The Three Musketeers (1973) as Constance de Bonacieux
Fantastic Voyage (1966) as Cora
The Four Musketeers: Milady’s Revenge (1974) as Constance de Bonancieux
Short Info
Net Worth
$30 million
Date Of Birth
September 5, 1940
Spouse
Richard Palmer, André Weinfeld, Patrick Curtis, James Westley Welch, Ivan Rakitić
Mark
Voluptuous figure
Fact
One of the bombshells shown in The Shawshank Redemption (1994) (The other two were Rita Hayworth and Marilyn Monroe).
Payments
Earned $150,000 from Bluebeard (1972)
Who is Raquel Welch?
Born Jo Raquel Tejada on the 5th September 1940, in Chicago, Illinois USA, she is an actress and singer, known to the world from her roles in films in the late ‘60s and early ‘70s, such as “Bedazzled”, “Myra Breckinridge”, and “The Three Musketeers” (1973). She has since started a business career focused on health and beauty, with The Raquel Welch Total Beauty and Fitness Program.
Where is Raquel Welch now? Is she still alive?
Raquel is alive and well; aside from managing her beauty company, she is still an actress, despite getting closer to her ninth decade, and most recently is starring in the TV comedy-drama series “Date My Dad” (2017), and in the same year also appeared in the comedy-drama film “How to Be a Latin Lover”.
Raquel Welch Wiki: Early Life, Parents, and Education
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The eldest of three children, Raquel is the daughter of Armando Carlos Tejada Urquizo, a Bolivian aeronautical engineer, and his wife, Josephine Sarah Hill, an English woman. Rachel is an older sister to James Stanford and Gayle Carole. When Raquel turned two, the family moved to San Diego, California, where she became a part of the Pacific Beach Presbyterian Church, which she attended with her mother on Sundays. During her childhood, Rachel was a big fan of performing arts, and started taking ballet lessons when she was seven years old. This lasted for the next ten years, but her instructor told her she didn’t sport the right figure to become a professional ballet dancer. So Rachel focused on her beauty, and when she was 14 years old won the Miss Photogenic and Miss Contour titles. She went to La Jolla High School, and won the title of Miss La Jolla and the title of Miss San Diego the Fairest of the Fair at the San Diego County Fair, and ultimately became Maid of California. She finished high school in 1958.
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Rachel then began pursuing an acting career, and enrolled at San Diego State College on a scholarship to study theater arts. The early years were rather fruitful as she appeared in several local theater productions, including portraying Ramona in the play “The Ramona Pageant, performed at Hemet, California.
The next several years were rather problematic; Raquel almost gave up on her acting career, mostly because of lack of financial support, actually becoming a weather forecaster at KFMB and later moving to Dallas, Texas, following divorce from her first husband, James Welch. She was waitressing to support herself, but was also a model for Neiman Marcus.
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Move to Los Angeles
Tired of everyday life in Dallas, Raquel was planning a move to New York City, but instead ended up in Los Angeles in 1963. She auditioned for various roles, and then met and befriended Patrick Curtis who would become responsible for her success. The two developed a plan for Raquel to become a sex symbol of the ‘60s, which they managed to achieve. She started with a few minor roles in such films as “A House Is Not a Home” in 1964, then “Bewitched” and “Roustabout”, both in 1964.
Then Raquel received a contract from 20th Century Fox, and was cast in the lead role of Cora in the sci-fi film “Fantastic Voyage” in 1966, co-starring Stephen Boyd and Edmond O’Brien, which became a hit both critically and commercially, and Raquel a film star.
She was then loaned to Hammer Studios in Britain, who cast her as the lead female in the fantasy-adventure film “One Million Years B.C.” in 1966, which launched her to prominence.
Raquel continued her rise and throughout the ‘60s, and in the ‘70s dominated the film scene, winning a number of prestigious awards and becoming the sex symbol of the era. Some of her most popular films of the time include Bedazzled” in 1967, “Lady in Cement” (1968) co-starring Fran Sinatra, then the role of Myra Breckinridge in the film of the same name in 1970, which is about a transgender actress who travels to Hollywood, followed by Constance de Bonacieux in the eponymous action-adventure film “The Three Musketeers” (1973), starring next to Oliver Reed and Richard Chamberlain, for which Raquel won a Golden Globe Award in the category for the Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical.
Career Decline and MGM Lawsuit
In the second half of the ‘70s, Raquel’s popularity began declining, and she appeared in only a few roles from the mid-‘70s to the mid-‘80s. In 1982 she sued MGM after she was relieved of her role as Suzy in the film “Cannery Row”, and the role was given to Debra Winger after Raquel was fired by the studio. An investigation proved that MGM had made false claims of Raquel breaching her contract, and the order was that MGM pay $10.8 million to Welch.
Later Career
Raquel never regained her popularity as an actress, but her public image remained at the top of Hollywood celebrities; her famous bikini role in the “One Million Years B.C.” was listed in the “Top Ten Bikinis in Pop Culture” by Time in 2011. She has made several appearances since the ‘90s, most notably as Diana Brock in the series “C.P.W.” in 1996, then as Aunt Lucia in the television film “House of Versace”, and most recently as Rosa in the comedy series “Date My Dad” (2017).
