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Jo Raquel Tejada (born September 5, 1940), better known as Raquel Welch, is an American actress and sex symbol. Welch came to attention as a new star on the 20th Century Fox lot in the mid-1960s. She posed iconically in an animal skin bikini for the British-release One Million Years B.C. (1966), for which she may be best known. She later starred in Bedazzled (1967), Bandolero! (1968), 100 Rifles (1969) and Myra Breckinridge (1970). She made several television variety specials, and today, Welch is a noticeable face in commercials for Foster Grant sunglasses and reading glasses.

This book is your ultimate resource for Raquel Welch. Here you will find the most up-to-date information, photos, and much more.

In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about Raquel Welch's Early life, Career and Personal life right away. A quick look inside: Raquel Welch, 100 Rifles, American Family: Journey of Dreams, André Weinfeld, Animal (1977 film), Bedazzled (1967 film), Bluebeard (1972 film), Bob Hope, Cannery Row (film), Chairman of the Board (film), David Winters (choreographer), Do Not Disturb (1965 film), Forget About It (film), Foster Grant, Fuzz (film), Gilligan's Island, Hollyrock-a-Bye Baby, Jim Brown, Jim Brown: All-American, KFMB-TV, Kansas City Bomber, La Jolla High School, Lady in Cement, Right to Die (film), San Diego County Fair, Tahnee Welch, The Magic Christian (film), The Muppet Show, The Oldest Profession, The Ramona Pageant, The Summer of George, The Three Musketeers (1973 film), The Wild Party (1975 film), Tom Jones (singer)…and more pages!

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Articles Raquel Welch 100 Rifles American Family: Journey of Dreams André Weinfeld Animal (1977 film) Bedazzled (1967 film) Bluebeard (1972 film) Bob Hope Cannery Row (film) Chairman of the Board (film) David Winters (choreographer) Do Not Disturb (1965 film) Forget About It (film) Foster Grant Fuzz (film) Gilligan's Island Hollyrock-a-Bye Baby Jim Brown Jim Brown: All-American KFMB-TV Kansas City Bomber La Jolla High School Lady in Cement Right to Die (film) San Diego County Fair

Tahnee Welch The Magic Christian (film) The Muppet Show The Oldest Profession The Ramona Pageant The Summer of George The Three Musketeers (1973 film) The Wild Party (1975 film) Tom Jones (singer)

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76 77 83 85 87 89 90 93 95 99 123 125 126 128 131 133

Torch Song (1993 film) Tortilla Soup Wig

References Article Sources and Contributors Image Sources, Licenses and Contributors

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Raquel Welch

Born

Nationality

Ethnicity

Occupation

Years active

Spouse(s)

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Welch in April 2010

Jo Raquel Tejada September 5, 1940 Chicago, United States

American

Bolivian, English

Actress

1964–present

James Welch (1959–1964) Patrick Curtis (1967–1972) André Weinfeld (1980–1990) Richard Palmer (1999–2008)

Jo Raquel Tejada(born September 5, 1940), better known asRaquel Welch, is an American actress and sex symbol. Welch came to attention as a new star on the 20th Century Fox lot in the mid-1960s. She posed iconically in an animal skin bikini for the British-releaseOne Million Years B.C.(1966), for which she may be best known. She later starred inBedazzled(1967),Bandolero!(1968),100 Rifles(1969) andMyra Breckinridge(1970). She made several television variety specials, and today, Welch is a noticeable face in commercials for Foster Grant sunglasses and reading glasses.

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Early life Welch was bornJo Raquel Tejadain Chicago, the older sister to brother James and sister Gayle. She is the daughter of Josephine Sarah (née Hall; 1909–2000), of English ancestry, and Armando Carlos Tejada Urquizo (1911–1976), [1][2][3][4] of Bolivian descent. Her father, an aeronautical engineer, emigrated from La Paz, Bolivia, at age 17; her [5] mother was American, the daughter of architect Emery Stanford Hall and wife Clara Louise Adams. As a young girl, she wanted to be a performer. Her first love and ambition was ballet, which she studied from ages [6] seven to seventeen. She gave up ballet after her instructor told her that she did not have the proper body. While a student at La Jolla High School in 1958, she won the Fairest of the Fair beauty pageant at the San Diego County [7] Fair.

