ET has confirmed that the famous actress and Golden Globe winner Raquel Welch has died. She had lived 82 years. Welch’s agent, Steve Sauer, told ET that the famous bombshell actress of film, TV, and the stage died peacefully early Wednesday morning after a short illness.
Sauer said, “The 82-year-old actress made her debut in Hollywood with the movies Fantastic Voyage and One Million [Years] Later” (BC). During her career of more than 50 years, she was in more than 30 movies and 50 TV shows. In recent years, the Golden Globe winner was linked to a brand of wigs that were very popular. Raquel’s daughter, Tahnee Welch, and son, Damon Welch, are left behind.
But she became famous when she played Loana on the movie poster and wore a “prehistoric” doeskin bikini. Welch would become one of the most sought-after actresses in Hollywood after that billboard made her famous all over the world. She played the main character in a number of movies and TV shows, including Bedazzled, Bandolero!, 100 Rifles, Myra Breckinridge, and Hannie Caulder.
Her steady rise in the 1960s led to even more success in the 1970s, especially after she was cast as the Queen’s designer Constance Bonacieux in The Three Musketeers. Welch won a Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture Actress in a Musical or Comedy for her work in the 1973 live-action movie.
Welch got a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1994. She co-starred with Reese Witherspoon in Legally Blonde and has also been in Spin City, CSI: Miami, House of Versace, and, most recently, How to Be a Latin Lover.
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Who was Raquel Welch?
Raquel Welch, born Raquel Tejada on September 5, 1960, was an American actress from Chicago. Raquel became well-known in the 1960s because of her roles in Bandolero!, The Three Musketeers, and One Million Years BC. As her fame grew over the next 10 years, she became known around the world as a sex icon.
Raquel told The Sunday Post, as she thought about her big break, “Overnight, I was in high demand. Before that, I had kept a low profile. I had made another movie, which was a big step up for me from playing small parts.”It was called “Fantastic Voyage,” and it should have come out before “One Million Years BC,” but the special effects held it up, so I was the
“dinosaur lady” first and the “science lady” second.
“People often ask me if I get tired of talking about that bikini, but I don’t.
“Both were very important for my career. Before that, I was little more than a background actor.”
Raquel also remembered:
“I’ve been in a lot of movies, TV shows, and theatre plays, and I think people realised that I wasn’t just there to look good on a movie poster. I could also really act.”
Raquel has been in a lot of movies, but she says that her fans always talk about the one that made her famous: “One Million Years BC.” “I have great memories and a few keepsakes, of course.
“People ask me if I still have that bikini, but I had about six of them, and they’re probably in an archive somewhere. “I’m not sure if I’ll ever wear it again, but you never know. Maybe the script for Two Million Years BC will come through the door one day. “If it does, I hope it has more dialogue than the first one.” In the 2017 comedy How to Be a Latin Lover, she had a part with Salma Hayek and Kristen Bell.
What was Raquel’s Cause of Death?
Raquel died of a short illness on February 15, 2023, the morning of a Wednesday. The Golden Globe winner has a daughter named Tawnee and a son named Damon from her first marriage to James Welch.
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