Back in the ‘70s when Raquel dominated the scene, she was featured in the television special “Raquel!”, which featured song and dance by the popular actress, with scenes filmed from Paris to Mexico. She would perform popular songs of the era, and wear costumes which would really catch attention, making Raquel even more popular. She also tried herself on Broadway in musicals, starring in “Woman of the Year”, and “Victor/Victoria”, among other appearances.
Do You Know How Rich Raquel Welch Is?
Raquel has proved herself a multi-talented personality, and has found a way to profit from her talentsm but she is also a successful businesswoman. So, have you ever wondered how rich Raquel Welch is, as of mid- 2018? According to authoritative sources, it has been estimated that Welch’ net worth is as high as $30 million. Pretty impressive don’t you think?
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Do You Know About Rachel’s Personal Life, Affairs, Marriage, Spouse, Children?
Rachel has been quite open about her personal life; she has been married and divorced four times, and has two children. Her first husband was her high school sweetheart James Westley Welch, with whom she has two children – Damon Welch, and Tahnee Welch who followed her mother and is now a prominent actress and model. Raquel and James were married from 1959 until 1964, though last two years the two spent separated. She met Patrick Curtis who became her agent, and the two developed romantic feelings towards each other resulting in a marriage between 1967 until 1972.
Her third marriage was to Andre Weinfeld, which lasted for ten years from 1980 until 1990, and from 1999 until 2008 she was married to Richard Palmer.
When asked about marrying for the fifth time, she said that she wouldn’t rule out a fifth try, though said that she isn’t very good at married life.
Internet Popularity
Rachel has managed to expand her popularity to a social media platform, despite being in her eighth decade, she is quite active on social media. She can be found on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter as well, with close to 100,000 followers. She has used social media networks to promote her career, and share a few details from her personal life, all of which you can see on her official pages. So, if you aren’t already a fan of this prominent film star, then this is a fantastic opportunity for you to become one.
General Info
Full Name
Raquel Welch
Net Worth
$30 million
Date Of Birth
September 5, 1940
Height
1.68 m
Profession
Actor, Businessperson
Education
La Jolla High School, San Diego State University
Nationality
American, Spanish
Family
Spouse
Richard Palmer, André Weinfeld, Patrick Curtis, James Westley Welch, Ivan Rakitić
Children
Tahnee Welch, Damon Welch
Parents
Josephine Sarah Hall, Armando Carlos Tejada Urquizo
Siblings
James Tejada, Castillo Tejada, Gayle Carole Tejada
Accomplishments
Awards
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Nominations
Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress In A Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television, People’s Choice Award for Favorite Movie Actress, ALMA Award for Outstanding Host in a Variety/Music/Comedy Special or Series
Movies
One Million Years B.C., Hannie Caulder, Myra Breckinridge, 100 Rifles, Fantastic Voyage, Kansas City Bomber, Bandolero!, Bedazzled, Fathom, Mother, Jugs & Speed, Lady in Cement, Bluebeard, The Last of Sheila, The Four Musketeers, The Magic Christian, The Three Musketeers, Legally Blonde, The Biggest…
TV Shows
Welcome to The Captain, Central Park West, This Is Tom Jones, The Hollywood Palace, The Rogues, Hollywood Women
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Marks
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Marks / Signs
1
Seductive deep voice
2
Voluptuous figure
3
Large brown eyes
4
Strawberry blonde hair
Salary
Quotes
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Quote
1
There was this perception of “Oh, she’s just a sexpot. She’s just a body. She probably can’t walk and chew gum at the same time.” In my first couple of movies, I had no dialogue. It was frustrating. And then I started to realize that it came with the territory. Look at somebody like Marilyn Monroe. I always wondered why she seemed so unhappy. Everybody worshipped her and she was so extraordinary and hypnotic on screen. But they never nominated her for any of her musicals or comedies, as good as she was. Because for some reason, somebody with her sex appeal, her indescribable attraction, is rarely taken seriously. Hollywood doesn’t honor comedy and it doesn’t honor sex appeal. And they definitely don’t give awards to either of them. So you always feel a little insecure.
2
I think [title designer Maurice Binder] understood what was sexy and what wasn’t. He knew how to be sexy without being profane about it, and without being too graphic. I’ll be honest, I didn’t really understand it at the time. When we were shooting that opening moment in Fathom (1967), it seemed silly to me. They had to explain it to me, and even then I was like “Okay, fine, whatever you think.”.
3
… I remember James Coburn once said to me, “You know what’s the sexiest thing of all? A little mystery.” And he was so right about that. When you put it all out there, there’s nothing left to the imagination. So where am I going to participate? I’ve said this before and I still agree with it, the most erogenous zone is the brain. It’s all happening there. Otherwise, it’s just body parts.
4
[In 2012] I think we’ve gotten to the point in our culture where we’re all sex addicts, literally. We have equated happiness in life with as many orgasms as you can possibly pack in, regardless of where it is that you deposit your love interest. It’s just dehumanizing. And I have to honestly say, I think this era of porn is at least partially responsible for it. Where is the anticipation and the personalization? It’s all pre-fab now. You have these images coming at you unannounced and unsolicited. It just gets to be so plastic and phony to me. Maybe men respond to that. But is it really better than an experience with a real life girl that he cares about? It’s an exploitation of the poor male’s libidos. Poor babies, they can’t control themselves. I just imagine them sitting in front of their computers, completely annihilated. They haven’t done anything, they don’t have a job, they barely have ambition anymore. And it makes for laziness and a not very good sex partner. Do they know how to negotiate something that isn’t pre-fab and injected directly into their brain?
