Raquel Welch
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Jo-Raquel Tejada
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09/05/1940 Birthplace:
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biography
The last of the Hollywood sex symbols, Raquel Welch began appearing in films in the mid-1960s and enjoyed a run as pin-up girl after capturing the public's imagination clad in a well-tailored fur bikini in the prehistoric fantasy "One Million Years BC" (1966). Who would have known she was a single mother of two? Her packagers never let on. They just continued to push the fantasy, creating an uphill battle for her to earn any respect as a serious actor. Welch ornamented a number of lightweight vehicles before bombing in the title role of "Myra Breckinridge" (1970--Mae West walked off with most
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milestones
Year
Milestone
1943
Moved with family to La Jolla, California (date approximate)
1947
First taste of the stage at San Diego's Old Globe Theatre as member of a children's theater group (date approximate)
1955
Won La Jolla beauty competition at age 15 (date approximate)
Worked as a cocktail waitress and model in Dallas in early 1960s
Moved to L.A. as a single mother with two children from her first marriage; worked several jobs to support family
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