Highlights from the acting career of Raquel Welch
Welch’s breakthrough came in 1966’s campy prehistoric flick “One Million Years B.C.,” despite having a grand total of three lines.
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James Stewart, left, meets Hollywood actress Raquel Welch, center, at the world premiere of his film, "The Flight of the Phoenix," at the Carlton Theatre, Haymarket in London, Jan. 20, 1966. At right is Hardy Kruger, co-star in the film.2/21
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Raquel Welch appears at the Cannes Film Festival in Southern France on May 20, 1966.3/21
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Film star Raquel Welch, left, and Bob Hope are shown at Da Nang, South Vietnam at a news conference Dec. 21, 1967.4/21
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Raquel Welch poses for photographers in Paris on Jan. 15, 1970.5/21
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Actress Raquel Welch is shown with her husband Patrick Curtis in London in 1971.6/21
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New York Jets football player Joe Namath arrives with actress Raquel Welch to the 44th annual Academy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles on April 10, 1972.7/21
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Raquel Welch cuts white tape to inaugurate the newly-named Empire Two cinema in London's Leicester Square, Thursday, Nov. 9, 1972.8/21
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Jon Voight, Fred Koenekamp and Raquel Welch at the Oscars in Los Angeles on April 8, 1975.9/21
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Actress Raquel Welch arrives at the 50th Annual Academy Awards presentation in Los Angeles, April 3, 1978 with her companion, Andre Weinfeld.10/21
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Actress Raquel Welch and comedian Mickey Rooney get together during the filming in New York’s Central Park, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 1980 of an ABC-TV special called “Raquel Welch live from New York”.11/21
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Raquel Welch appears during a rehearsal for the Broadway show "Woman of the Year," with, from left, Ed Nolfi, Sterling Clark and Paul Bogave in New York, on Nov. 12, 1981.12/21
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Actress Raquel Welch, starring in Broadway Musical "Woman of the Year," poses with sailors from the aircraft carrier USS Saipan and a few Marines on July 3, 1982 in New York.13/21
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Actress Raquel Welch is shown with her husband Andre Weinfeld, 1982.14/21
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Entertainer Lilly Tomlin makes a face behind the cover of a new magazine "The Movies," as Raquel Welch looks on at a party to celebrate the inaugural issue of the magazine in New York, June 21, 1983.15/21
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Raquel Welch poses backstage at the Emmy Awards in Los Angeles on Sept. 20, 1987.16/21
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Actress Raquel Welch, left, poses with Little Richard during a press conference in Boston, Wednesday, Dec. 2, 1987 for the AIDS benefit concert on Wednesday night in Boston with singer Cher, Welch, Little Richard and other performers for the Third Annual Boston against AIDS concert.17/21
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Film producer Ismail Merchant, second from left, and actress Raquel Welch watch as traditional Indian dancers entertain during a benefit supporting the preservation of historical film and the launch of a new women's fragrance, Chopard Casmir at Saks Fifth Avenue in New York, March 28, 1994.18/21
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Raquel Welch arrives to present an award at the BAFTA awards at the Palladium in central London on April 23, 1995.19/21
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Actress Raquel Welch waves as she sits on the sidewalk next to her new star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame Saturday, June 8, 1996, in Los Angeles. She was honored with the walk's 2,066th star in front of the future home of the Hollywood Entertainment Museum on Hollywood Boulevard.20/21
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Raquel Welch arrives at the 2014 Carousel of Hope Ball in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Oct. 11, 2014.21/21
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Raquel Welch attends the 2016 Carousel Of Hope Ball held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Saturday, Oct. 8, 2016, in Beverly Hills, Calif.
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