5
I don’t care if I’m becoming one of those old fogies who says, “Back in my day we didn’t have to hear about sex all the time.” Can you imagine? My fantasies were all made up on my own. They’re ruining us with all the explanations and the graphicness. Nobody remembers what it’s like to be left to form your own ideas about what’s erotic and sexual. We’re not allowed any individuality. I thought that was the fun of the whole thing. It’s my fantasy. I didn’t pick it off the Internet somewhere. It’s my fantasy.
6
You could say a lot of things about [One Million Years B.C. (1966)], but challenging isn’t one of them.
7
Every day, every day. I have people that handle my fan mail, and every day tons of photos come in, with requests for autographs. The fur bikini [from One Million Years B.C. (1966)] is the perennial one. I do feel very fortunate, because I had no suspicion that a dinosaur movie would ever pay off for me as an actress. I figured, it’s going to be swept under the carpet, nobody will ever see it. I had a couple of small children at the time, and I used to take them over to see Ray Harryhausen. He did all the special effects on the movie, all the stop-motion animation, and he’s pretty much a science fiction legend. Ray would show my kids all the little figurines he used, all the dinosaurs. And then he’d show them how the animation was done, and they were fascinated. So that’s what it seemed like to me. It was great stuff for kids, but maybe not the ideal way for an actress to enter the movie-making scene. I even complained to the studio. I was like “Please, please don’t make me do the dinosaur movie.” They were like “No, Raquel, you don’t understand. It’s a classic. It’ll live on forever.” Turns out they were right.
8
Actually, there was never just one bikini. They made several of them. They were created by this wonderful costume designer, Carl Toms, and he had to do it in triplicate. Because, as he explained it to me, at one point my character would get wet, and then there was a fight scene and blood would get on it. So they had to have several versions of the same costume, and they all had to be formfitting. So he literally designed it around me. Carl just draped me in doeskin, and I stood there while he worked on it with scissors.
9
I probably did over think [my lines in One Million Years B.C. (1966)]. Not that it mattered. I went to the director, Don Chaffey, very early in the shoot and said, “Don, may I have a word with you?”. And he sighed and said, “Yeah, what is it?”. I could tell right away that he was not very interested. “Well, I’ve read the script,” I said, “and I’ve been thinking…” And he turned to me and said, “Don’t.” And I thought, okay, that in a nutshell is what it’s all about. They don’t want to hear anything from me. Just show up in the costume and take orders. He said, “See that rock over there? That’s rock A. When I say action, you run from rock A and when you get to the middle of the frame, you look up at the sky like there’s a giant turtle growling down at you. You scream, run to rock B and we break for lunch.”.
10
[Don Chaffey] wasn’t unkind as a director. But when I wanted to possibly find ways to enhance my character, to make her more vulnerable or have some kind of backstory, he was not interested. That was the hardest part, to realize that I was really an object. Not just to Don, but to the film industry in general. I was a completely non-verbal object that wasn’t allowed to talk more than necessary. And that isn’t exactly my personality, as you can now hear.
11
[Myra Breckinridge (1970)] was based on a brilliant book by Gore Vidal, about sexual duality and the masculine or feminine aspects of every personality, written about in a way that really hadn’t been expressed before. It wasn’t traditional male and female stuff. It was talking about homosexuality or lesbianism or whatever. It was about crossing the line and breaking new ground sexually. But the problem with the movie was it had none of the fun and absurdity and truth of that exploration, which was dealt with so effectively in the book. It was just a bunch of weird scenes strung together. It became this sort of Fellini-esque crazy dream that’s all over the place. It wasn’t the funny adventure it should’ve been. It was a bizarre adventure with some offensive things in it. A lot of audiences didn’t really understand what was going on.
12
I did a Q&A after one of the screenings [at Lincoln Center, New York City, in 2012 for Myra Breckinridge (1970)], with Simon Doonan, and at one point he asked me, “Is there nothing you liked about this movie?”. And I said, “Well, I liked the experience of it. I enjoyed making it.” But there’s not much you can do as an actor when a film is falling apart. I couldn’t control that the script wasn’t coming together. Each rewrite got further and further from making any sense.
13
I had read the book, and I thought it was hysterically funny. I knew the studio was making it into a movie, and I heard they were talking to Anne Bancroft about doing the lead. When she turned it down, I called (producer) Richard D. Zanuck and said, “I don’t know what kind of actress you’re looking for, but it occurred to me after reading the book, if there was a guy who wanted to change himself into a movie star woman” – and that’s what this character was about. He begins as Myron, a very gay movie critic who’s totally infatuated with all of these swashbuckling heroines. He wanted to switch over and become a woman like that. So I told Dick, “If this guy wanted to become a glamorous female movie star, he might like to look like me.” And he said, “Oh my God, you have a point. Let me get (co-producer) David Brown on the line.”.
14
When I signed on [for Myra Breckinridge (1970)], it was understood that there was not going to be a rape scene. And then of course it suddenly appeared in the script. But it was very vague. They weren’t very specific in the description. So I’m wondering if they’re going to try something. (Director) Michael Sarne used to torture me on the set a lot. He would come around with this red rectangular box of a certain length and a certain width. And it was clear, you know… what might be in the box. And he’d be like “I have something here for you.” I’d just look away, wouldn’t even acknowledge him. Finally, the big day arrives and we’re about to shoot the scene and he says, “Well, now is the time.” I turn to him and say, “Michael, just drop it! I am not strapping anything on!”. And I didn’t. He said, “Well, that’s not fun.” But I wouldn’t budge.
