Raquel Welch’s celebrity in the 1970s was colossal and it’s a pity that no filmmaker could quite bring it out of her sex appeal.
She first burst on the scene in 1966 looking like a million bucks in the film One Million Years B.C. Jo Raquel Welch was an American actress. She first won attention for her role in Fantastic Voyage, 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.
These included that combination of drollery and brassy physical strength that could well have produced a tremendous comedy. But she was an icon: a sexy warrior who was more than a match for humans or dinosaurs.
Welch was a colossal celebrity in the 1970s, whose combination of physical strength and drollery made her a force to be reckoned with. https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/feb/15/raquel-welch-a-strong-and-…
Raquel Welch, ‘Fantastic Voyage’ star, has died at age 82
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Raquel Welch was a 'stealth' Latina until she wasn't — a reflection of the times
“She was in a complicated space about it,” scholar Brian Herrera said of Welch’s ethnicity. “And she arrived in a transitional period of how Latinos are understood in U.S. culture.” https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/raquel-welch-stealth-latina-tejada-…
Remembering Raquel Welch Actress Raquel Welch, who was the essence of style, sex appeal, and Hollywood glamour, died Wednesday after a brief illness at the age of 82. Jane Pauley looks back at the sex symbol’s career.5M AGO https://www.cbsnews.com/video/passage-remembering-raquel-welch/