| 1 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/raquel_welch_8.jpg]] |
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| 3 | ->''"The whole sex-symbol thing is part of what I do as an actress. It's a kind of character I play. It's part of me, but not the whole me."'' |
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| 5 | Raquel Welch (born Raquel Tejada; September 5, 1940 – February 15, 2023) was an American actress. |
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| 7 | Welch became an overnight sensation for her role in ''Film/OneMillionYearsBC'' in 1966. Images of her in the FurBikini that she wore in that film became best-selling posters that turned her into a [[MsFanservice celebrity sex symbol]] and an icon of TheSixties and TheSeventies. She later starred in notable films including ''Film/{{Bedazzled|1967}}'' (1967) and ''Film/MyraBreckinridge'' (1970). She won a UsefulNotes/GoldenGlobeAward for Best Actress for her performance in ''Film/{{The Three Musketeers|1973}}'' (1973). |
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| 9 | She married (and divorced) four times and had two children with her first husband James Welch. Her daughter Tahnee is an actress in her own right. |
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| 11 | Fun fact: She was a first cousin of Lidia Gueiler Tejada, who became UsefulNotes/{{Bolivia}}'s first female president from 1979 to 1980, and [[https://c8.alamy.com/compes/2cp7htx/la-actriz-estadounidense-raquel-welch-l-y-la-ex-presidenta-boliviana-lydia-gueiler-tejada-posan-para-una-foto-durante-una-reunion-familiar-en-la-paz-el-4-de-septiembre-de-2002-gueiler-tejada-de-73-anos-pariente-de-welch-es-la-unica-mujer-gobernada-en-bolivia-entre-noviembre-de-1979-y-julio-de-1980-reuters-david-mercado-dm-2cp7htx.jpg they met afterwards.]] |
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| 14 | !!Filmography on TV Tropes: |
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| 17 | [[folder:Films]] |
| 18 | * ''Film/{{Roustabout}}'' (1964) |
| 19 | * ''Film/FantasticVoyage'' (1966) |
| 20 | * ''Film/OneMillionYearsBC'' (1966) |
| 21 | * ''Film/{{Fathom|1967}}'' (1967) |
| 22 | * ''Film/{{Bedazzled|1967}}'' (1967) |
| 23 | * ''Film/TheBiggestBundleOfThemAll'' (1968) |
| 24 | * ''Film/Bandolero1968'' (1968) |
| 25 | * ''Film/LadyInCement'' (1968) |
| 26 | * ''Film/OneHundredRifles'' (1969) |
| 27 | * ''Film/{{Flareup}}'' (1969) |
| 28 | * ''Film/TheMagicChristian'' (1969) |
| 29 | * ''Film/MyraBreckinridge'' (1970) |
| 30 | * ''Film/HannieCaulder'' (1971) |
| 31 | * ''Film/{{Bluebeard|1972}}'' (1972) |
| 32 | * ''Film/TheLastOfSheila'' (1973) |
| 33 | * ''Film/{{The Three Musketeers|1973}}'' (1973) |
| 34 | ** ''The Four Musketeers'' (1974) |
| 35 | * ''Film/MotherJugsAndSpeed'' (1976) |
| 36 | * ''[[Literature/ThePrinceAndThePauper Crossed Swords]]'' (1977) |
| 37 | * ''[[Film/TheNakedGun Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult]]'' (1994) AsHerself |
| 38 | * ''Film/ChairmanOfTheBoard'' (1998) |
| 39 | * ''Film/LegallyBlonde'' (2001) |
| 40 | * ''Film/HowToBeALatinLover'' (2017) |
| 41 | [[/folder]] |
| 42 | |
| 43 | [[folder:TV series]] |
| 44 | * ''Series/TheVirginian'' (1964) – episode "Ryker" |
| 45 | * ''Series/McHalesNavy'' (1964) – episode "[=McHale=], the Desk Commando" |
| 46 | * ''Series/{{Bewitched}}'' (1964) – episode "Witch or Wife" |
| 47 | * ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' (1976) AsHerself |
| 48 | * ''Series/TheMuppetShow'' (1978) AsHerself |
| 49 | * ''Series/MorkAndMindy'' (1979) – episode "Mork vs. the Necrotons" |
| 50 | * ''Series/LoisAndClark'' (1995) – episode "Top Copy" |
| 51 | * ''Series/CentralParkWest'' (1996) |
| 52 | * ''Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch'' (1996) – episode "Third Aunt from the Sun" |
| 53 | * ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' (1997) AsHerself – episode "The Summer of George" |
| 54 | * ''Series/SpinCity'' (1997–2000) – 3 episodes |
| 55 | * ''Series/EightSimpleRules'' (2004)- episode "Vanity Unfair" |
| 56 | * ''Series/CSIMiami'' (2012) – episode "Rest in Pieces" |
| 57 | [[/folder]] |
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