15
He didn’t even know. The poor guy who played Rusty Godowski [Roger Herren], he was like a deer in headlights. He read the script and he was like “I don’t understand this scene.” I didn’t have the heart to tell him. I was just like, “Yeah, it is a little vague, isn’t it?”. I just could not make the poor guy more nervous than he was already. When we shot it, I kind of suspended my disbelief and thought, “Well okay, I guess we’re doing this. But as long as there’s nothing graphic, it’ll be okay. I’m just here to play the role.” Everything about that movie, the good and the bad, it was if nothing else… a challenge.
16
Not everybody is comfortable with my ethnicity. When I first came along in the business, they [20th Century Fox] didn’t really like the idea of my name being Raquel. I signed with them and almost immediately they wanted me to change my name. They came to me and said, “We have the solution. We figured it all out. You’re going to be Debbie Welch.” I think they were paranoid that Raquel sounded too ethnic. And I thought, “Maybe I should be more paranoid than I am.” But I wasn’t raised thinking of myself or my background as particularly exotic. I felt very American and middle of the road. I knew that I had a little salsa in my blood, but on my mother’s side there was the whole English heritage.
17
[20th Century Fox] said it [“Raquel”] was difficult to pronounce, nobody’s going to remember it. And they had a point. In school, nobody could pronounce my name. They just called me Rocky. But school kids are one thing, your career as an adult woman is another. I took it as a challenge. I was like “Well, let’s see what happens.” You either embrace your identity or you let them force you into homogenizing yourself.
18
[Hollywood name-changing] was mostly an American insecurity. Americans were not sure how to deal with the exotic. I was lucky that one of my first movies, One Million Years B.C. (1966) was made in Europe by a British company. The Brits, and a lot of the rest of Europe, seemed to really love exotic women. The fact that I was American and exotic just made me more appealing to them.
19
I’ve always personally been color blind. Growing up, I thought Lena Horne was amazing, and Diahann Carroll was amazing, and I absolutely fell in love with Sidney Poitier. Whether they were black or white or whatever, it wasn’t a big thing for me. When I was doing 100 Rifles (1969) and I found out I’d be working with Jim Brown, I was more concerned with whether he could act, because he was primarily known as a football player. But he was great.
20
[on her marriage to James Welch] I was crazy in love with him – I was sure the moment I saw him he would be the father of my children. He was beautiful, he had this surly quality, and that was it! We were foolish, we ran away and got married, had two children too quickly. It was a romantic fantasy, which I am really good at.
21
[on her daughter Tahnee Welch] She is much more beautiful than I was.
22
[on divorcing first husband James Welch] Always having to be a perfect vision can be hard. My first husband was a good person. The second (Patrick Curtis) turned into a Svengali – I felt I was being manipulated. I should never have run off with the two kids (Damon and Tahnee) – I should have been more patient. Even though Jim was being horrible I should have stuck it out. I often say to my sister, “When I look back over my four husbands, he was the best.”.
23
[In 2008] I have pictures of me at 23 or 24 and I think, “Oh my God, I was really once that size!”. But actually, I think my face looks better now.
24
My father was a perfectionist. We had to hop to everything and have marvelous table manners. I could only wear navy blue and gray and white. He wanted me to be interested in tennis and horses just like a little princess, but I couldn’t stand such things.
25
If you have physical attractiveness, you don’t have to act.
26
[on Mae West] I do think she was a spectacular talent. There’s no question she was a comedic genius, but I did, in person, actually feel like she was some kind of a dockworker in drag.
27
Americans have always had sex symbols. It’a time-honored tradition and I’m flattered to have been one. But it’s hard to have a long, fruitful career once you’ve been stereotyped that way. That’s why I’m proud to say I’ve endured.
28
The mind is an erogenous zone.
29
[In 1973] I couldn’t stand that my husband was being unfaithful. I am Raquel Welch – understand?
30
Being a sex symbol was rather like being a convict.
31
Once you get rid of the idea that you must please other people before you please yourself, and you begin to follow your own instincts – only then can you be successful. You become more satisfied, and when you are, other people will tend to be satisfied by what you do.
Facts
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Fact
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Is the 21st great granddaughter of King Edward I.
2
After Welch starred in One Million Years B.C. (1966) for Hammer Films, they planned a vehicle for her called Mistress of the Seas, a biopic of 18th century pirate Anne Bonney, “The true story of Anne Bonney who slashed her way to fame and fortune alongside the most dreaded scourges of the Caribbean!” This was canned for financial reasons. Surviving poster artwork depicts Welch with a pistol in one hand and a cutlass in the other, very scantily clad.
