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Welch posed for Playboy in 1979, but she never did a fully nude shoot. Hugh Hefner later wrote, "Raquel Welch, one of the last of the classic sex symbols, came from the era when you could be considered the sexiest woman in the world without taking your clothes off. She declined to do complete nudity, and I yielded gracefully. The pictures prove her point." [128] Welch refused to take all her clothes off on screen or pose naked throughout her career spanning five decades, saying this was the way she was brought up. [129] Political views [ edit ] With Nancy Reagan at a state dinner in the White House in 1985. [130] TV Listings". The Sydney Morning Herald. May 8, 1995. Archived from the original on February 17, 2023 . Retrieved February 17, 2023– via Newspapers.com. Welch later posed for the photographer Terry O’Neill in the outfit, but one picture – of her hanging from a crucifix in the attire – combined the sacred and profane rather too daringly for Hammer’s publicity department. The image was not shown until a Sunday newspaper published it in the Nineties. While her image in the 1960s was that of a torrid sex temptress, Welch's private life was quite different. [123] [124] [125] Welch once famously said, "What I do on the screen is not to be equated with what I do in my private life. Privately, I am understated and dislike any hoopla." [126] She also admitted, "I was not brought up to be a sex symbol, nor is it in my nature to be one. The fact that I became one is probably the loveliest, most glamorous, and fortunate misunderstanding." [127] In 2011, Welch told Elle magazine she would not remarry. [120] Her last relationship of record, during the early-to-mid-2010s, was with American Idol producer Nigel Lythgoe. [121] [122] Public image [ edit ]Welch, Diane (March 19, 2006). "The way we were – 'Fairest of the Fair' part of Del Mar's history". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Archived from the original on June 16, 2011 . Retrieved June 16, 2011. At this stage, Welch owed Fox four films, at one a year. She and Curtis also established their own production company, Curtwel. [39] Fox wanted Welch to play Jennifer in their adaptation of Valley of the Dolls but she refused, wanting to play the role of Neely O'Hara. The studio was not interested, casting Patty Duke; Sharon Tate played Jennifer North. [44] Welch with Dean Martin in Bandolero! (1968) Welch acted in the Season 8 finale of the comedy series Seinfeld, titled " The Summer of George" (1997), playing an exaggerated and highly temperamental version of herself. [79] [80] In the episode, ranked by Zap2it as one of the top 10 episodes of Seinfeld, series character Kramer is forced to fire Welch from the lead role in a fictional Tony Award-winning musical called "Scarsdale Surprise", while the character Elaine gets into a "catfight" with her after a chance encounter on the street. [79] Entertainment Weekly wrote, "By delivering a pitch-perfect performance as a fire-breathing prima donna, Welch also poked fun at her reputation (fairly earned or not) for being difficult to work with." [79] Nigel Lythgoe on Being an Ally to the LGBTQIA+ Dance Community". Variety. July 8, 2021. Archived from the original on February 12, 2023 . Retrieved February 18, 2023. Brown, Les (1971). " "Raquel!" ". Television: The Business Behind the Box. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. p. 187, 188. ISBN 978-0-15-688440-2.
