13 Things You Need to Know About
Raquel Welch
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Raquel Welch was born on 5 September, 1940, in Chicago, U.S. Her real name was Jo Raquel Tejada.
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Welch was an American actress and model. She was also referred to as a leading s*x symbol of the 1960s-70s era.
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Welch started learning ballet when she was 7 years old. She studied ballet for nearly ten years.
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At 14, she won the beauty titles of "Miss Photogenic" and "Miss Contour." She also won the titles of Miss La Jolla & Miss San Diego.
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In 1960, at the age of 20, she also worked as the weather presenter at a local TV station in San Diego.
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Welch's most successful film was "The Three Musketeers" (1973), for which she won a Golden Globe in 1974.
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She first appeared in the film "A House is Not a Home"(1964).
She worked in 37 movies, & her last film was "How to Be a Latin Lover" (2017).
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In 1964, Welch also played a small role in the Elvis Presley-starring musical feature film "Roustabout."
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Raquel also published her two books, "The Raquel Welch Beauty and Fitness Program" (1969) & "Raquel: Beyond the Cleavage" (2010).
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In her life, Welch was married 4 times and had two children. She first married in 1959 to James Welch, & 4th in 1999 to Richie Palmer.
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In 1995, Welch was included in the list of "100 Sexiest Stars in Film History" by Empire magazine.
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Playboy magazine ranked her no. 3 on their list of the "100 Sexiest Stars of the Twentieth Century."
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Welch died on Feb 15, 2023 (at the age of 82) after a brief illness. She had a net worth of $40 dollar at the time of her death.
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