Raquel welch biography born

The legendary Raquel Welch passed away on Feb.

15, 2023, just after Valentine's Day, after a short illness. She was 82 years old. A stunningly beautiful woman, Welch was also widely regarded as a sex symbol for her entire career.

Raquel welch biography born

Her final role was in the single-season 2017 series "Date My Dad," in which she starred as the main character's mother-in-law, Rosa.

A Hollywood starlet doesn't become a legend from only her looks, however. Welch was an agent of change who said she had longed to be taken seriously from her iconic role as Loana in "One Million Years B.C." onward.

She said she was shocked to become a sex symbol and pin-up model, but she nevertheless championed women's liberation and the sexual revolution, all while changing beauty standards in America throughout the 1960s and '70s, in a post-Marilyn Monroe era.

To younger generations, she was probably most recognizabl