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Discussion Boards => Off-Topic => Topic started by: linderlizzie on February 15, 2023, 01:03:02 pm
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Just saw on Twitter that she has died at the age of 82. Dunno anyone who was more stunning in her youth. :rose:
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I had not heard anything about her in a long time. Didn't even know if she was still living before it was announced that she had died.
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Jo Raquel Welch (née Tejada; September 5, 1940 – February 15, 2023) was an American actress and model. I had no idea she was Latina, but I always thought she was fabulous.
Welch first won attention for her role in Fantastic Voyage (1966), after which she won a contract with 20th Century Fox. They lent her contract to the British studio Hammer Film Productions, for whom she made One Million Years B.C. (1966). Although Welch had only three lines of dialogue in the film, images of her in the doe-skin bikini became bestselling posters that turned her into an international sex symbol. She later starred in Bedazzled (1967), Bandolero! (1968), 100 Rifles (1969), Myra Breckinridge (1970), and Hannie Caulder (1971). She made several television variety specials.
Through her portrayal of strong female characters, which helped in her breaking the mold of the traditional sex symbol, Welch developed a unique film persona that made her an icon of the 1960s and 1970s. Her rise to stardom in the mid-1960s was partly credited with ending Hollywood's vigorous promotion of the blonde bombshell.[1][2][3] She won a Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture Actress in a Musical or Comedy in 1974 for her performance in The Three Musketeers. She was also nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in Television Film for her performance in the film Right to Die (1987). In 1995, Welch was chosen by Empire magazine as one of the "100 Sexiest Stars in Film History". Playboy ranked Welch No. 3 on their "100 Sexiest Stars of the Twentieth Century" list.
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SHe was beautiful and was also a very good actress. I think she was originally from Bolivia (or her family was).
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I just rewatched Fantastic Voyage that had Raquel in it. It's a good movie!!
No, really. If you like sci fi, it's worth watching again. :highfive:
:fish:
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Any word what she passed away from?
I thought i just read she auditioned for Maryann part on Gilligans Island and didnt get it.
She had the last laugh.
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Any word what she passed away from?
I thought i just read she auditioned for Maryann part on Gilligans Island and didnt get it.
She had the last laugh.
All the internet said is that she passed away after a brief illness.
And she did miss out on the part of Mary Ann on Gilligan's Island to Miss Nevada, Dawn Wells. They 'splained that Raquel did not have the Girl Next Door vibe. No kidding. :silly: She would have made a better Ginger than a Mary Ann anyway.
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She had a high IQ, I believe over 140. :glasses-nerdy:
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WTH does your reply have to do with this topic? :silly:
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Thank you, I did not know that she had died. I thought she was absolutely beautiful, and a good actress. :rose: