Raquel Welch  

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Raquel Welch (1940 – 2023) was an American actress best known for the publicity shot for One Million Years B.C. (1966) wearing a doe-skin bikini which made her an international sex symbol.

She later starred in Bedazzled (1967) and made several television variety specials, one of which was Raquel Welch: Space-Girl Dance.

Filmography

• A House Is Not a Home (1964)
• Roustabout (1964)
• A Swingin' Summer (1965)
• Do Not Disturb (1965)
• Sex Quartet (1966)
• The Queens (1966)
• Fantastic Voyage (1966)
• One Million Years B.C. (1966)
• Shoot Loud, Louder... I Don't Understand (1966)
• The Oldest Profession (1967)
• Fathom (1967)
• Bedazzled (1967)
• Bandolero! (1968)
• The Biggest Bundle of Them All (1968)
• Lady in Cement (1968)
• 100 Rifles (1969)
• Flareup (1969)
• The Magic Christian (1969)
• The Beloved (1970)
• Myra Breckinridge (1970)
• Hannie Caulder (1971)
• Bluebeard (1972)
• Fuzz (1972)
• Kansas City Bomber (1972)
• The Last of Sheila (1973)
• The Three Musketeers (1973)
• The Four Musketeers (1974)
• The Wild Party (1975)
• Mother, Jugs & Speed (1976)
• Crossed Swords, a.k.a. the Prince and the Pauper (UK title) (1977)
• L'Animal (1977)
• Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult (1994) (Cameo)
• Chairman of the Board (1998)
• What I Did for Love (1998)
• Get Bruce (1999) (documentary)
• Tortilla Soup (2001)
• Legally Blonde (2001)
• Forget About It (2006)

Television work

• Raquel! (1970)
• Really Raquel (1974)
• NBC's Saturday Night Live (host, April 24, 1976)
• The Muppet Show
• Mork & Mindy 2 Episodes (1979)
• From Raquel with Love (1980)
• The Legend of Walks Far Woman (1982)
• Right to Die (1987)
• Scandal in a Small Town (1988)
• Trouble in Paradise (1989)
• Tainted Blood (1993)
• Torch Song (1993)
• Hollyrock-a-Bye Baby (1993) (voice)
• Lois & Clark (Diana Stride) Season 2 Episode 35 "Top Copy" (1995)
• Sabrina, the Teenage Witch Episode #08 ("Third Aunt From the Sun") as Aunt Vesta (1996)
• Central Park West (1996–1997)
• Seinfeld (1997)
• Spin City (1997, 2000) 3 episodes
• Jim Brown: All-American (2002)
• American Family (2002–2004) 8 episodes
• 8 Simple Rules (2004)
• Welcome to The Captain (2008) 5 episodes

Books

• Raquel Welch: Raquel: Beyond the Cleavage, Publisher: Weinstein Books (March 29, 2010), ISBN 978-1602860971

See also

• Raquel Welch: Space-Girl Dance is the informal title to a video featuring Raquel Welch.