Last Updated on 02/16/2023 by てんしょく飯
Raquel (actually pronounced “rakeel”) Welch, who appeared in the 1966 film “Fantastic Voyage” and played a bikini-costumed caveman in “One Million Years B.C.” that same year, was called “the most glamorous woman of the 20th century. died at her home in Los Angeles, California, on February 8.
The Associated Press reported that she was 82 years old.
Her agent, Steven Lamanna, said that Welch had been battling an illness, but details of his condition were not available.
Born September 5, 1940, in Chicago, Illinois, Welch’s real name was Joe Raquel (Raquel) Tejada, and his father was from Bolivia and his mother was an American of Irish descent. After working as a weathercaster and model for a television station, she gained popularity when her good looks and style were noticed in movies.
In the 1994 movie “The Shawshank Redemption,” one of the three posters that Andy Dufrene, played by Tim Robbins in the lead role, had on his cell wall was of Ms. Welch (the other two were of Rita Hayworth and Marilyn Monroe). In her personal life, Ms. Welch has been married four times and has two children; her oldest daughter, Turney, 61, is an actress, appearing in such films as “Cocoon,” released in 1985.
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