Raquel Welch

Actor, also producer · Died February 15, 2023, aged 82 · Chicago, Illinois, USA

Jo Raquel Welch (née Tejada; September 5, 1940 – February 15, 2023) was an American actress. Welch first garnered attention for her role in Fantastic Voyage (1966), after which she signed a long-term contract with 20th Century Fox. They lent her contract to the British studio Hammer Film Productions, for whom she made One Million Years B.C. (1966). Although Welch had only three lines of dialogue in the film, images of her in the doe-skin bikini became bestselling posters that turned her into an international sex symbol. She later starred in Bedazzled (1967), Bandolero! (1968), 100 Rifles (1969), Myra Breckinridge (1970), Hannie Caulder (1971), Kansas City Bomber (1972), The Last of Sheila (1973), The Three Musketeers (1973), The Wild Party (1975), and Mother, Jugs & Speed (1976). She made several television variety specials. Through her portrayal of strong female characters, helping her break the mold of the traditional sex symbol, Welch developed a unique film persona that made her an icon of the 1960s and 1970s. Her rise to stardom in the mid-1960s was partly credited with ending Hollywood's vigorous promotion of the blonde bombshell.[1][2][3] Her love scene with Jim Brown in 100 Rifles also made cinematic history with their portrayal of interracial intimacy.[4] She won a Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture Actress in a Musical or Comedy in 1974 for her performance as Constance Bonacieux in The Three Musketeers and reprised the role in its sequel the following year. She was also nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in Television Film for her performance in Right to Die (1987). Her final film was How to Be a Latin Lover (2017). In 1995, Welch was chosen by Empire magazine as one of the "100 Sexiest Stars in Film History". Playboy ranked Welch No. 3 on their "100 Sexiest Stars of the Twentieth Century" list. Description above from the Wikipedia article Raquel Welch, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Biography from TMDB.

Born: September 5, 1940
Died: February 15, 2023 (aged 82)
From: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Works as: Actor, also producer
Titles: 49 on MovieCove · 76 credits in all
Links: IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 63 days to Oct 26Down 13% in 30 days

What are Raquel Welch's films like?

Across their 33 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Genres

Comedy12 titles30^th

Adventure5 titles46^th

Action4 titles68^th

Crime4 titles42^nd

Drama4 titles29^th

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight

Bonds

25%

Self

23%

Power

16%

Morality

13%

Survival

12%

Society

Ideas

Identity8 Romantic love6 Family bonds6 Survival6 Justice6 Ambition5 Self-worth5 Class3

What they feel like to watch

their average across 32 films

ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Earnest

Tone · Sincerity

ironicearnest

Ironic 4 · Wry 6 · Earnest 20

Serious

Tone · Weight

lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 17 · Serious 9 · Dark 6

Stylized

Tone · Style

naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 14 · Stylized 11 · Heightened 7

Charged

Feel · Intensity

gentleintense

Gentle 8 · Charged 17 · Intense 7

Shifting

Feel · Swings

steadyswings

Steady 10 · Shifting 16 · Whiplash 6

Some laughs

Feel · Humor

noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 12 · Some laughs 10 · Funny 10

Even-paced

Demand · Pace

slowrelentless

Slow burn 12 · Even-paced 18 · Relentless 2

Casual

Demand · Attention

casualfull focus

Casual 21 · Engaged 9 · Full focus 2

Easy watch

Demand · Emotional cost

easyheavy

Easy watch 19 · Affecting 10 · Heavy 3

Resolved

Demand · Resolution

resolvedambiguous

Resolved 26 · Open-ended 5 · Ambiguous 1

Roles they play

21 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 7 of 21 analyzed roles.