Career She changed her surname to that of her first husband, James Welch, in 1959. That year, she played the title role in The Ramona Pageant, a yearly outdoor play at Hemet, California, which is based on the novelRamonaby Helen Hunt Jackson and Bob Biloe. She reported the weather at KFMB, a local San Diego television station. Because of her heavy schedule at the time, she decided to leave her studies at San Diego State University (then known as San Diego State College). Her first marriage broke up and she moved with her two children, Damon and Latanne, to Dallas, Texas, where she modeled for Neiman Marcus and worked as a cocktail hostess, thus intending to move on to New York City from there. Instead, Welch moved back to California, settling in Los Angeles, and started making the rounds of the movie studios. She was cast in small parts in two films and in the television showsBewitched,McHale's Navy, andThe Virginian, as well as on the weekly variety seriesThe Hollywood Palaceas a billboard girl and presenter of acts. She was one of many women who auditioned for the role of Mary Ann Summers on Gilligan's Island. Welch's first featured role came in the beach filmA Swingin' Summer, which led to a contract with 20th Century Fox. She was subsequently cast in a leading role in the sci-fi filmFantastic Voyage(1966), which was a hit and made her a star. She was the last star to be created under the studio system. On loan out to Hammer Studios in Britain, Welch starred in the remake ofOne Million Years B.C.striking an iconic pose in a prehistoric animal-skin bikini. She was described as "wearing mankind's first bikini" and the fur bikini was [8][9] described as a "definitive look of the 1960s". One author said, "although she had only three lines in the film, her luscious figure in a fur bikini made her a star and the dream [10] girl of millions of young moviegoers". Her publicity still for the film became a bestselling poster, and helped her be seen as one of the leading sex symbols of the 1960s and 1970s. After her appearance as lust incarnate in the hit Bedazzled, she returned to the United States and appeared in the Western filmBandolero!, with James Stewart and Dean Martin, which was followed by the private-eye dramaLady in Cementwith Frank Sinatra. Her looks and fame ledPlayboy to dub her the "Most Desired Woman" of the 1970s. Welch presented at the Academy Award ceremony several times Saturday Night Live, 1976, with Gilda Radner [11][12][13] during the 1970s due to her popularity, and accepted the Best Supporting Actress Oscar on behalf of fellow actress [14] Goldie Hawn when she couldn't be there to accept it.

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Welch's most controversial role came in the notoriousMyra Breckinridge. She took the part as the film's transsexual heroine in an attempt to be taken seriously as an actress, but the movie turned out to be a failure. Welch starred in the movie,100 Rifles, a 1969 western directed by Tom Gries. The film also starred Jim Brown, Burt Reynolds, and Fernando Lamas. The original music score was composed by Jerry Goldsmith.100 Rifleswas one of the first films to feature an interracial sex scene between Jim Brown and Raquel Welch.

Welch at the premiere of Bette Midler's movie, The Rose, 1979

In 1970, Welch teamed up with Tom Jones and producer/choreographer David Winters of Winters-Rosen [15] Productions for the TV specialRaquel!, considered by some viewers to be a classic pairing together of 1970s pop-culture icons in their prime. The multi million-dollar TV song-and-dance extravaganza was filmed around the world, from Paris to Mexico. The show featured lavish production numbers of classic songs from the era, extravagant costumes, and notable guest performances, including John Wayne and Bob Hope in the Wild West. She also appeared in a season three episode ofThe Muppet Show(1978).

She then returned to film between the 1970s and 1980s: some of the films she did worked, likeThe Three Musketeers, and some likeThe Wild Partydid not. The actress was due to star in an 1982 adaptation of John Steinbeck'sCannery Row, but was fired by the producers a few days into production (they claimed that the 40 year old was too old to play the character). She was replaced with Debra [16] Winger. Welch successfully sued, collecting a $10.8 million settlement.

In addition to her TV special,Raquel!, her television appearances include the TV moviesThe Legend of Walks Far WomanandRight to Diein which she turned in a stirring performance as a woman stricken with Lou Gehrig's disease, and in the PBS seriesAmerican Family, about a Mexican American family in East Los Angeles. She has appeared in the night-time soap operaCentral Park Westand made infomercials and exercise videos.

In 1987, she flirted with a pop singing career, thus releasing the dance single Welch at the 39th Emmy Awards "This Girl's Back In Town". She has performed in a one-woman nightclubGovernor's Ball, September 1987 musical act in Las Vegas and has starred on Broadway inWoman of the Year, receiving praise for following Lauren Bacall in the title role, and inVictor/Victoria, having less success following Julie Andrews and Liza Minnelli in the title roles.

In a 1997 episode of the comedy seriesSeinfeldentitledThe Summer of George, Welch played a highly temperamental version of herself, assaulting series characters Kramer and Elaine, the former because he fired her from an acting job and the latter because Welch mistakenly thought that Elaine was mocking her. She also appeared as a guest on the American TV seriesSabrina the Teenage Witch, as Sabrina's flamboyant Aunt Vesta. In 2001, she had a supporting role in the hit filmLegally Blondeopposite Reese Witherspoon. She also appeared in Welcome to the Captain, which premiered on CBS television on February 4, 2008.

