Actress Raquel Welch arrives at the 9th season finale of ‘American Idol’ on May 26, 2010 in Los Angeles. Photo Credit: Reuters
Raquel Welch, the film actress whose sultry, curvy looks made her a major sex symbol of the 1960s and ’70s, has died at the age of 82, French news agency AFP reported Wednesday, citing her manager. Went.
Welch came to the attention of a wider audience for her role in the 1966 science-fiction adventure “Fantastic Voyage”, followed by her iconic appearance in the prehistoric drama “One Million Years BC” later that year.
Although Welch had only a few lines of dialogue in “BC,” images of her memorable appearance in a fur-skinned bikini made her a bestselling pinup that turned her into a global sex symbol.