a b "Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman season 2 episodes". TV Guide. Archived from the original on February 17, 2023 . Retrieved February 17, 2023. The poster of Rita Hayworth is the first poster Andy gets in The Shawshank Redemption. Andy asks Red to get him an image of Rita while at a screening of Gilda, a 1946 movie in which Rita Hayworth stars. Shawshank State Prison shows the Rita Hayworth movie quite often across The Shawshank Redemption, as Andy even mentions that he's seen Rita in the film three times within the same month. Shawshank's inmates love Rita, and they break out into cheers when she comes on screen. The Rita Hayworth poster is pulled directly from the Stephen King book The Shawshank Redemption is based on, signaling its importance.The family moved from Illinois to San Diego, California, when Welch was two years old. Welch attended the Pacific Beach Presbyterian Church every Sunday with her mother. [18] As a young girl, Welch had the desire to be a performer and entertainer. She began studying ballet at age seven, but after ten years of study, she left the art at seventeen when her instructor told her she did not have the right body type for professional ballet companies. [19] At age 14, she won beauty titles as Miss Photogenic and Miss Contour. [20] While attending La Jolla High School she won the title of Miss La Jolla and the title of Miss San Diego–the Fairest of the Fair–at the San Diego County Fair. [21] This long line of beauty contests eventually led to the state title of Maid of California. [22] Her parents divorced when she finished her school years. [23] In her sixties in the early 2000s Raquel Welch sold Hutton House, her Tuscan-style palazzo in Beverly Hills and became a born-again Christian. Film/Art Gallery's collection of original Raquel Welch movie posters include a German A1 (23X33) poster of The Queen, the Italian multi-episode sex comedy starring Raquel Welch, Monica Vitti, Claudia Cardinale, and Capucine. Also included is an Italian 2 foglio (39x55) of Kansas City Bomber, a Raquel Welch poster featuring her roller derby vehicle.
Mansour, David (2005). From Abba to Zoom: a pop culture encyclopedia of the late 20th century. Andrews McMeel Publishing. p.345. ISBN 978-0-7407-5118-9. Archived from the original on February 15, 2023 . Retrieved September 25, 2016. Goldstein, Norman (November 29, 1970). "Raquel Welch Charms Cyprus". The Tyler Courier-Times. Associated Press. Archived from the original on February 18, 2023 . Retrieved February 18, 2023– via Newspapers.com. a b Romo, Luis Fernando (February 16, 2023). "Raquel Welch: cuatro maridos, romances con Sancho Gracia y un padre boliviano que le prohibió hablar español"[Raquel Welch: four husbands, affairs with Sancho Gracia and a Bolivian father who forbade her to speak Spanish]. El Mundo (in Spanish). Archived from the original on February 16, 2023 . Retrieved February 16, 2023. Edelstein, Andy (April 30, 2006). "TAKE 5: 'Dynasty' rises again". Newsday. ProQuest 279958745. Archived from the original on February 17, 2023 . Retrieved February 17, 2023– via ProQuest. Feig, who played a teacher on the first season of ABC’s Sabrina the Teenage Witch, recalled working with Welch when she appeared in a 1996 episode. “This is so sad,” Feig posted. “I had the great pleasure of working with Ms. Welch when I was a regular on Sabrina the Teenage Witch and she was awesome. Kind, funny and a true superstar whom I was pretty much in love with for most of my childhood. We’ve lost a true icon.”
In 1968, Welch appeared with Frank Sinatra in the detective film Lady in Cement, a sequel to the film Tony Rome (1967). She played the socialite Kit Forrest, the romantic interest of Tony Rome. Welch later said wittily that she caught the film from time to time and realized only later that Kit Forrest was an alcoholic: "I'm watching this movie and I'm thinking, 'What the hell has she got on?' At one point, I had this epiphany: 'Oh, she's an alcoholic!' I didn't know that. How could I miss that?" She reportedly was so smitten with Sinatra that she forgot to act: "I think I was just so enamored with Frank Sinatra, you know. He's hypnotic." [46] On July 5, 1980, she married producer André Weinfeld in Cabo San Lucas. [114] In early February 1983, while vacationing in Mustique, Welch suffered a miscarriage three months into her pregnancy. [115] Her marriage to Weinfeld ended in August 1990. [108] Cordova, Randy (April 27, 2017). "Derbez charms in good-natured Latin Lover". Green Bay Press-Gazette. Archived from the original on February 16, 2023 . Retrieved February 16, 2023– via Newspapers.com. TV Cover Close-Up". The San Bernardino Sun. March 3, 1974. Archived from the original on July 14, 2021 . Retrieved July 14, 2021.
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