3
Is one of 20 actresses who did not receive an Oscar nomination for their Best Actress in a Comedy/Musical Golden Globe-winning performance; hers being for The Three Musketeers (1973). The others, in chronological order, are: June Allyson for Too Young to Kiss (1951), Ethel Merman for Call Me Madam (1953), Jean Simmons for Guys and Dolls (1955), Taina Elg and Kay Kendall for Les Girls (1957), Marilyn Monroe for Some Like It Hot (1959), Rosalind Russell for A Majority of One (1961) and Gypsy (1962), Patty Duke for Me, Natalie (1969), Twiggy for The Boy Friend (1971), Barbra Streisand for A Star Is Born (1976), Bernadette Peters for Pennies from Heaven (1981), Kathleen Turner for Romancing the Stone (1984) and Prizzi’s Honor (1985), Miranda Richardson for Enchanted April (1991), Jamie Lee Curtis for True Lies (1994), Nicole Kidman for To Die For (1995), Madonna for Evita (1996), Renée Zellweger for Nurse Betty (2000), Sally Hawkins for Happy-Go-Lucky (2008), and Amy Adams for Big Eyes (2014).
4
Was considered for the title role in Norma Rae (1979) but Sally Field was cast instead (she went on to be nominated for a Best Actress Oscar for her performance and won).
5
Her grunting in One Million Years B.C. (1966) was dubbed by Nikki Van der Zyl.
6
As of 2013, celebrity spokesperson for Foster Grant sunglasses since the 1960s.
7
She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7021 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on June 8, 1996.
8
20th Century Fox wanted her to change her name to Debbie Welch, because they thought Raquel was too difficult to pronounce.
9
Has American ancestry on her mother’s side, dating back to both John Quincy Adams and the Mayflower. Her father immigrated from La Paz, Bolivia at age 17. His ancestry can be traced back to Armando Carlos Tejada Urquizo, a Bolivian of Spanish ancestry.
10
Ten months after the large age gap brought her relationship with Gary Stretch to an end, she dated Los Angeles restaurateur Richard Palmer, who is 15 years her junior. Richard left his fiancée, actress Cathy Moriarty for Raquel after they met in October 1997 at Ago, the West Hollywood restaurant owned by Robert De Niro.
11
She was crowned Miss La Jolla and Miss Southern California before dropping out of college in San Diego, California where she had an acting scholarship, to get married to her high-school sweetheart, James Welch, at age 19.
12
Revealed that her first marriage was the best of her four.
13
Dated champion boxer Gary Stretch when she was 56 and he was 31 (1996). Gary was younger than her two children, Damon Welch and Tahnee Welch. Raquel was also born the same year as Gary’s father, Ron Stretch. Their brief romance ended because of their age difference.
14
Her younger sister, Gail Tejada, is an ovarian cancer survivor.
15
Was named “The Worst Actress of All Time” in Harry Medved and Michael Medved’s 1980 book “The Golden Turkey Awards”, beating out Candice Bergen, Mamie Van Doren, and even Vera Ralston. Interestingly, her co-star in Bluebeard (1972), Richard Burton, was named “The Worst Actor of All Time” in the same book.
16
Her younger brother is Castillo Tejada.
17
Was promoted as a sex symbol by her then-husband Patrick Curtis, a film producer and Hollywood press agent.
18
Ex-girlfriend of costume designer Ron Talsky, who also designed her clothes for the films Kansas City Bomber (1972) and The Last of Sheila (1973) (1973).
19
Ex-stepmother of Damon Curtis.
20
Profiled in the book “Film Fatales: Women in Espionage Films and Television, 1962-1973” by Tom Lisanti and Louis Paul (McFarland, 2002).
21
Second husband, producer Patrick Curtis, reportedly was one of several infants who took turns playing the baby of Olivia de Havilland in Gone with the Wind (1939).
22
In 1970, she accepted the Oscar for “Best Actress in a Supporting Role” on behalf of Goldie Hawn, who wasn’t present at the awards ceremony
23
One of the bombshells shown in The Shawshank Redemption (1994) (The other two were Rita Hayworth and Marilyn Monroe).
24
Son Damon Welch married the daughter of England and Yorkshire cricket legend Fred Trueman.
25
Her ex-husband, Director Producer André Weinfeld, had a property on the private island of Mustique.
26
Was a former cocktail waitress.
27
Her former assistant was Polly Brown.
28
Auditioned for the role of Mary Ann Summers in Gilligan’s Island (1964), which went to Dawn Wells.
29
Had a notorious backstage feud with the indomitable Mae West on the set of Myra Breckinridge (1970).
30
Mentioned in the theme song of the 1980s television series The Fall Guy (1981).
31
She broke her wrist in an automobile crash in Los Angeles, California on August 30, 2003.
32
Among her many beauty contest titles were “Miss Photogenic”, “Miss Contour” and “Miss Maid of California” – all won while she was in her teens.
33
She was fired from Cannery Row (1982) and replaced by Debra Winger. She then sued Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and won a $10 million judgement.
34
Husband Richard Palmer is a restaurateur. The couple are now separated.
35
Her father, Armando Carlos Tejada Urquizo (1911-1976), was Bolivian.
36
Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#18) (1995).
37
Attended and graduated from La Jolla High School in La Jolla, California (1958).
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Miss Fairest of the Fair in San Diego, California in 1958.
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Mother of Tahnee Welch and Damon Welch.
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Born at 2:40pm-CDT.
