Death of American actress Raquel Welch, sex symbol of the 1960s and 1970s – VosActualités

The world star, known for her irreproachable figure and her status as a sex symbol, was born on September 5, 1940 in Chicago, Illinois, to a Bolivian father, an aeronautical engineer, and an American mother. She leaves behind two children, Damon Welch and Tahnee Welch.

A rich and varied career

At a very young age, Raquel Welch had already begun to participate in several beauty contests, which subsequently allowed her to cross the doors of Hollywood studios. His filmography includes nearly forty films, often shot under the direction of great directors such as Richard Fleischer, Stanley Donen or Edward Dmytryk. She starred opposite Elvis Presley in John Rich’s The Handyman, and appeared alongside Michael York in The Three Musketeers (1973), for which she received a Golden Globe for Best Actress. But it is without a doubt the role of the cave naiad in an animal skin bikini in One Million Years Before Jesus Christ that will remain marked for a long time.

A sex symbol of the 60s/70s

The young Latin American woman won not only the Miss Photogenic award, but also other honorary titles including that of Miss forms, Miss beauty among beauties and Miss damsel of California. This femme fatale image has been hugely successful, even if it doesn’t quite match the real Raquel Welch, who found herself a single mother with two children at an early age.

Faced with this “other woman” astride in a rabbit skin bikini, with an impossible wasp waist, she later confided: I really felt that people were totally laughing at me.

An icon of the 7th art

Although his career on the big screen has had its ups and downs, it is undeniably a huge figure of the 7th art who is leaving. Her name will continue to inspire artists, and her exceptional beauty will endure through the mythical images she will have recorded on pants. Her death is sad news for all who enjoyed her performances, and she will always be remembered by her admirers.

Some honorary titles of Raquel Welch

• Miss Fairest of the Fair, San Diego (1957)
• Miss Photogenic
• Miss Shapes
• Miss Beauty among Beauties
• Miss Damsel of California