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Achievements and awards In 1974 Welch won a Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture Actress in a Musical or Comedy forThe Three Musketeers. She was also nominated for a Golden Globe for her performance in the TV dramaRight to Die(1987).

Beauty and business career The Raquel Welch Total Beauty and Fitness Programbook and videos were first released in 1984. The book, written by Welch with photographs by André Weinfeld, includes a hatha yoga fitness program, her views on healthy living and nutrition, as well as beauty and personal style. The Multi-Platinum collection of Fitness and Yoga videos were [17][18][19][20] produced and directed by André Weinfeld. As a businesswoman, Welch succeeded with her signature line of wigs. She also began a jewelry and skincare line, although neither of those ventures compared to the success [21] of her wig collectionHAIRuWEAR. In January 2007, Welch was selected as the newest face of MAC Cosmetics Beauty Icon series. Her line features [22] several limited-edition makeup shades in glossy black and tiger-print packaging. As of June 2010, she is featured [23] in several television ads for sunglasses by Foster Grant.

Personal life Welch has been married to: • James Welch (1959–1964), publicist and agent; divorced • Patrick Curtis (1967–1972), director and producer; divorced • André Weinfeld (1980–1990), producer, director and journalist; divorced [24] • Richard Palmer (1999), divorced. Welch is the mother of Damon Welch (born November 6, 1959) and actress Tahnee Welch (born Latanne Rene Welch, December 26, 1961). Tahnee followed her mother's December 1979 example and appeared on the cover of [25] Playboyin the November 1995 issue, as well as in a nude pictorial in that issue.

Filmography •A House Is Not a Home(1964) •Roustabout(1964) •A Swingin' Summer(1965) •Do Not Disturb(1965) •Sex Quartet(1966) •The Queens(1966) •Fantastic Voyage(1966) •One Million Years B.C.(1966) •Shoot Loud, Louder... I Don't Understand(1966) •The Oldest Profession(1967) •Fathom(1967) •Bedazzled(1967) •Bandolero!(1968) •The Biggest Bundle of Them All(1968) •Lady in Cement(1968) •100 Rifles(1969) •Flareup(1969) •The Magic Christian(1969) •The Beloved(1970)

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Myra Breckinridge(1970) Hannie Caulder(1971) Bluebeard(1972) Fuzz(1972) Kansas City Bomber(1972) The Last of Sheila(1973) The Three Musketeers(1973) The Four Musketeers(1974) The Wild Party(1975) Mother, Jugs & Speed(1976) Crossed Swords, a.k.a. the Prince and the Pauper (UK title) (1977) L'Animal(1977) Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult(1994) (Cameo) Chairman of the Board(1998) What I Did for Love(1998) Get Bruce(1999) (documentary) Tortilla Soup(2001) Legally Blonde(2001) Forget About It(2006)

Television work •Raquel!(1970) •Really Raquel(1974) •NBC's Saturday Night Live(host, April 24, 1976) •The Muppet Show •Mork & Mindy2 Episodes (1979) •From Raquel with Love(1980) •The Legend of Walks Far Woman(1982) •Right to Die(1987) •Scandal in a Small Town(1988) •Trouble in Paradise(1989) •Tainted Blood(1993) •Torch Song(1993) •Hollyrock-a-Bye Baby(1993) (voice) •Lois & Clark(Diana Stride) Season 2 Episode 35 "Top Copy" (1995) •Sabrina, the Teenage WitchEpisode #07 ("Third Aunt From the Sun") as Aunt Vesta (1996) •Central Park West(1996–1997) •Seinfeld(1997) •Spin City(1997, 2000) 3 episodes •Jim Brown: All-American(2002) •American Family(2002–2004) 8 episodes •8 Simple Rules(2004) •Welcome to The Captain(2008) 5 episodes •CSI: Miami(2012) 1 episode "Rest in Pieces" as Vina Navarro

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Books • Raquel Welch:Raquel: Beyond the Cleavage, Publisher: Weinstein Books (March 29, 2010), ISBN 978-1-60286-097-1

References

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External links • Raquel Welch (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm79/) at the Internet Movie Database • Bob Hope 1967 show in Vietnam, Raquel Welch at 21:21 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzOsLRT7d5c) • Raquel Welch Cover Art Gallery (http://www.coverart.com/2011/02/raquel-welch-magazine-covers/)