Pictures
Movies
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
How to Be a Latin Lover
2017
Celeste
Date My Dad
2017
TV Series
Rosa
The Ultimate Legacy
2015
TV Movie
Miss Sally May Anderson
House of Versace
2013
TV Movie
Aunt Lucia
CSI: Miami
2012
TV Series
Vina Navarro
Welcome to the Captain
2008
TV Series
Charlene Van Ark / Charlene Van Ness
Forget About It
2006
Christine DeLee
8 Simple Rules
2004
TV Series
Jackie
American Family
2002
TV Series
Aunt Dora
Legally Blonde
2001
Mrs. Windham Vandermark
Tortilla Soup
2001
Hortensia
Spin City
1997-2000
TV Series
Abby / Abby Lassiter
Folle d’elle
1998
Jacqueline
Chairman of the Board
1998
Grace Kosik
Seinfeld
1997
TV Series
Raquel Welch
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
1996
TV Series
Vesta
C.P.W.
1996
TV Series
Dianna Brock
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995
TV Series
La Madrasta
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
1995
TV Series
Diana Stride
Flashbacks 2: Pop Parade
1994
Video short
Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult
1994
Raquel Welch (uncredited)
Hollyrock-a-Bye Baby
1993
TV Movie
Shelly Millstone (voice)
Evening Shade
1993
TV Series
Cynthia Gibson
Torch Song
1993
TV Movie
Paula Eastman
Tainted Blood
1993
TV Movie
Elizabeth Hayes
Trouble in Paradise
1989
TV Movie
Rachel
Scandal in a Small Town
1988
TV Movie
Leda Beth Vincent
Right to Die
1987
TV Movie
Emily Bauer
Muppet Video: The Kermit and Piggy Story
1985
Video
Raquel Welch
The Legend of Walks Far Woman
1982
TV Movie
Walks Far Woman
Mork & Mindy
1979
TV Series
Captain Nirvana
Animal
1977
Jane Gardner
Crossed Swords
1977
Lady Edith
Mother, Jugs & Speed
1976
Jugs
The Wild Party
1975
Queenie
The Four Musketeers: Milady’s Revenge
1974
Constance de Bonancieux
The Three Musketeers
1973
Constance de Bonacieux
The Last of Sheila
1973
Alice
Bluebeard
1972
The Nun
Kansas City Bomber
1972
K.C. Carr
Fuzz
1972
Det. Eileen McHenry
Hannie Caulder
1971
Hannie Caulder
The Beloved
1971
Elena
Myra Breckinridge
1970
Myra Breckinridge
The Magic Christian
1969
Priestess of the Whip
Flareup
1969
Michele
100 Rifles
1969
Sarita
Lady in Cement
1968
Kit Forrest
Bandolero!
1968
Maria Stoner
The Biggest Bundle of Them All
1968
Juliana
Bedazzled
1967
Lust
Lilian Lust
Fathom
1967
Fathom Harvill
The Oldest Profession
1967
Nini (segment “Belle époque, La”)
The Queens
1966
Elena (segment “Fata Elena”)
One Million Years B.C.
1966
Loana
Shoot Loud, Louder… I Don’t Understand
1966
Tania Montini
Fantastic Voyage
1966
Cora
A Swingin’ Summer
1965
Jeri
Do Not Disturb
1965
Woman in Lobby (uncredited)
The Baileys of Balboa
1965
TV Series
Beverly
The Hollywood Palace
1964-1965
TV Series
Billboard Girl / Card Girl
Wendy and Me
1965
TV Series
Lila Harrison
The Rogues
1964
TV Series
Miss France
Roustabout
1964
College Girl (uncredited)
Bewitched
1964
TV Series
Stewardess
McHale’s Navy
1964
TV Series
Lt. Wilson
The Virginian
1964
TV Series
Saloon Girl
A House Is Not a Home
1964
Call Girl
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Shindig!
1965
TV Series performer – 1 episode
Dead Bullet
2016
performer: “I’m Ready To Groove feat. in A Swingin’ Summer”
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
1996
TV Series performer – 1 episode
The 38th Annual Tony Awards
1984
TV Special performer: “City Lights”, “The Grass Is Always Greener”
The Muppet Show
1978
TV Series performer – 1 episode
The Wild Party
1975
performer: “Singapore Sally”
Really Raquel
1974
TV Special performer: “Let Me Entertain You”, “I Am Woman”, “You Light Up My Life”, “It Ain’t Necessarily So”, “I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight”, “Steam Roller”
The Special London Bridge Special
1972
TV Movie performer: “Rip it up / Lucille / Tutti Frutti / Jenny, Jenny as Janey, Janey / Good Golly Miss Molly / Long Tall Sally as We’re gonna have some fun tonight”
A Swingin’ Summer
1965
performer: “I’m Ready to Groove”
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Hannie Caulder
1971
executive producer – uncredited
The Sorcerers
1967
assistant producer – uncredited
Costume Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Sorcerers
1967
costume supervisor – uncredited
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Trans Am: Anthropocene
2014
Short grateful acknowledgment
The Last Circus
2010
the director wishes to thank
Sex at 24 Frames Per Second
2003
Video documentary acknowledgment
Biography
1995
TV Series documentary very special thanks – 1 episode
Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror
1994
TV Movie documentary special thanks
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Access Hollywood
2017
TV Series
Herself
WGN Morning News
2017
TV Series
Herself
Sidewalks Entertainment
2017
TV Series
Herself – Guest
The Talk
2013-2017
TV Series
Herself – Guest / Herself
Made in Hollywood
2017
TV Series
Herself
Entertainment Tonight
2007-2017
TV Series
Herself
Extra
2017
TV Series
Herself
Home & Family
2016
TV Series
Herself
Good Day L.A.
