Raquel Welch (born Jo Raquel Tejada; September 5, 1940) 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 the British studio Hammer Film Productions,
for whom she made One Million Years B.C. (1966). Although she had only
three lines of dialogue in the film, images of her in the doe-skin
bikini became best-selling posters that turned her into an
international sex symbol. She later starred in Bedazzled (1967),
Bandolero! (1968), 100 Rifles (1969), Myra Breckinridge (1970) and
Hannie Caulder (1971). She made several television variety
specials.Welch's unique film persona made her an icon of the 1960s and
1970s, due to her portrayal of strong female characters and breaking
the mold of the archetypal sex symbol. Because of this, her rise to
stardom in the mid 1960s was partly credited with ending Hollywood's
vigorous promotion of the blonde bombshell. She won a Golden Globe
Award for Best Motion Picture Actress in a Musical or Comedy in 1974
for her performance in The Three Musketeers. She was also nominated
for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in Television Film for her
performance in the film Right to Die (1987). 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.
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 the British studio Hammer Film Productions,
for whom she made One Million Years B.C. (1966). Although she had only
three lines of dialogue in the film, images of her in the doe-skin
bikini became best-selling posters that turned her into an
international sex symbol. She later starred in Bedazzled (1967),
Bandolero! (1968), 100 Rifles (1969), Myra Breckinridge (1970) and
Hannie Caulder (1971). She made several television variety
specials.Welch's unique film persona made her an icon of the 1960s and
1970s, due to her portrayal of strong female characters and breaking
the mold of the archetypal sex symbol. Because of this, her rise to
stardom in the mid 1960s was partly credited with ending Hollywood's
vigorous promotion of the blonde bombshell. She won a Golden Globe
Award for Best Motion Picture Actress in a Musical or Comedy in 1974
for her performance in The Three Musketeers. She was also nominated
for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in Television Film for her
performance in the film Right to Die (1987). 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.
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