Category: Raquel Welch
Following the end of her marriage in 1962, Raquel Welch packed up her two children and moved to Dallas, Texas, where she modeled for Neiman-Marcus and worked as a barmaid for a time.
Regrouping, she returned to California and made the rounds of film/TV auditions. She found work providing minor but sexy set decoration on the small screen (Bewitched (1964), McHale’s Navy (1962) and The Virginian (1962)) as well as the large screen (Elvis Presley’s Roustabout (1964) and Doris Day’s Do Not Disturb (1965)). Caught in the midst of the “beach party” craze, it’s not surprising to find out that her first major film role was A Swingin’ Summer (1965), which concentrated more on musical guests The Righteous Brothers and Gary Lewis & The Playboys than on Welch’s outstanding assets. But 20th Century-Fox certainly took notice and signed her up.
Raquel Welch vs. Martine Beswick – One Million Years B.C. (1966)
Raquel Welch, Ernest Borgnine, and Tim Conway in McHale’s Navy (1962) These are the adventures of the…
Raquel Welch : production still from Gordon Douglas’s Lady in Cement (1968) Tony Rome (Frank Sinatra) is…
Raquel Welch : production still from Eduardo De Filippo’s Shoot Loud, Louder… I Don’t Understand (1966) Stuck…
Raquel Welch and Dean Martin in Bandolero 1968 Posing as a hangman, Mace Bishop (James Stewart) arrives…
Raquel Welch on the cover of November Parade 1967
Raquel Welch : publicity photo for Ken Annakin’s The Biggest Bundle of Them All (1968) Cesare Celli…
