Raquel Welch

Raquel Welch, fantasme hollywoodien des années 60-70, consacrées comme la plus belle femme du monde pour son rôle de naïade des cavernes en bikini de peau ...

Elle obtient toutefois un Golden Globe pour «Les trois mousquetaires» en 1973. Elle enchaîne les films dans les années 70, mais reste cantonnée à son statut de beauté dans tous les genres où elle s’aventure. Cette même année, elle incarne une sauvage préhistorique dans «Un million d’années avant Jésus Christ», un piètre film quasi muet dont seule l’affiche marquera l’histoire du cinéma. Elle démarre dans des films médiocres, le plus notable d’entre eux «L’homme à tout faire» où elle apparait aux côtés d’Elvis Presley. En quête de vedettariat, elle revient en 1963 à Los Angeles où elle rencontre Patrick Curtis, un agent publicitaire entreprenant. Jo-Raquel Tejada, née à Chicago le 5 septembre 1940 d’un ingénieur aéronautique bolivien et d’une Américaine, grandit en Californie où elle apprend la danse classique.

Raquel Welch, a veteran actress who rose to fame in the 1960s, has died, according to a statement provided by her manager. She was 82.

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La comédienne est morte mercredi à l'âge de 82 ans, a annoncé son gérant.

Elle enchaînera ensuite les films dans les années 70, mais restera cantonnée à son statut de beauté. Elle y pose dans le fameux bikini en peau de bête dont les lambeaux semblent avoir été arrachés par un animal féroce. décédée paisiblement tôt ce matin après une brève maladie, a-t-il expliqué dans un communiqué transmis à l'AFP, sans plus de détails.

Raquel Welch, 'One Million Years B.C.' Actress and Hollywood Sex Symbol, Dead at 82. The Golden Globe winner died Wednesday morning following a short illness.

[Legally Blonde](https://people.com/movies/legally-blonde-cast-then-and-now/) and more. She also [memorably performed "I'm a Woman"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDqgrZZtLnE) with [Cher](https://people.com/tag/cher/) back in 1975 on The Cher Show. She continued, "My parents enrolled me in a theater program. Welch became a pin-up after flaunting her curves in 1966's camp classic One Million Years B.C. You could get away from some of the painfulness of real life. The Golden Globe winner, in more recent years, was involved in a very successful line of wigs.

After separating with her first husband James Welch, she moved with her two children to Dallas, where she began modeling for Neiman Marcus and worked as a ...

Also later in her career, she guest-starred on Lois & Clark, Seinfeld, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Spin City and CSI: Miami, and had a regularly scheduled role in the 2017 UPtv comedy Date My Dad. She also hosted her own primetime variety special, Raquel!!; appeared opposite Robin Williams in an episode of sitcom Mork & Mindy; and performed on Broadway in Woman of the Year in 1981. That same year she released the dance single This Girl's Back In Town. Next was a contract with 20th Century Fox, which in addition to the aforementioned Fantastic Voyage and One Million Years B.C., led to roles in films like Shoot Loud...I Don’t Understand, Sex Quartet, and The Oldest Profession. Raquel Welch, who rose to fame for her role in the sci-fi themed Fantastic Voyage and One Million Years B.C. in 1966, died today after a brief illness.

Beginning with a doeskin bikini in “One Million Years B.C.,” she built a celebrated show business career around sex appeal and, sometimes, a comic touch.

Welch as a Latina actress, but she embraced that identity late in her career, starring as a melodramatic Mexican American aunt on “American Family,” a PBS series (2002). Her final television appearances were on “Date My Dad” (2017), a Canadian American series, in a recurring role as the leading man’s Mexican mother-in-law. Welch, her husbands were Patrick Curtis (1969-72), a producer; André Weinfeld (1980-90), a French director and producer; and Richard Palmer (1999-2008), a restaurateur. [In her late 70s](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-6158341/Hollywood-icon-Raquel-Welch-super-chic-runs-errands-day-78th-birthday.html), Ms. Eight years later she made her Broadway debut, hired as a two-week vacation replacement for Lauren Bacall in the hit musical “Woman of the Year.” Her reviews were so admiring ( (She did, however, have a memorable chance to display her comedic side years later, when she played herself in a 1997 episode of “Seinfeld.”) She learned to speak Spanish in her 60s; her father had not allowed the language to be spoken at home when she was growing up. Welch had love scenes with the former football star Jim Brown in “100 Rifles” (1969), a western set in Mexico. “I’ve definitely used my body and sex appeal to advantage in my work, but always within limits,” she said. Welch won a Golden Globe for her role in Richard Lester’s 1973 adaptation of “ Welch, she went on, was “a lioness — fierce, passionate and dangerously physical.” Starring in “One Million Years B.C.” (1966) as a Pleistocene-era cave woman, she posed in a rocky prehistoric landscape, wearing a tattered doeskin bikini, and grabbed the spotlight by the throat with her defiant, alert-to-everything, take-no-prisoners stance and her dancer’s body.

