Raquel Welch

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Raquel Welch at the Hollywoodland Premiere
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Details

AKA: Jo-Raquel Tejada
Nationality: American
Birthdate: 09/05/1940
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States

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 Continued

Credits

(TV Show)
2008-2008
Charlene Van Ark
2008
Charlene Van Ark
2008
Charlene Van Ark
2008
Charlene Van Ark
2008
Charlene Van Ark
2008
(TV Show)
2004-2004
Jackie
2004
(TV Show)
2004-2004
Aunt Dora
2004
Aunt Dora
2004
Aunt Dora
2004
Aunt Dora
2004
Aunt Dora
2004
Aunt Dora
2004
Aunt Dora
2004
Aunt Dora
2004
Aunt Dora
2004
Aunt Dora
2004
Aunt Dora
2004
Aunt Dora
2004
Aunt Dora
2004
+(8 More)
Hortensia
2001
Grace Kosik
1998
(TV Show)
1996-1996
Producer
1971
Hannie Caulder
1971
Myra
1970
Slave-driver
1970
Kit Forrest
1968
Herself
Detective McHenry
Jane
Lillian Lust
Jacqueline
Maria
Queenie
Cora Peterson
Sarita
Magdelena
Actor
Michele
Diane 'K C' Carr

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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