Welch's Death: 'She Was Elegant'
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Yahoo: Raquel Welch was labeled a sex symbol. But she always knew she was much more than that
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New York Post: Raquel Welch dead at 82: Celebrities and fans pay tribute
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Died 2023-02-15.
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“I was not brought up to be a sex symbol, nor is it in my nature to be one. The fact that I became one is probably the loveliest, most glamorous, and fortunate misunderstanding.”
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2015· 2 entries
Portrayed Miss Sally May Anderson in the television drama The Ultimate Legacy
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Welch attended a gathering for the Republican Jewish Coalition in Beverly Hills
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2014· 1 entry
During an appearance on The O'Reilly Factor, Welch described herself as being on the conservative side, attributing it to her upbringing and her mother's Midwestern values
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2012· 2 entries
And played Aunt Lucia in the 2013 Lifetime original movie House of Versace
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The Film Society of Lincoln Center presented a special retrospective of the films of Welch at the Walter Reade Theater
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2011· 3 entries
On Your World with Neil Cavuto, briefly discussing the conservative candidates choices during political debates for the 2012 election and that she doesn't discuss politics very much in Hollywood
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Welch told Elle magazine she would not remarry
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Time magazine listed Welch's B
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2008· 1 entry
Welch appeared in Welcome to The Captain on CBS, playing a "sultry actress"; according to one critic, she was "spoofing herself"
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2002· 1 entry
Welch co-starred in the PBS series American Family, a story about a Mexican American family in East Los Angeles, with Edward James Olmos
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2001· 2 entries
Was awarded the Imagen Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award for her positive promotion of Americans of Latin heritage throughout her career
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Had a cameo in the comedy film Legally Blonde with Reese Witherspoon, playing a wealthy ex-wife in court
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1999· 1 entry
Married at her home in Beverly Hills; they separated in August 2003 and divorced a year later
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1997· 1 entry
Welch starred on Broadway in Victor/Victoria, following Julie Andrews and Liza Minnelli in the title role
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1996· 3 entries
Welch joined the cast of the night-time soap opera Central Park West, after CBS had already slated it for cancellation, as creator Darren Star made a final attempt to save the show by boosting its ratings late in its fir
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After keeping a low romantic profile for several years, she dated former British boxing champion Gary Stretch, who was younger than Welch's children
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Welch received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7021 Hollywood Boulevard
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1995· 2 entries
Welch was chosen by Empire magazine as one of the "100 Sexiest Stars in Film History"
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Was a guest star in Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
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1994· 1 entry
Welch made a cameo appearance in Naked Gun 33+1⁄3: The Final Insult, in the scene where Leslie Nielsen's character crashes the Academy Awards
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1987· 1 entry
Welch starred in the television drama Right to Die, an "unglamorous" role in which she portrayed a college professor and mother of two stricken with Lou Gehrig's disease, and asks to die with dignity
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1986· 1 entry
“more money than the movie actually grossed”
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1982· 1 entry
Welch starred in the Western The Legend of Walks Far Woman for NBC
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1980· 1 entry
Married producer André Weinfeld in Cabo San Lucas
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1979· 1 entry
Welch posed for Playboy magazine in 1979, but she never did a fully nude shoot.
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1978· 1 entry
Where she sang "I'm a Woman" with Miss Piggy
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1977· 1 entry
Welch acted in the French film Animal, co-starring with Jean-Paul Belmondo
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1975· 2 entries
Welch won a Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture Actress in a Musical or Comedy for The Three Musketeers
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Welch appeared in The Wild Party and also performed a duet with Cher, singing "I'm a Woman" on an episode of The Cher Show
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1974· 1 entry
For her performance as Constance Bonacieux in The Three Musketeers and reprised the role in its sequel the following year
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1973· 1 entry
Welch acted in two films: The Last of Sheila and The Three Musketeers
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1972· 2 entries
Welch starred in Kansas City Bomber, in which she played a hardened roller derby star and single mother who tries to balance her desire for a happy personal life and her dreams of stardom
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Welch reunited with Burt Reynolds for the detective film Fuzz
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1971· 1 entry
Welch had the title role in Hannie Caulder, a Western produced by Tigon and Curtwel, which was shot in Spain
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1970· 1 entry
CBS released her television special Raquel
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1969· 1 entry
Welch also starred in the thriller Flareup and had a cameo role in the dark comedy The Magic Christian
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1968· 2 entries
Welch appeared with Frank Sinatra in the detective film Lady in Cement, a sequel to the film Tony Rome (1967)
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Welch, while married to Curtis, had a relationship with Spanish actor Sancho Gracia, who had a small role in the film, and that Welch's husband, upon finding out about the affair, chased Gracia at gunpoint through the ho
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1967· 1 entry
As a "marvelous breathing monument to womankind"
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1966· 1 entry
Welch starred with Marcello Mastroianni in the Italian crime film Shoot Loud, Louder
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1963· 1 entry
And started applying for roles with film studios
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1962· 1 entry
And divorced in 1964; she retained the surname Welch for the rest of her life
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1960· 1 entry
Welch got a job as a weather presenter at KFMB, a local San Diego television station
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1940· 2 entries
Born 1940-09-05.
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“s recovery from cancer. Public image While her image in the 1960s was that of a torrid sex temptress, Welch”
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