Connue pour ses rôles dans Un million d'années avant J.C. et Myra Breckinridge, elle avait tourné avec Jean-Paul Belmondo, Frank Sinatra et Burt Reynolds.

Elle enchaînera ensuite les films dans les années 70 mais restera cantonnée à son statut de beauté. En 2008, alors âgée de 68 ans, elle divorce de son quatrième mari, de 14 ans son cadet. Le film de science-fiction la fait décoller. L'actrice a également joué dans plus d'une cinquantaine de séries télévisées. Au cours de sa carrière, elle était apparue dans plus d'une trentaine de films, dont Le Voyage Fantastique et Les Trois Mousquetaires. Raquel Welch «est décédée paisiblement tôt ce matin après une brève maladie», a-t-il expliqué dans un communiqué transmis à l'AFP, sans plus de détails.

L'Américaine est décédée après une « brève maladie ». Elle avait marqué le public pour son rôle de naïade dans « Un million d'année avant Jesus-Christ ».

[Adepte de yoga](https://www.lepoint.fr/sante/bikram-le-weinstein-des-chakras-08-01-2018-2184691_40.php), elle se lance, comme Jane Fonda, dans le business du bien-être. Les femmes de Belmondo](https://www.lepoint.fr/culture/sophia-ursula-claudia-et-les-autres-les-femmes-de-belmondo-06-09-2021-2441864_3.php) Après une vingtaine de rôles de figuration, elle est repérée par la 20th Century Fox qui la choisit en 1966 comme tête d'affiche pour Le voyage fantastique de Richard Fleicher. [Marylin Monroe](/tags/marilyn-monroe) en 1962, la jeune amazone à la crinière auburn reprit en 1966 le statut de sex-symbol universel balayant l'idée que seule une blonde pouvait incarner la quintessence de la féminité. En quête de vedettariat, elle revient en 1963 à Los Angeles où elle rencontre Patrick Curtis, un agent publicitaire entreprenant. Au cours de sa carrière, elle était apparue dans plus d'une trentaine de films, dont Le Voyage Fantastique et Les Trois Mousquetaires.

Welch rose to fame with roles in 'Fantastic Voyage' and 'One Million Years B.C.,' and helped break the Hollywood mold through her portrayal of strong female ...

She earned a Golden Globe nomination for portraying a woman with Lou Gehrig’s disease in the 1987 TV drama “Right to Die.” She also had a scene-stealing role in the 2001 film “Legally Blonde” opposite Reese Witherspoon. A star student, Welch started winning beauty pageants when she was 14, ultimately earning the state title of Maid of California in 1958, the year she graduated from high school. Welch married her high-school sweetheart, James Welch, and had two children by the time she was 21. But in the process, she earned — rightly or wrongly — a reputation for being difficult, and her film career largely flickered out. Her father was a Bolivian-born aeronautical engineer who moved his family to San Diego when Welch was a toddler to design aircrafts during World War II. “I couldn’t control that the script wasn’t coming together,” Welch said in her defense. Many women look better,” she told The Times in 2010. The studio said she was let go for showing up late and taking too long in makeup. And though she proudly refused to do nude scenes, her fame was always tied directly to her sexuality, a fate she accepted with regret. The film, perhaps, became best known for the fight she had on set with her co-star, Mae West, over who got to wear a black dress. The Golden Globe winner, in more recent years, was involved in a very successful line of wigs.”

US actress Raquel Welch, often credited with paving the way for modern day action heroines in Hollywood films, has died at the age of 82.

Performing a duet with her on The Muppet Show helped moi become the W-O-M-A-N I am today! Raquel Welch was one of the most wonderful people I’ve ever worked with. "She was elegant, professional and glamorous beyond belief," said Witherspoon. Actress and producer Viola Davis posted a clip of her singing "I'm a Woman" with Cher in 1975, writing: "You were ageless to me...iconic". Welch went on to address her image in her memoir, Raquel: Beyond the Cleavage, in which she opened up about her childhood, her early career woes as a single mother in Hollywood, and why she would never lie about her age. Despite her public image, however, she long expressed discomfort with the representation of her body, once saying she "was not brought up to be a sex symbol, nor is it in my nature to be one".

Welch died early Wednesday after a brief illness, according to her agent, Stephen LaManna of the talent agency Innovative Artists. Welch's breakthrough came in ...

