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Raquel Welch
Welch in 1967
Born	Jo Raquel Tejada (1940-09-05)September 5, 1940 Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Died	February 15, 2023(2023-02-15) (aged 82) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Education	San Diego State University
Occupations	Actress model
Years active	1964\u20132017
Spouses	\n \n James Welch \n (m. 1959; div. 1964) \n \n Patrick Curtis \n (m. 1967; div. 1972) \n \n Andr\u00e9 Weinfeld \n (m. 1980; div. 1990) \n \n Richie Palmer \n (m. 1999; div. 2004) \n
Children	2, including Tahnee

Jo Raquel Welch (n\u00e9e Tejada; September 5, 1940 \u2013 February 15, 2023) 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 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.\n

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.\n

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Year\n	Title\n	Role\n	Notes\n	Ref\n
1964\n	A House Is Not a Home\n	Polly's Girl\n	\n	^[149]\n
Roustabout\n	College Girl\n	Uncredited\n	^[150]\n
1965\n	A Swingin' Summer\n	Jeri\n	\n	^[149]\n
1966\n	Fantastic Voyage\n	Cora Peterson\n	First film under contract to 20th Century Fox\n	^[149]\n
Shoot Loud, Louder... I Don't Understand\n	Tania Montini\n	Made in Italy for Joseph E. Levine\n	^[149]\n
Sex Quartet\n	Elena\n	Segment: \"Fata Elena\"; Also known as The Queens\n	^[151]\n
One Million Years B.C.\n	Loana\n	\n	^[149]\n
1967\n	The Oldest Profession\n	Nini\n	Segment: \"The Gay Nineties\"\n	^[149]\n
Fathom\n	Fathom Harvill\n	\n	^[149]\n
Bedazzled\n	Lust / Lilian Lust\n	\n	^[149]\n
1968\n	The Biggest Bundle of Them All\n	Juliana\n	\n	^[149]\n
Bandolero!\n	Maria Stoner\n	\n	^[149]\n
Lady in Cement\n	Kit Forrester\n	\n	^[149]\n
1969\n	100 Rifles\n	Sarita\n	\n	^[149]\n
Flareup\n	Michele\n	\n	^[149]\n
The Magic Christian\n	Priestess of the Whip\n	\n	^[149]\n
1970\n	Myra Breckinridge\n	Myra Breckinridge\n	\n	^[149]\n
1971\n	The Beloved\n	Elena\n	Also known as Sin and Restless\n	^[149]\n
Hannie Caulder\n	Hannie Caulder\n	\n	^[149]\n
1972\n	Fuzz\n	Det. Eileen McHenry\n	\n	^[149]\n
Kansas City Bomber\n	K.C. Carr\n	\n	^[149]\n
Bluebeard\n	Magdalena\n	\n	^[149]\n
1973\n	The Last of Sheila\n	Alice Wood\n	\n	^[149]\n
The Three Musketeers\n	Constance Bonacieux\n	Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture \u2013 Musical or Comedy\n	^[149]\n
1974\n	The Four Musketeers\n	Constance Bonacieux\n	\n	^[149]\n
1975\n	The Wild Party\n	Queenie\n	\n	^[149]\n
1976\n	Mother, Jugs & Speed\n	Jennifer Jurgens a.k.a. \"Jugs\"\n	\n	^[149]\n
1977\n	The Prince and the Pauper\n	Lady Edith\n	Also known as Crossed Swords\n	^[149]\n
Animal\n	Jane Gardner\n	Also known as Stuntwoman\n	^[149]\n
1994\n	Naked Gun 33+1⁄3: The Final Insult\n	Herself\n	Uncredited\n	^[149]\n
1998\n	Chairman of the Board\n	Grace Kosik\n	Nominated: Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actress^[152]\n	^[149]\n
What I Did for Love\n	Jacqueline\n	\n	^[151]\n
1999\n	Get Bruce\n	Herself\n	Documentary\n	^[153]\n
2001\n	Legally Blonde\n	Mrs. Windham Vandermark\n	\n	^[149]\n
Tortilla Soup\n	Hortensia\n	\n	^[149]\n
2006\n	Forget About It\n	Christine DeLee\n	\n	^[151]\n
2017\n	How to Be a Latin Lover\n	Celeste Birch\n	\n	^[151]\n

