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| - Raquel Welch (born Jo Raquel Tejada) is an American actress; she only made one appearance as herself in "The Summer of George". Raquel has starred in a number of other films and television programs such as Fantastic Voyage, One Million Years B.C., Spin City, Mork & Mindy along with many more.
- Raquel Welch (born September 5, 1940 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American actress. In the second season of the ABC sitcom Mork & Mindy, she had a guest role as Captain Nirvana of the Necrotons.
- Raquel Welch (born September 5, 1940) is an American actress, singer, and author. Her only role in a Disney-related production so far is a guest appearance, in episode 311 of The Muppet Show.
- Raquel Welch (b. 1940) is an actress who appeared in The Muppet Show episode 311. For the episode of The Muppet Show, Welch opened the show by performing "Baby It's Me" (originally performed/covered by Diana Ross) with a human-sized spider puppet. She also performed "Confide in Me" with a very nervous, insecure Fozzie Bear, in which she boosted the bear's confidence by calling him "sexsational" -- her final performance with Miss Piggy was "W-O-M-A-N". Originally a solo number, Miss Piggy weasels her way in at the last moment (as always).
- A new reigning 1960s international sex symbol took to the cinematic throne as soon as Raquel Welch emerged from the sea in her purposely depleted, furry bikini. Tantalizingly wet with her garb clinging to all the right amazonian places, One Million Years B.C. (1966), if nothing else, captured the hearts and libidos of modern men (not to mention their teenage sons) while producing the most definitive and best-selling pin-up poster of that time. After a major dry spell after the death of Marilyn Monroe in 1962, the auburn-maned Ms. Welch effortlessly assumed Marilyn's place and forever wiped away the notion that enduring sex goddesses came only in one form—bottled blondes.
- Many people over the years have wondered how it was possible that Shep Gordon was both a manager of Alice Cooper as well as Raquel Welch. This mysterie can only be solved when considering that Raquel Welch wasn't Raquel Welch to begin with. Her real name is Loana and she lived 1,000,000 B.C. (British Columbia) The movie 'One Million Years B.C.' is an autobiography of her although it is not known in the general public. Loana was already dead for millions years when Alice Cooper and Shep Gordon decided to use their 'Frankenstein Monsterdevice TM' to retrieve her from the past. They then gave Loana a new identity, namely Raquel Welch, which is the name we all know her under nowadays. Of course Shep and Alice had to learn her the customs of today's world so she was actually made by Shep and Al
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| - Raquel Welch (born Jo Raquel Tejada) is an American actress; she only made one appearance as herself in "The Summer of George". Raquel has starred in a number of other films and television programs such as Fantastic Voyage, One Million Years B.C., Spin City, Mork & Mindy along with many more.
- Raquel Welch (b. 1940) is an actress who appeared in The Muppet Show episode 311. For the episode of The Muppet Show, Welch opened the show by performing "Baby It's Me" (originally performed/covered by Diana Ross) with a human-sized spider puppet. She also performed "Confide in Me" with a very nervous, insecure Fozzie Bear, in which she boosted the bear's confidence by calling him "sexsational" -- her final performance with Miss Piggy was "W-O-M-A-N". Originally a solo number, Miss Piggy weasels her way in at the last moment (as always). Welch also appeared on the cover of Us magazine with Kermit on November 28, 1978, and made a brief appearance in the 1979 special The Muppets Go Hollywood. When she hosted Saturday Night Live during the first season, she interacted with Scred and King Ploobis, who made clumsy romantic overtures toward her.
- Raquel Welch (born September 5, 1940 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American actress. In the second season of the ABC sitcom Mork & Mindy, she had a guest role as Captain Nirvana of the Necrotons.
