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Raquel Welch and The Krofft Puppets in Really, Raquel (1974)
Graduated from La Jolla High School, La Jolla, California at age 16. [June 1957]
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Raquel Welch and Oliver Reed in Der Prinz und der Bettler (1977)
Miss Fairest of the Fair, San Diego, Ca. [1957]
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Raquel Welch and David Hemmings in Der Prinz und der Bettler (1977)
Mother of Damon Welch and Tahnee Welch.
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Raquel Welch, Oliver Reed, and Mark Lester in Der Prinz und der Bettler (1977)
Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#18). [1995]
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Raquel Welch and Oliver Reed in Der Prinz und der Bettler (1977)
Of Bolivian descent through her father's side.
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Raquel Welch in Really, Raquel (1974)
Was considered for the lead in Barbarella (1968) - that eventually went to Jane Fonda.
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Raquel Welch in Really, Raquel (1974)
Estranged husband Richie Palmer owns the Mulberry Street Pizzeria in Beverly Hills.
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Raquel Welch in Really, Raquel (1974)
She was fired from Cannery Row (1982) and replaced by Debra Winger. She then sued Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and won a $10 million judgment.
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Among her many beauty contest titles were "Miss Photogenic", "Miss Contour" and "Miss Maid of California" - all won while she was in her teens.
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Broke her wrist in a Los Angeles car crash. [August 2003]
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Mentioned in the theme song of the 1980s television series The Fall Guy (1981).
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Raquel Welch and The Krofft Puppets in Really, Raquel (1974)
Had a notorious backstage feud with the indomitable Mae West on the set of Myra Breckinridge (1970).
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Raquel Welch and The Krofft Puppets in Really, Raquel (1974)
Auditioned for the role of Mary Ann on Gilligan's Island (1964).
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Has a stepson, Richie Palmer Jr., born 1989.
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Worked as a cocktail waitress, TV weather girl and fashion model before acting.
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Raquel Welch in Really, Raquel (1974)
Her third ex-husband, André Weinfeld, had a property on the private island of Mustique.
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Raquel Welch in Really, Raquel (1974)
One of the bombshells shown in The Shawshank Redemption (1994) (The other two were Rita Hayworth and Marilyn Monroe).
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Raquel Welch and Roger Herren in Myra Breckinridge - Mann oder Frau? (1970)
Her personal assistant is Polly Brown.
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Raquel Welch and Leslie Nielsen in Die nackte Kanone 33 1/3 (1994)
Ten months after the large age gap brought her relationship with Gary Stretch to an end, she hooked up with Los Angeles restaurateur Richie Palmer, who is 14 years her junior. Richard left his fiancée, actress Cathy Moriarty for Raquel after they met in October 1997 at Ago, the West Hollywood restaurant owned by Robert De Niro.
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Raquel Welch and Leslie Nielsen in Die nackte Kanone 33 1/3 (1994)
Has American ancestry on her mother's side, dating back to both John Quincy Adams and the Mayflower. Her father immigrated from La Paz, Bolivia at age 17. His ancestry can be traced back to Armando Carlos Tejada Urquizo, a Bolivian of Spanish descent.
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Edward G. Robinson, Raquel Welch, Vittorio De Sica, etc.
Has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7021 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.
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Raquel Welch, Godfrey Cambridge, and Francesco Mulè in Die Platinbande (1968)
Her grunting in One Million Years B.C. (1966) was dubbed by Nikki Van der Zyl.
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Raquel Welch, Vittorio De Sica, Robert Wagner, Godfrey Cambridge, Davy Kaye, etc.
Was considered for the title role in Norma Rae (1979) but Sally Field was cast instead (she went on to be nominated for a Best Actress Oscar for her performance and won).
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Edward G. Robinson and Raquel Welch in Die Platinbande (1968)
After Welch starred in One Million Years B.C. (1966) for Hammer Films, they planned a vehicle for her called Mistress of the Seas, a biopic of 18th century pirate Anne Bonney, "The true story of Anne Bonney who slashed her way to fame and fortune alongside the most dreaded scourges of the Caribbean!" This was canned for financial reasons. Surviving poster artwork depicts Welch with a pistol in one hand and a cutlass in the other, very scantily clad.
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Edward G. Robinson and Raquel Welch in Die Platinbande (1968)
Has appeared with Christopher Lee in four films: The Magic Christian (1969), Hannie Caulder (1971), The Three Musketeers (1973) and The Four Musketeers: Milady's Revenge (1974).
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Raquel Welch and Vittorio De Sica in Die Platinbande (1968)
Has appeared with Sybil Danning in four films: Blaubart (1972), The Three Musketeers (1973), The Four Musketeers: Milady's Revenge (1974) and Crossed Swords (1977).
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Raquel Welch, Vittorio De Sica, and Robert Wagner in Die Platinbande (1968)
Is the 21st great-granddaughter of King Edward I.
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Raquel Welch and James Stacy in Tote Bienen singen nicht (1969)
Mentioned in the song "Glory of the 80's" by Tori Amos.
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Raquel Welch in Tote Bienen singen nicht (1969)
Suffered a mid-trimester miscarriage in February 1983. The baby was due in August.
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Raquel Welch in Tote Bienen singen nicht (1969)
Partly credited with ending Hollywood's run in the late 1960s of promoting the "Blonde Bombshell".
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In 2010 she started a relationship with American Idol (2002) producer Nigel Lythgoe following Lythgoe's split from Priscilla Presley, who was linked to Raquel's ex-husband, Richie Palmer, that same year.
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Raquel Welch and Don Chastain in Tote Bienen singen nicht (1969)
Kept her heritage under wraps until she was established.
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