Raquel Welch, a late actress, is famous for her numerous film roles.
Fantastic Voyage, One Million Years BC, and Bedazzled are among the movies she has acted in.
Who was Raquel Welch?
Raquel Welch, née Tejada, was a Chicago-born American actress who was born on September 5, 1960.
Raquel gained notoriety in the 1960s thanks to her roles in Bandolero!, The Three Musketeers, and One Million Years BC.
She gained widespread recognition as an international sex symbol as her fame carried over into the following decade.
Raquel said to The Sunday Post about her breakthrough achievement: “Overnight, I found myself in demand. I had previously kept a quiet profile.
“I had made another movie which was a big step up for me from very small parts.
“It was Fantastic Voyage and should have been released before One Million Years BC but the special effects delayed it, so I was the dinosaur lady first and the science lady second.
“I’m often asked if I get sick of talking about that bikini but the truth is, I don’t.
“Both made a huge difference to my career. Before that, I was not much more than an extra.”
Raquel further recalled: “I’ve made quite a few movies, TV shows, and theatre plays, and I think people realized that I was not just there to look good on a movie poster. I could really act too.”
Although Raquel accumulated an extensive amount of on-screen credits, she admits that her fans always harken back to her star-making turn in One Million Years BC.
Raquel acknowledges that despite her numerous on-screen accomplishments, her admirers will always remember her breakout performance in One Million Years BC.
“Of course, I have great memories and some souvenirs.
“I’m asked if I still have that bikini but there were about six of them and they’re probably in an archive somewhere.
“I’m not sure if I will ever wear it again but you never know – perhaps one day the script will drop through the door for Two Million Years BC!
“If it does, I hope it has more dialogue than the first one.”
In the 2017 comedy How to Be a Latin Lover, she appeared in one of the supporting roles with Salma Hayek and Kristen Bell.
What was Raquel’s cause of death?
Raquel succumbed to a brief illness on February 15, 2023, and passed on that Wednesday morning.
The Golden Globe winner is survived by her two children, Tawnee and Damon, from her previous marriage to James Welch.
Throughout the course of her life, she was married four times.
Her last marriage was to Richard Palmer, which lasted from 1999 to 2008.
