Raquel Welch
| Raquel Welch | ||
 in "One Million Years B.C." | ||
| Background information | ||
| Birth name | Jo Raquel Tejada | |
| Born | Sep 5, 1940 Chicago, Illinois USA 
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| Died | Feb 15, 2023 - age 83 Los Angeles, CA USA | |
| Height | 5' 6" (1.68m) | |
| Occupation | Actress | |
| Spouse(s) | James Welch (m.1959-d.1964) Patrick Curtis (m.1967-d.1972) André Weinfeld (m.1980-d.1990) Richard Palmer (m.1999-d.2004) | |
| Children | Damon Welch (son) and Tahnee Welch {daughter) | |
Raquel Welch (born Jo Raquel Tejada; ✦September 5, 1940 - †February 15, 2023) is an American actress and singer.
She first won attention for her role in Fantastic Voyage (1966), after which she won a contract with 20th Century Fox. They lent her contract to a British studio, for whom she made One Million Years B.C. (1966). She had only three lines in the film, yet images of her in the doe-skin bikini which she wore became best-selling posters that turned her into a celebrity sex symbol. She later starred in notable films including Bedazzled (1967), Bandolero! (1968), 100 Rifles (1969), and Myra Breckinridge (1970). She made several television variety specials. In late 2008, she became a spokeswoman for Foster Grant's reading glasses campaign, created by Ferrara and Company.
Welch's unique persona on film made her an icon of the 1960s and 1970s. She carved out a place in movie history portraying strong female characters and breaking the mold of the submissive sex symbol. 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. In 2011, Men's Health ranked her No. 2 in its "Hottest Women of All Time" list.
In popular culture
Raquel Welch helped transform America’s feminine ideal into its current state. Her beautiful looks and eroticism made her the definitive 1960s and 1970s sex icon, rather than the blonde bombshell of the late-50's as typified by Marilyn Monroe, Jayne Mansfield, and others. Welch became a star in the mid-'60s and was exotic, brunette, and smolderingly sexual. Her countless publicity photos helped to popularize her image, dress style, and 60's and 70's fashion trends. Welch and other actresses also made big hair popular.
Raquel Welch is one of the first and few actresses who portrayed a female leading role in a Western movie. Hannie Caulder (1971) was a clear influence on later revenge films. Quentin Tarantino said that the film was one of his inspirations for Kill Bill (2003). It took many years, arguably until the 1990s, until female leads appeared in mainstream US cinema who are strong – without adding fictional or overemphasizing masculine traits (or portraying them as femme fatales).
Additionally, Welch was a significant figure in The Shawshank Redemption. The poster that Andy Dufresne had on his prison cell wall at the time of his escape was of Welch whilst wearing her outfit from One Million Years B.C. Prior to Dufresne's escape being realized, the warden refers to Welch as "Miss Fuzzy Britches".
Raquel Welch Cause Of Death Revealed
- Story by Jiya Vishnu • Yesterday 3:39 PM
Raquel Welch passed away on 15 February 2023 at around 2:25 a.m. To date, her fans, family, and friends mourn her death. They are all curious about Raquel Welch's cause of death as it was not revealed then. However, recently her death certificate filed at the County of Los Angeles Department of Public Health has been leaked, and we now have all the intel on Raquel Welch's cause of death.
Unfortunately, Raquel Welch, the undeniable beauty, died at 82. Raquel Welch's cause of death was cardiac arrest, as mentioned in her death certificate. She had also been battling Alzheimer’s for a long time. This could have played a role in Raquel Welch's cause of death.
This surprised many as her diagnosis of Alzheimer’s had never been revealed to the public before. Her representatives at Media 4 Management first confirmed the actress’s death.
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