Raquel Welch

Raquel Welch in MGM's Legally Blonde - 2001 Photo: Tracy Bennett

Biography

Born 09/05/1940

The last of the Hollywood sex symbols, Raquel Welch began appearing in films in the mid-1960s and enjoyed a run as pin-up girl after capturing the public's imagination clad in a well-tailored fur bikini in the prehistoric fantasy "One Million Years BC" (1966). Who would have known she was a single...
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Awards

  • In 1974, received Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy)

Highlights

  • In 2002, Played Aunt Dora on the television series "American Family," also starred Edward James Olmos and Sonia Braga
  • In 2001, Had supporting role in "Legally Blonde"
  • In 2001, Co-starred with Hector Elizondo in "Tortilla Soup", a remake of "Eat Drink Man Woman" set in L.A.'s Latino community

Family & Companions

  • Richard Palmer: husband (born c. 1955; owned and managed Mulberry Street Cafe; formerly involved with Cathy Moriarty; divorced with one son; met in 1997; announced engagement in July 1998; married on July 17, 1999)

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