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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 (…
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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.
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Raquel Welch's Filmography
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Jim Henson Idea Man
as Self (archive footage)
Belmondo: The Incorrigible
No Poster
Hollywood-Diven von ihrer erotischen Seite
as Self (archive footage)
The Fabulous Allan Carr
as Self (archive footage)
How to Be a Latin Lover
as Celeste
The Ultimate Legacy
as Sally May Anderson
House of Versace
as Lucia
Forget About It
as Christine DeLee
The Dish on Dolls
as Self (archive footage)
Playboy: Celebrity Centerfolds
as Self
The Best of So Graham Norton
as Self (archive footage)
Playboy: Sex at 24 Frames Per Second
as Self
Playboy's 50th Anniversary Celebration
The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema
Heart of the Festival
as Self (archive footage)
Jim Brown: All-American
as Self
Tortilla Soup
as Hortensia
Legally Blonde
as Mrs. Windham Vandermark
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre Footprints
as Self - Hostess
Get Bruce!
as Self
Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
What I Did for Love
as Jacqueline
Chairman of the Board
as Grace Kosik
Trailer Camp
as (Archival)
No Poster
Legends in Light: The Photography of George Hurrell
as Self
Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror
as Self
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
as Raquel Welch (uncredited)
Fertile La Toyah Video Magazine #2: The Kinky Issue!
The Flintstones: Hollyrock a Bye Baby
as Shelly Millstone (voice)
Torch Song
as Paula Eastman
Tainted Blood
as Elizabeth Hayes
Night of 100 Stars III
as Self
Trouble in Paradise
as Rachel Baxley
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Scandal in a Small Town
as Leda Beth Vincent
Right to Die
as Emily Bauer
Muppet Video: The Kermit and Piggy Story
as Raquel Welch
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
Raquel: Total Beauty and Fitness
Of Muppets & Men
as Self
Electric Blue 005
as Self (archive footage)
From Raquel with Love
as Self
The Legend of Walks Far Woman
as Walks Far Woman
The Muppets Go Hollywood
as Self (uncredited)
Mickey's 50
as Self
Animal
as Jane Gardner
The Prince and the Pauper
as Lady Edith
Mother, Jugs & Speed
as Jugs
Rona Looks at Raquel, Liza, Cher and Ann-Margret
as Self
The Wild Party
as Queenie
The Four Musketeers
as Constance de Bonancieux
Really, Raquel
as Herself
The Three Musketeers
as Constance de Bonancieux
The Last of Sheila
as Alice Wood
1,000,000 A.D. Promo Reel
as Loana
Bluebeard
as Magdalena
Kansas City Bomber
as K.C. Carr
Fuzz
as Det. Eileen McHenry
Hannie Caulder
as Hannie Caulder
Sin
as Elena
Myra Breckinridge
as Myra Breckinridge
Raquel!
as Self
Will the Real Mr Sellers.....?
as Self
The Magic Christian
as Priestess of the Whip
Flareup
as Michele
100 Rifles
as Sarita
Lady in Cement
as Kit Forrest
Bandolero!
as Maria Stoner
The Biggest Bundle of Them All
as Juliana
Bedazzled
as Lilian Lust
Fathom
as Fathom Harvill
The Oldest Profession
as Nini (segment "La belle époque")
Lionpower from MGM
as Self - Juliana (archive footage) (uncredited)
One Million Years B.C.
as Loana
Shoot Loud, Louder... I Don't Understand
as Tania Montini
Fantastic Voyage
as Cora
Salvador Dalí's Fantastic Dream
The Queens
as Elena ("Fata Elena")
Do Not Disturb
as Woman In Lobby (uncredited)
A Swingin' Summer
as Jeri Mason
Roustabout
as College Girl (uncredited)
A House Is Not a Home
as Call Girl