ArtistInfo

Raquel Welch

voc, *1940 US, Chicago
Singer of Dance, Spoken Word, Soundtrack and Pop
A.k.a. Jo Raquel Tejada

Raquel Welch (born Jo Raquel Tejada; September 5, 1940) is an American actress and singer.She first won attention for her role in Fantastic Voyage (1966), after which she won a contract with 20th Century Fox. They lent her to a British studio, for whom she made One Million Years B.C. (1966). She had only three lines in the film, yet images of her in the doe-skin bikini which she wore became best-selling posters that turned her into a celebrity sex symbol. She later starred in notable films including Bedazzled (1967), Bandolero! (1968), 100 Rifles (1969), and Myra Breckinridge (1970). She made several television variety specials. In late 2008, she became a spokeswoman for Foster Grant's reading glasses campaign, created by Ferrara and Company.

Genres

• Dance
• Spoken Word
• Soundtrack
• Pop