Raquel Welch

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
Sep 05, 1940 (84 years old)

Raquel Welch

Known For

Jim Henson Idea Man
1h 48m
Movie 2024

Jim Henson Idea Man

Featuring unprecedented access to Jim Henson's personal archives, filmmaker Ron Howard brings us a fascinating and insightful look at a complex man whose boundless imagination inspired the world.

Date My Dad
0h 42m
TV Show 2017

Date My Dad

Since the loss of his beloved Isabella three years ago, Ricky Cooper's only agenda has been to be the best dad he can be. But little does Ricky realize that his girls have an agenda of their own: get dad a girlfriend.

How to Be a Latin Lover
1h 56m
Movie 2017

How to Be a Latin Lover

An aging Latin lover gets dumped by his sugar mama and must fend for himself in a harsh world.

The Ultimate Legacy
1h 30m
Movie 2015

The Ultimate Legacy

A self-absorbed young man is challenged to grow a conscience and change his ways in order to receive an inheritance.

House of Versace
1h 25m
Movie 2013

House of Versace

A chronicle of Donatella Versace's triumph over tragedy by carrying on her brother's powerful legacy after his 1997 murder.

Welcome to the Captain
0h 30m
TV Show 2008

Welcome to the Captain

The lives of a wildly eclectic group of people are intertwined through the place they all call home, a fabled Hollywood apartment building, El Capitan, which they've dubbed "The Captain." Josh, is a Hollywood whiz kid whose filmmaking career has hit a wall. Just when Josh is about to move back to New York, his accountant-to-the-stars best friend, Marty, convinces him to move into his legendary apartment building.

Legally Blonde
1h 36m
Movie 2001

Legally Blonde

Fashionable sorority queen Elle Woods has it all, but, she wants nothing more than to be Mrs. Warner Huntington III. But he dumps her before heading to Harvard Law School. Elle rallies all of her resources and gets into Harvard, determined to win him back. While there, she figures out that there is more to herself than just good looks.

Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen
TV Show 1996

Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen

A six-part series exploring the 100 year evolution of sexuality and censorship in motion pictures. The series journeys backward in time, leading off with the most explicit excerpts and the most recognizable stars.

Central Park West
1h 0m
TV Show 1995

Central Park West

The glamorous and exciting life for the staff of trendy magazine 'Communique', owned by Allen Rush, "the Darth Vader of publishing".

Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
2h 46m
Movie 1988

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

Stars celebrate Bob Hope's 50 years with NBC.

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.

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