Raquel Welch

Acting · 3.5 popularity

Age

Movies

Born: September 5, 1940 – February 15, 2023
From: 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.

Works

84 films

Legally Blonde

20016.8

Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult

19946.5

The Three Musketeers

19736.7

One Million Years B.C.

19666.2

100 Rifles

19695.9

How to Be a Latin Lover

20176.9

Bandolero!

19686.6

Get Bruce!

19996.5

Jim Henson Idea Man

20247.9

Fantastic Voyage

19666.7

Hannie Caulder

19716.2

The Four Musketeers

19746.5

The Prince and the Pauper

19776.1

Trailer Camp

19953.7

The Magic Christian

19695.8

The Best of So Graham Norton

2004

Flareup

19695.4

House of Versace

20135.5

Hollywood Invasion

20116.0

Playboy's 50th Anniversary Celebration

2003

Playboy: Sex at 24 Frames Per Second

20035.3

Belmondo: The Incorrigible

20228.2

Bluebeard

19725.4

Animal

19776.0

The Last of Sheila

19737.0

Night of 100 Stars II

19856.8

The Oldest Profession

19675.0

Do Not Disturb

19655.5

Roustabout

19646.0

Lady in Cement

19686.2

The Flintstones: Hollyrock a Bye Baby

19936.5

Tortilla Soup

20016.4

Playboy: Celebrity Centerfolds

20062.0

Heart of the Festival

20026.5

Bedazzled

19676.2

The Muppets Go Hollywood

19796.2

Mickey's 50

19789.0

Night of 100 Stars III

19904.0

Fathom

19676.1

Mother, Jugs & Speed

19765.3

Salvador Dalí's Fantastic Dream

1966

The Biggest Bundle of Them All

19685.6

The Ultimate Legacy

20155.4

Myra Breckinridge

19704.6

Raquel!

197010.0

Fuzz

19725.5

Kansas City Bomber

19725.8

The Fabulous Allan Carr

20174.5

The Queens

19665.4

Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror

19947.3

Scandal in a Small Town

19885.5

Lionpower from MGM

19676.3

Chairman of the Board

19983.6

Really, Raquel

1974

The Wild Party

19754.9

Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1

19999.0

Forget About It

20065.1

The Legend of Walks Far Woman

19804.8

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

19665.9

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

20026.5

A House Is Not a Home

19644.8

Tainted Blood

19935.2

Hollywood-Diven von ihrer erotischen Seite

2017

Trouble in Paradise

19894.4

Legends in Light: The Photography of George Hurrell

19952.0

Torch Song

19935.3

From Raquel with Love

19809.0

The Dish on Dolls

2006

Right to Die

19877.8

A Swingin' Summer

19654.4

Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC

19886.0

Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood

20017.2

Jim Brown: All-American

20025.0

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

20009.0

Sin

19715.5

Raquel: Total Beauty and Fitness

19847.0

Will the Real Mr Sellers.....?

1969

What I Did for Love

19985.2

1,000,000 A.D. Promo Reel

1973

Electric Blue 005

19816.0

Fertile La Toyah Video Magazine #2: The Kinky Issue!

1994

Muppet Video: The Kermit and Piggy Story

19856.8

Rona Looks at Raquel, Liza, Cher and Ann-Margret

1975

Of Muppets & Men

19816.6