She was also nominated for a Globe in 1988 for the TV movie Right to Die. (The Jo in her name was from her mother, Josephine). She returned to the Great White Way in 1997 in Victor/Victoria. In addition to acting, Welch was a singer and dancer. It turned out that I was the Bo Derek of the season, the lady in the loin cloth about whom everyone said, ‘My God, what a bod’ and they expected to disappear overnight.” In 2013, she graced the No.

Raquel Welch, the film actress whose sultry, curvaceous looks made her a leading sex symbol of the 1960s and '70s, has died at age 82, the French news ...

She was also nominated for a Globe in 1988 for the TV movie Right to Die. she wrote in her autobiography, Raquel: Beyond the Cleavage. (The Jo in her name was from her mother, Josephine). She returned to the Broadway stage in 1997's Victor/Victoria. In 1967, she portrayed Lilian Lust, one of the seven deadly sins in 1967's Bedazzled, starring the comedy team of Peter Cook and Dudley Moore. And as recently as 2013, Welch nabbed the No.

L'actrice américaine Raquel Welch, star des années 60-70 dont Hollywood se souvient largement pour son rôle de naïade des cavernes en bikini de peau de bête ...

Elle y pose dans le fameux bikini en peau de bête dont les lambeaux semblent avoir été arrachés par un animal féroce ou un homme des cavernes affamé. Le film de science-fiction la fait décoller. Mme Welch «est décédée paisiblement tôt ce matin après une brève maladie», a-t-il expliqué dans un communiqué transmis à l’AFP, sans plus de détails.

L'actrice Raquel Welch à la 16e édition des Costume Designers Guild Awards le 22 Christopher Polk Getty Images via Agence France-Presse L'actrice Raquel Welch à ...

En quête de vedettariat, elle revient en 1963 à Los Angeles, où elle rencontre Patrick Curtis, un agent publicitaire entreprenant. « Vous m’imaginez sur l’affiche avec un gosse sous le bras et l’autre dans une poussette ? Le film de science-fiction la fait décoller. Jo-Raquel Tejada, née à Chicago le 5 septembre 1940 d’un ingénieur aéronautique bolivien et d’une Américaine, grandit en Californie, où elle apprend la danse classique. « J’avais vraiment le sentiment que les gens se moquaient totalement de moi, ils ne s’intéressaient qu’à l’autre femme : celle à califourchon, en bikini de peau de lapin, avec cette impossible taille de guêpe ! Mme Welch « est décédée paisiblement tôt ce matin après une brève maladie », a-t-il expliqué dans un communiqué transmis à l’AFP, sans plus de détails.

Raquel Welch, a Golden Globe winning actor whose sultry, curvaceous looks made her a leading sex symbol of the 1960s and '70s, has died at age 82.

She was also nominated for a Globe in 1988 for the TV movie Right to Die. she wrote in her autobiography, Raquel: Beyond the Cleavage. (The Jo in her name was from her mother, Josephine). She returned to the Broadway stage in 1997's Victor/Victoria. In 1967, she portrayed Lilian Lust, one of the seven deadly sins in 1967's Bedazzled, starring the comedy team of Peter Cook and Dudley Moore. And as recently as 2013, Welch nabbed the No.

Fantasme hollywoodien des années 60 et 70, Raquel Welch est décédée ce mercredi 15 février à 82 ans après une brève maladie, a déclaré son manager.

Westerns (Bandolero, Un colt pour trois salopards), films policiers (La femme en ciment) ou encore comédies (L'animal de Claude Zidi avec Belmondo). Elle obtient toutefois un Golden Globe pour Les trois mousquetaires en 1973. Raquel y pose dans le fameux bikini en peau de bête dont les lambeaux semblent avoir été arrachés par un animal féroce ou un homme des cavernes affamé. En quête de vedettariat, elle revient en 1963 à Los Angeles où elle rencontre Patrick Curtis, un agent publicitaire entreprenant. Elle démarre dans des films médiocres, le plus notable d'entre eux L'homme à tout faire où elle apparait Jo-Raquel Tejada, née à Chicago le 5 septembre 1940 d'un ingénieur aéronautique bolivien et d'une Américaine, grandit en Californie où elle apprend la danse classique.

Ms. Welch's portrayal of strong female characters was credited with reshaping the stereotype of the traditional sex symbol.

Start your day with news briefs on the day’s most important stories as selected by and written by Globe editors. Although Welch had just a few lines of dialogue in “B.C.,” memorable images of her appearance in a deer-skinned bikini made her a bestselling pinup that transformed her into a global sex symbol. Her death was initially reported by TMZ.com, citing unnamed family members, and later by Hollywood trade publication Variety and the French news agency AFP, which cited her manager.

Écoutez Catherine Beauchamp et Henry Arnaud parler de Raquel Welch, décédée à l'âge de 82 ans, et du tournage de Rust.