2013
TV Series
Herself – Guest
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2008-2012
TV Series
Herself – Guest
Lt. Dan Band: For the Common Good
2011
Documentary
Herself
Huckabee
2010
TV Series
Herself
The 64th Annual Tony Awards
2010
TV Special
Herself – Presenter: Best Revival of a Musical
The Bonnie Hunt Show
2010
TV Series
Herself – Guest
In the House with Peter Bart & Peter Guber
2010
TV Series
Herself – Guest
Tavis Smiley
2010
TV Series
Herself – Guest
Good Morning America
1978-2010
TV Series
Herself – Guest
The Oprah Winfrey Show
2010
TV Series
Herself – Guest
Martha
2008
TV Series
Herself – Guest
Rachael Ray
2007
TV Series
Herself – Guest
The View
2007
TV Series
Herself – Guest
Playboy: Celebrity Centerfolds
2006
TV Movie documentary
Herself
101 Sexiest Celebrity Bodies
2005
TV Movie
Herself
Your World w/ Neil Cavuto
2005
TV Series
Herself
The 62nd Annual Golden Globe Awards
2005
TV Special documentary
Herself – Audience Member
The Best of ‘So Graham Norton’
2004
Video
Herself (uncredited)
Larry King Live
2004
TV Series
Herself – Guest
The O’Reilly Factor
2004
TV Series
Herself
Naughty Bits
2004
TV Series
Herself
Playboy’s 50th Anniversary Celebration
2003
TV Movie documentary
Herself
Raquel Welch Promo Package
2003
TV Movie
Herself
Sex at 24 Frames Per Second
2003
Video documentary
Herself – Interviewee
100 Years of Hope and Humor
2003
TV Special
Herself
The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema
2002
Documentary
Herself
2002 ALMA Awards
2002
TV Special
Herself
Jim Brown: All American
2002
TV Movie documentary
Herself (Actor)
Raquel Welch in the Valley of the Dinosaurs
2002
Video documentary short
Herself
Hollywood Squares
1999-2001
TV Series
Herself – Panelist
2001 ALMA Awards
2001
TV Special
Herself – Presenter
30 minuts
2001
TV Series documentary
Herself
2000 Hispanic Heritage Awards
2000
TV Special
Herself – Co-Host
Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre Footprints
2000
Documentary
Herself – Host
FY2K: Graham Norton Live
1999
TV Special
Herself
Get Bruce
1999
Documentary
Herself
The 51st Annual Tony Awards
1997
TV Special
Herself – Presenter
The 42nd Annual Drama Desk Awards
1997
TV Special
Herself – Presenter
A Century of Science Fiction
1996
Video documentary
Herself
Maury
1996
TV Series
Herself
Gala de la hispanidad
1996
TV Movie
Herself
Late Night with Conan O’Brien
1996
TV Series
Herself – Guest
The 1996 Annual Lucy Awards
1996
TV Special
Herself
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1995-1996
TV Series
Herself – Guest
The 68th Annual Academy Awards
1996
TV Special
Herself – Audience Member
100 Years of Horror
1996
TV Series documentary
Herself – Actress / Herself
Oops! The World’s Funniest Outtakes 4
1996
TV Movie
Herself
Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen
1996
TV Series documentary
Narrator
The Beatles: All Together Now
1995
TV Movie documentary
Herself (uncredited)
Legends in Light: The Photography of George Hurrell
1995
TV Movie documentary
Herself – Interviewee
Biography
1995
TV Series documentary
Herself
Wetten, dass..?
1994
TV Series
Herself
Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror
1994
TV Movie documentary
Herself
Late Show with David Letterman
1994
TV Series
Herself – Guest
Showbiz Today
1994
TV Series
Herself
The 66th Annual Academy Awards
1994
TV Special
Herself – Audience Member
Hollywood Women
1993
TV Mini-Series documentary
Herself
Bob Hope: The First 90 Years
1993
TV Movie documentary
Herself
Late Night with David Letterman
1986-1993
TV Series
Herself – Guest
The 14th Annual CableACE Awards
1993
TV Special
Herself
The 21th Annual Friends of Tel Hashomer Gala
1992
TV Movie
Herself – Presenter
The 49th Annual Golden Globe Awards
1992
TV Special
Herself
The 5th Annual American Comedy Awards
1991
TV Special
Herself
The 48th Annual Golden Globe Awards
1991
TV Special
Herself – Audience Member
The 16th Annual People’s Choice Awards
1990
TV Special
Herself – Presenter
Night of 100 Stars III
1990
TV Movie
Herself
Live with Kelly and Ryan
1990
TV Series
Herself – Guest
Raquel: Body & Mind
1989
Video
Herself – Host
The 61st Annual Academy Awards
1989
TV Special
Herself – Audience Member
Lose 10 Lbs. in 3 Weeks
1988
Video
Herself
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1968-1988
TV Series
Herself – Guest / Herself
The18th Annual Nosotros Golden Eagle Awards
1988
TV Special
Herself
The 45th Annual Golden Globe Awards
1988
TV Special
Herself – Nominee
The 39th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
1987
TV Special
Herself – Presenter
A Week with Raquel
1986
Video
Herself
This Girl’s Back in Town
1986
TV Movie
Herself
Hour Magazine
1986
TV Series
Herself
People Are Talking
1986
TV Series
Herself
Evening Magazine
1986
TV Series
Herself
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
TV Movie
Herself
The 42nd Annual Golden Globe Awards
1985
TV Special
Herself – Host
Fozzie’s Muppet Scrapbook
1985
Video
Herself
Raquel: Total Beauty and Fitness
1984
Video
Herself – Host
Wogan
1984
TV Series
Herself – Guest
The 38th Annual Tony Awards
1984
TV Special
Herself – Performer
The 55th Annual Academy Awards
1983
TV Special
Herself – Presenter
CBS Early Morning News
1982
TV Series
Herself
The 38th Annual Golden Globe Awards
1981
TV Special
Herself – Presenter
From Raquel with Love
1980
TV Movie
Herself
The Muppets Go Hollywood
1979
TV Special
Herself (uncredited)
The 51st Annual Academy Awards
1979
TV Special documentary
Herself – Co- Presenter: Music Awards
That’s Hollywood
1979
TV Series documentary
Herself
The 36th Annual Golden Globes Awards
1979
TV Special
Herself – Presenter
Donny and Marie
1978
TV Series
Herself
Dinah!