Year\n	Title\n	Role\n	Notes\n	Ref\n
1964\u20131965\n	The Hollywood Palace\n	Billboard Girl\n	Season one regular\n	^[154]\n
1964\n	The Virginian\n	Saloon Girl\n	Episode: \"Ryker\"\n	^[155]\n
McHale's Navy\n	Lt. Wilson\n	Episode: \"McHale, the Desk Commando\"\n	^[156]\n
Bewitched\n	Stewardess\n	Episode: \"Witch or Wife\"\n	^[151]\n
The Rogues\n	Miss France\n	Episode: \"Hugger-Mugger, by the Sea\"\n	^[149]\n
1965\n	Wendy and Me\n	Lila Harrison\n	Episode: \"Wendy Sails in the Sunset\"\n	^[157]\n
The Baileys of Balboa\n	Beverly\n	Episode: \"Sam and the Invisible Man\"\n	^[158]\n
1970\n	Raquel!\n	Herself\n	Television Special\n	^[156]\n
1971\n	Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In\n	Guest Performer\n	Episode: \"#5.1\"\n	^[151]\n
1974\n	Really, Raquel\n	Herself\n	Television Special\n	^[159]\n
1976\n	Saturday Night Live\n	Host\n	Episode: \"Raquel Welch/Phoebe Snow/John Sebastian\"; Also known as NBC's Saturday Night\n	^[151]\n
1978\n	The Muppet Show\n	Herself\n	Episode: \"Raquel Welch\"\n	^[160]\n
1979\n	Mork & Mindy\n	Captain Nirvana\n	Episode: \"Mork vs. the Necrotons\"\n	^[151]\n
1980\n	From Raquel with Love\n	Herself\n	Television Special\n	^[161]\n
1982\n	The Legend of Walks Far Woman\n	Walks Far Woman\n	Television film Bronze Wrangler for Fictional Television Drama\n	^[149]\n
1987\n	Right to Die\n	Emily Bauer\n	Television film Nominated: Golden Globe Award for Best Actress \u2013 Miniseries or Television Film\n	^[149]\n
1988\n	Scandal in a Small Town\n	Leda Beth Vincent\n	Television film\n	^[149]\n
1989\n	Trouble in Paradise\n	Rachel\n	^[149]\n
1993\n	Torch Song\n	Paula Eastman\n	^[149]\n
Evening Shade\n	Cynthia Gibson\n	Episode: \"Small Town Girl\"\n	^[162]\n
Hollyrock-a-Bye Baby\n	Shelly Millstone\n	Voice, television special\n	^[163]\n
1994\n	Tainted Blood\n	Elizabeth Hayes\n	Television film\n	^[149]\n
1995\n	Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman\n	Diana Stride\n	Episode: \"Top Copy\"\n	^[151]\n
1995\n	Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child\n	La Madrasta\n	Voice, episode: \"Cinderella\"\n	^[151]\n
1996\n	Central Park West\n	Dianna Brock\n	Season 2 Regular; Also known as CPW\n	^[156]\n
Sabrina the Teenage Witch\n	Aunt Vesta\n	Episode: \"Third Aunt from the Sun\"\n	^[151]\n
1997\n	Seinfeld\n	Herself\n	Episode: \"The Summer of George\"\n	^[151]\n
1997\u20132000\n	Spin City\n	Abby Lassiter\n	3 episodes\n	^[151]\n
2002\n	American Family\n	Aunt Dora\n	Season 1 semi-regular\n	^[151]\n
Jim Brown: All-American\n	Herself\n	Documentary\n	^[149]\n
2004\n	8 Simple Rules\n	Jackie\n	Episode: \"Vanity Unfair\"\n	^[151]\n
2008\n	Welcome to The Captain\n	Charlene Van Ark\n	Series regular\n	^[151]\n
2012\n	CSI: Miami\n	Vina Navarro\n	Episode: \"Rest in Pieces\"\n	^[151]\n
2013\n	House of Versace\n	Aunt Lucia\n	Television film\n	^[164]\n
2015\n	The Ultimate Legacy\n	Miss Sally May Anderson\n	^[156]\n
2017\n	Date My Dad\n	Rosa\n	Recurring guest star\n	^[165]\n