En compagnie de Catherine Beauchamp, le correspondant à Hollywood Henry Arnaud nous rappelle le souvenir de la disparue. La carrière de l'actrice qui s'étale de 1964 à 2006 - hormis un film en 2017 - a permis aux cinéphiles de la voir dans Le voyage fantastique (1966) et Les Trois mousquetaires (1973), film qui lui a permis de remporter le Golden Globe de la meilleure actrice dans une comédie ou un musical. C'est toutefois l'affiche du film des cavernes Un million d'années avant Jésus Christ (1966) qui a probablement le plus contribué à son statut de sex-symbol.

Raquel Welch, who claimed international sex symbol status throughout the 1960s and '70s, has died. She was 82.

She was also nominated for a Globe in 1988 for the TV movie “Right to Die.” (The Jo in her name was from her mother, Josephine). She returned to the Great White Way in 1997 in “Victor/Victoria.” "I'm not Penny Marshall or Barbra Streisand," she told the AP in 1993. It turned out that I was the Bo Derek of the season, the lady in the loin cloth about whom everyone said, 'My God, what a bod' and they expected to disappear overnight." "I just thought it was a goofy dinosaur epic we'd be able to sweep under the carpet one day," she told The Associated Press in 1981.

L'actrice américaine Raquel Welch, vedette des années 60-70 dont Hollywood se souvient largement pour son rôle de naïade des cavernes en bikini de peau de ...

Elle y pose dans le fameux bikini en peau de bête dont les lambeaux semblent avoir été arrachés par un animal féroce ou un homme des cavernes affamé. Le film de science-fiction la fait décoller. Mme Welch «est décédée paisiblement tôt ce matin après une brève maladie», a-t-il expliqué dans un communiqué transmis à l’AFP, sans plus de détails.

Raquel Welch, dont son interprétation dans le film Un million d'années avant J.C. lui a donné un statut de sexe-symbole international tout au long des ...

En plus d'être comédienne, Raquel Welch a été chanteuse et danseuse. Il l'a décrite comme «gentille, drôle et une vraie superstar». Ses courbes et sa beauté ont attiré l'attention de la culture pop, Playboy la couronnant la «femme la plus désirée» des années 1970, bien qu'elle n'ait jamais été complètement nue dans le magazine.

L'actrice américaine Raquel Welch, star des années 60-70 dont Hollywood se souvient largement pour son rôle de naïade des cavernes en bikini de peau de bête ...

Elle y pose dans le fameux bikini en peau de bête dont les lambeaux semblent avoir été arrachés par un animal féroce ou un homme des cavernes affamé. Le film de science-fiction la fait décoller. Mme Welch «est décédée paisiblement tôt ce matin après une brève maladie», a-t-il expliqué dans un communiqué transmis à l’AFP, sans plus de détails.

Raquel Welch, an international sex symbol, throughout the 1960s and '70s, has died. She was 82.

Star who shot to global fame in the 1960s in One Million Years BC and whose later roles showed her aptitude for comedy.

[Peter Cook](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-peter-cook-1567341.html) and [Dudley Moore](https://www.theguardian.com/news/2002/mar/28/guardianobituaries.media) in Bedazzled (1967), a comedy irreverently resetting the Faust legend in 1960s swinging London. Variety described Welch as “at best a pleasantly passable singer”, suiting “the costumes better than she does the vocal and acting requirements”. She also comically played a temperamental version of herself attacking Cosmo Kramer (Michael Richards) and Elaine Benes (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) in a 1997 episode of Seinfeld. But a technicality involving start dates and contract options ruled out the Bond film and she was cast in Fantastic Voyage (1966), a big-budget sci-fi submarine saga, clad in a wetsuit. She took top billing in Myra Breckinridge (1970), as a transgender movie critic, in a misjudged adaptation of Her last film was How to Be a Latin Lover (2017). In an updating of the [Katharine Hepburn](https://www.theguardian.com/news/2003/jul/01/guardianobituaries.film)-Spencer Tracy 1942 movie of the same title, she gave a show-stopping performance as the TV news personality Tess Harding. In the event, she worked as a model and cocktail waiter in Dallas, Texas, before moving to Los Angeles. The performance won her a Golden Globe best actress award and she reprised the part in The Four Musketeers: Milady’s Revenge (1974). She increasingly took roles on television and worked up an act as a nightclub singer that she took across the US. “It would be inaccurate to say that Miss Welch is a better actress than Miss Bacall, but certainly at this stage of her career she is a more animated musical personality.” Ursula Andress, who had emerged from the sea in another famous bikini for the 1962 James Bond film Dr No, had turned down the role of Loana.

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