- A new reigning 1960s international sex symbol took to the cinematic throne as soon as Raquel Welch emerged from the sea in her purposely depleted, furry bikini. Tantalizingly wet with her garb clinging to all the right amazonian places, One Million Years B.C. (1966), if nothing else, captured the hearts and libidos of modern men (not to mention their teenage sons) while producing the most definitive and best-selling pin-up poster of that time. After a major dry spell after the death of Marilyn Monroe in 1962, the auburn-maned Ms. Welch effortlessly assumed Marilyn's place and forever wiped away the notion that enduring sex goddesses came only in one form—bottled blondes. She was born Jo Raquel Tejada on September 5, 1940, in Chicago, the first of three children born to Bolivian immigrant Armando Carlos Tejada Urquizo, an aerospace engineer, and his Irish-American wife, Josephine Sarah Hall, who was the daughter of American architect Emery Stanford Hall (1869–1939) and his wife Clara Louise Adams. The family moved to San Diego (her father was transferred) when Raquel was only 2. Taking dance lessons as a youngster, she grew up to be quite a knockout and nailed a number of teen beauty titles ("Miss Photogenic", "Miss La Jolla", "Miss Contour", "Miss Fairest of the Fair" and "Miss San Diego"). With her sights set on theater arts, she studied at San Diego State College on a scholarship starting in 1958 and married her first husband, high school sweetheart James Welch, the following year. They had two children, Damon Welch (born 1959) and Tahnee Welch (born 1961). Tahnee went on to take advantage of her own stunning looks as an actress, most notably a prime featured role in Cocoon (1985). Off campus, Raquel became a local TV weather girl in San Diego and eventually quit college. After the end of her marriage in 1961 (she and Welch didn't divorced until 1965), she packed up her two children and moved to Dallas, where she modeled for Neiman-Marcus and worked as a barmaid for a time. Regrouping, she returned to California, migrated to Los Angeles, and made the rounds of film/TV auditions. She provided minor but sexy set decoration on the small screen (Bewitched [1964], McHale's Navy [1962] and The Virginian [1962]) as well as the large (Elvis Presley's Roustabout [1964] and Doris Day's Do Not Disturb [1965]). Caught in the midst of the "beach party" craze, it's not surprising to find out that her first prime film role was A Swingin' Summer (1965), which concentrated more on musical guests The Righteous Brothers and Gary Lewis & The Playboys than on Raquel's outstanding contributions. But 20th Century Fox certainly took notice and signed her up. With her very first film under contract (actually, she was on loan out to Britain's Hammer Studios at the time), she took on the remake of One Million B.C. (1940) in the Carole Landis role, and the rest is history. Raquel remained an international celebrity in her first few years of stardom. In England, she was quite revealing as the deadly sin representing "lust" for the comedy team of Peter Cook and Dudley Moore in their vehicle Bedazzled (1967), and as the title secret agent in the sexy spy spoof Fathom (1967). In Italy, she gained some exposure in primarily mediocre vehicles opposite such heartthrobs as Marcello Mastroianni. Back in the United States, however, she caused quite a stir in her ground-breaking sex scenes with black athlete Jim Brown in the "spaghetti western" 100 Rifles (1969), and as the transgendered title role in the unfathomable Myra Breckinridge (1970). Adapted from Gore Vidal novel, she created some unwelcome notoriety by locking horns with aging diva Mae West on the set. The instant cult movie was a laughingstock to all concerned and certainly didn't help Raquel's attempt at being taking seriously as an actress. Box office bombs abounded. Try as she might in such films as Kansas City Bomber (1972) and The Wild Party (1975), which drew some good reviews for her, Raquel's sexy typecast gave her little room to breathe. With determination, however, she partly offset this with modest supporting roles in larger ensemble pieces. She showed definite spark and won a Golden Globe for the swashbuckler The Three Musketeers (1973), and appeared to good advantage in the mystery thriller The Last of Sheila (also 1973). She planned on making a comeback in Cannery Row (1982), even agreeing to appear topless (which she had never done before), but was suddenly fired during production without notice. She sued MGM for breach of contract and ultimately won a $15 million settlement, but it didn't help her film career and only helped to label her as trouble on a set. TV movies became a positive milieu for Raquel as she developed sound vehicles for herself such as The Legend of Walks Far Woman (1982) and Right to Die (1987). She also found a lucrative avenue pitching beauty products in infomercials and developing exercise videos à la Jane Fonda. Raquel took advantage of her modest singing and dancing abilities by performing in splashy Las Vegas showrooms and starring in such plausible stage vehicles as "Woman of the Year" and "Victor/Victoria". Still a dazzler broaching age 70, Raquel continues to show up here and there and still can turn heads. She has even spoofed her own diva image on occasion, most memorably on "Seinfeld". More recently she has co-starred in the Hispanic-oriented TV series American Family (2002) and in the short-lived comedy Welcome to the Captain (2008), and appeared in the movies Tortilla Soup (2001), Legally Blonde (also 2001) and Forget About It (2006). She is separated from her fourth husband, Richard Palmer, who is 15 years her junior.
- Many people over the years have wondered how it was possible that Shep Gordon was both a manager of Alice Cooper as well as Raquel Welch. This mysterie can only be solved when considering that Raquel Welch wasn't Raquel Welch to begin with. Her real name is Loana and she lived 1,000,000 B.C. (British Columbia) The movie 'One Million Years B.C.' is an autobiography of her although it is not known in the general public. Loana was already dead for millions years when Alice Cooper and Shep Gordon decided to use their 'Frankenstein Monsterdevice TM' to retrieve her from the past. They then gave Loana a new identity, namely Raquel Welch, which is the name we all know her under nowadays. Of course Shep and Alice had to learn her the customs of today's world so she was actually made by Shep and Alice.
- Raquel Welch (born September 5, 1940) is an American actress, singer, and author. Her only role in a Disney-related production so far is a guest appearance, in episode 311 of The Muppet Show.
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