Year\n	Title\n	Role\n	Notes\n
1973\u20131974\n	Raquel and the World of Sid and Marty Krofft\n	Herself\n	Las Vegas Hilton^[166] Adapted into the television special Really Raquel\n
1981\u20131983\n	Woman of the Year\n	Tess Harding\n	Palace Theatre^[167]\n
1995\n	The Millionairess\n	Epifania Ognisanti di Parerga\n	Alexandra Theatre^[168]\n
1997\n	Victor/Victoria\n	Victoria Grant/Victor Grazinski\n	Marquis Theatre^[169]\n

v t e Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture \u2013 Musical or Comedy
1950\u20131975	\n Judy Holliday (1950) \n June Allyson (1951) \n Susan Hayward (1952) \n Ethel Merman (1953) \n Judy Garland (1954) \n Jean Simmons (1955) \n Deborah Kerr (1956) \n Kay Kendall / Taina Elg (1957) \n Rosalind Russell (1958) \n Marilyn Monroe (1959) \n Shirley MacLaine (1960) \n Rosalind Russell (1961) \n Rosalind Russell (1962) \n Shirley MacLaine (1963) \n Julie Andrews (1964) \n Julie Andrews (1965) \n Lynn Redgrave (1966) \n Anne Bancroft (1967) \n Barbra Streisand (1968) \n Patty Duke (1969) \n Carrie Snodgress (1970) \n Twiggy (1971) \n Liza Minnelli (1972) \n Glenda Jackson (1973) \n Raquel Welch (1974) \n Ann-Margret (1975) \n
1976\u20132000	\n Barbra Streisand (1976) \n Diane Keaton / Marsha Mason (1977) \n Ellen Burstyn / Maggie Smith (1978) \n Bette Midler (1979) \n Sissy Spacek (1980) \n Bernadette Peters (1981) \n Julie Andrews (1982) \n Julie Walters (1983) \n Kathleen Turner (1984) \n Kathleen Turner (1985) \n Sissy Spacek (1986) \n Cher (1987) \n Melanie Griffith (1988) \n Jessica Tandy (1989) \n Julia Roberts (1990) \n Bette Midler (1991) \n Miranda Richardson (1992) \n Angela Bassett (1993) \n Jamie Lee Curtis (1994) \n Nicole Kidman (1995) \n Madonna (1996) \n Helen Hunt (1997) \n Gwyneth Paltrow (1998) \n Janet McTeer (1999) \n Ren\u00e9e Zellweger (2000) \n
2001\u2013present	\n Nicole Kidman (2001) \n Ren\u00e9e Zellweger (2002) \n Diane Keaton (2003) \n Annette Bening (2004) \n Reese Witherspoon (2005) \n Meryl Streep (2006) \n Marion Cotillard (2007) \n Sally Hawkins (2008) \n Meryl Streep (2009) \n Annette Bening (2010) \n Michelle Williams (2011) \n Jennifer Lawrence (2012) \n Amy Adams (2013) \n Amy Adams (2014) \n Jennifer Lawrence (2015) \n Emma Stone (2016) \n Saoirse Ronan (2017) \n Olivia Colman (2018) \n Awkwafina (2019) \n Rosamund Pike (2020) \n Rachel Zegler (2021) \n Michelle Yeoh (2022) \n Emma Stone (2023) \n Demi Moore (2024) \n

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Year\n	Title\n	Peak chart positions\n
US Dance\n
1988\n	\"This Girl's Back in Town\"\n	29^[96]\n

Early life

Career

1964\u20131966: Early works and breakthrough

1967\u20131979: International stardom

1980\u20132017: Subsequent projects and later years

Television

Film

Stage

Achievements and awards

Beauty and business career

Personal life

Marriages and relationships

Religion

Public image

Political views

Death

Legacy

In popular culture

Filmography

Film

Television

Stage

Selected discography

Album appearances

Singles

Books

See also

References

External links

Raquel Welch - American actress (1940–2023)

Raquel Welch - American actress (1940–2023)