1975-1978
TV Series
Herself – Guest
The Muppet Show
1978
TV Series
Herself – Special Guest Star
Hollywood’s Diamond Jubilee
1978
TV Special
Herself – Host
Live Wednesday
1978
TV Series
Herself
A Tribute to Neil Simon
1978
TV Movie
Herself
Parkinson
1972-1978
TV Series
Herself – Guest
The Road to Eltham
1978
TV Movie
Herself
The 50th Annual Academy Awards
1978
TV Special
Herself – Co-Presenter: Documentary Feature and Documentary Short
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Henry Fonda
1978
TV Special documentary
Herself (uncredited)
The Bob Hope Comedy Special from Palm Springs
1978
TV Movie
Herself
Les rendez-vous du dimanche
1977
TV Series
Herself
The 34th Annual Golden Globe Awards
1977
TV Special
Herself – Presenter
Saturday Night Live
1976
TV Series
Herself – Host / Jane Russell / Various
Système 2
1976
TV Series
Herself
Rona Looks at Raquel, Liza, Cher and Ann-Margret
1975
TV Movie
Herself
The 47th Annual Academy Awards
1975
TV Special
Herself – Presenter
The 1st Annual People’s Choice Awards
1975
TV Special
Herself – Presenter
The Mike Douglas Show
1974
TV Series
Herself – Guest
The 1974 Annual Las Vegas Entertainment Awards
1974
TV Special
Herself – Presenter
The 46th Annual Academy Awards
1974
TV Special
Herself – Co-Presenter Best Documentary Feature / Best Documentary Short
Really Raquel
1974
TV Special
Herself
The 45th Annual Academy Awards
1973
TV Special
Herself – Presenter
V.I.P.-Schaukel
1972
TV Series documentary
Herself – Guest
The 44th Annual Academy Awards
1972
TV Special
Herself – Presenter
Laugh-In
1971
TV Series
Herself – Guest Performer
The David Frost Show
1969-1970
TV Series
Herself – Guest
Night of Nights
1970
TV Movie
Herself
The Dick Cavett Show
1970
TV Series
Herself – Guest
Die Cowboy-Stadt
1970
TV Movie documentary
Herself
Raquel!
1970
TV Movie
Herself
The 42nd Annual Academy Awards
1970
TV Special
Herself – Presenter: Special Visual Effects, and Accepting Supporting Actress Award for Goldie Hawn
This Is Tom Jones
1970
TV Series documentary
Herself – Guest
The Bob Hope Show
1970
TV Series
Herself – Guest
Will the Real Mr Sellers…..?
1969
TV Movie documentary
Herself
Bracken’s World
1969
TV Series
Herself
The Joey Bishop Show
1967-1969
TV Series
Herself – Guest
The Dean Martin Show
1969
TV Series
Herself – Guest
The 41st Annual Academy Awards
1969
TV Special
Herself – Audience Member
The 40th Annual Academy Awards
1968
TV Special
Herself – Audience Member
The Bob Hope Christmas Special
1968
TV Special
Herself
The Hollywood Palace
1967
TV Series
Herself – Singer
The Eamonn Andrews Show
1966-1967
TV Series
Herself
What’s My Line?
1967
TV Series
Herself – Mystery Guest
The 39th Annual Academy Awards
1967
TV Special
Herself – Co-Presenter: Best Sound
Think Twentieth
1967
Documentary short
Herself
Shindig!
1965
TV Series
Herself – Singer
The Hollywood Deb Stars of 1965
1965
TV Movie
Herself – Deb Star
Cinema
1965
TV Series documentary
Herself
Awards
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2001
Lifetime Achievement Award
Imagen Foundation Awards
1996
Star on the Walk of Fame
Walk of Fame
Motion Picture
Awarded on June 8, 1996 at 7021 Hollywood Blvd.
1983
Bronze Wrangler
Western Heritage Awards
Fictional Television Drama
The Legend of Walks Far Woman (1982)
1975
Golden Globe
Golden Globes, USA
Best Motion Picture Actress – Musical/Comedy
The Three Musketeers (1973)
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2001
ALMA Award
ALMA Awards
Outstanding Host of a Variety or Awards Special
2000 Hispanic Heritage Awards (2000)
1999
Razzie Award
Razzie Awards
Worst Supporting Actress
Chairman of the Board (1998)
1988
Golden Globe
Golden Globes, USA
Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV
