Raquel Welch, FANTASTIC VOYAGE and THREE MUSKETEERS Star, Has Died at Age 82
By Movieguide® Staff
Actress Raquel Welch, known for classics like 1966’s FANTASTIC VOYAGE and THE THREE MUSKETEERS from 1973, died on Feb. 15, 2023. She was 82.
According to a statement from Welch’s manager, Steve Sauer, she died in Los Angeles after a “brief illness.”
“Raquel Welch, the legendary bombshell actress of film, television and stage, passed away peacefully early this morning after a brief illness,” Sauer wrote in a statement. “The 82-year-old actress burst into Hollywood in her initial roles in ‘One Million, B.C’ and ‘Fantastic Voyage.”
“Her career spanned over 50 years starring in over 30 films and 50 television series and appearances. The Golden Globe winner, in more recent years, was involved in a very successful line of wigs. Raquel leaves behind her two children, son Damon Welch and her daughter, Tahnee Welch.”
CNN reported:
The actress, with more than 70 film and television credits, got her start as a spokesmodel on a variety show, “Hollywood Palace,” and had a small role in the Elvis Presley film “Roustabout” in 1964.
Her career took off two years later, with the release of the science fiction film “Fantastic Voyage,” about a team of scientists shrunken and injected into a critically ill man’s body; and “One Million Years, B.C.,” a prehistoric drama that cast Welch as the cavewoman Loana…
In the 1970s, Welch starred as Constance de Bonacieux in THE THREE MUSKETEERS and THE FOUR MUSKETEERS alongside Faye Dunaway, Charlton Heston, Michael York, and Oliver Reed.
Welch earned a Golden Globe for best actress in a comedy for her performance in THE THREE MUSKETEERS.
Welch is survived by her two children, son Damon Welch and her daughter Tahnee Welch.