Hero

7 of 21

Ally

6 of 21

Shapeshifter

3 of 21

Trickster

2 of 21

Threshold guardian

1 of 21

Herald

1 of 21

Mentor

1 of 21

Show the 21 roles

Allyas Jeri in A Swingin' Summer (1965)
Heroas Cora Peterson in Fantastic Voyage (1966)
Tricksteras Elena in The Queens (1966)
Allyas Loana in One Million Years B.C. (1966)
Threshold guardianas Lilian Lust in Bedazzled (1967)
Tricksteras Nini in The Oldest Profession (1967)
Shapeshifteras Maria Stoner in Bandolero! (1968)
Allyas Juliana in The Biggest Bundle of Them All (1968)
Shapeshifteras Kit Forrest in Lady in Cement (1968)
Heroas Michele in Flareup (1969)
Allyas Sarita in 100 Rifles (1969)
Heroas Myra Breckinridge in Myra Breckinridge (1970)
Heroas Hannie Caulder in Hannie Caulder (1971)
Allyas Det. Eileen McHenry in Fuzz (1972)
Heroas K.C. Carr in Kansas City Bomber (1972)
Heraldas Constance de Bonacieux in The Three Musketeers (1973)
Allyas Jugs in Mother, Jugs & Speed (1976)
Shapeshifteras Jane Gardner in Animal (1977)
Heroas Walks Far Woman in The Legend of Walks Far Woman (1980)
Heroas Leda Beth Vincent in Scandal in a Small Town (1988)
Mentoras Rosa in Date My Dad (2017)

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense

Absurd

Thrilling

Warm

Melancholic

Other

How their films linger

Fun16 Feel-good10 Thought-provoking9 Bittersweet8 Unsettling7 Hopeful6

How their films end · 4 with a twist

Happy12
Bittersweet13
Tragic1
Ambiguous7

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Raquel Welch's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 24 of their 49 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (12).

Also on these channels

Lionsgate+3 titles, show their 3 titles on Lionsgate+
BFI Player1 title, show their title on BFI Player
Cineverse1 title, show their title on Cineverse
Dove Channel1 title, show their title on Dove Channel
Howdy1 title, show their title on Howdy
Shout! TV1 title, show their title on Shout! TV
Sundance Now1 title, show their title on Sundance Now
UP Faith & Family1 title, show their title on UP Faith & Family

Subscription and free streaming for Raquel Welch's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

76 credits, 49 with a MovieCove page; 59 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

Belmondo: The Incorrigible (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
Actor
Date My Dad(2017)
Show 10 episodes · as Rosa
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all shows
How to Be a Latin Lover(2017)
as Celeste
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films
The Ultimate Legacy(2016)
as Sally May Anderson
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
House of Versace(2013)
as Lucia
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
Welcome to the Captain (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
Show 5 episodes · as Charlene Van Ark
Forget About It (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
as Christine DeLee
Playboy's 50th Anniversary Celebration (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
Actor
CSI: Miami(2002)
Show 1 episode · as Vina Navarro
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all shows
8 Simple Rules(2002)
Show 1 episode · as Jackie
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all shows
The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema(2001)
Actor
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
Tortilla Soup(2001)
as Hortensia
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films
Legally Blonde(2001)
as Mrs. Windham Vandermark
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
What I Did for Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
as Jacqueline
Chairman of the Board(1997)
as Grace Kosik
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films
Sabrina the Teenage Witch(1996)
Show 1 episode · as Vesta
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all shows
Spin City (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
Show 3 episodes · as Abby Lassiter
E! True Hollywood Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
Show 1 episode · Actor
Central Park West (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
Show 8 episodes · as Dianna Brock
Trailer Camp (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
as (Archival)
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child(1995)
Show 1 episode · as La Madrastra (voice)
Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all shows
Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror(1994)
Thanks · as Self
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult(1994)
as Raquel Welch (uncredited)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
Fertile La Toyah Video Magazine #2: The Kinky Issue! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)
Actor
Hollyrock-a-Bye Baby(1993)
as Shelly Millstone (voice)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman(1993)
Show 1 episode · as Diana Stride
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all shows
Torch Song (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)
as Paula Eastman
Tainted Blood (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)
as Elizabeth Hayes
Seinfeld(1989)
Show 1 episode · as Raquel Welch
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
Trouble in Paradise (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)
as Rachel Baxley
Scandal in a Small Town(1988)
as Leda Beth Vincent
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
Right to Die (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)
as Emily Bauer
Muppet Video: The Kermit and Piggy Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)
as Raquel Welch
Raquel: Total Beauty and Fitness (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)
Actor
The Legend of Walks Far Woman(1980)
as Walks Far Woman
Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
Mork & Mindy(1978)
Show 2 episodes · as Captain Nirvana
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all shows
Animal(1977)
as Jane Gardner
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
Crossed Swords(1977)
as Lady Edith
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
Mother, Jugs & Speed(1976)
as Jugs
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
The Wild Party(1975)
as Queenie
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
The Four Musketeers(1974)
as Constance de Bonancieux
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
The Three Musketeers(1973)
as Constance de Bonancieux
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
The Last of Sheila(1973)
as Alice Wood
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
1,000,000 A.D. Promo Reel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)
as Loana
Bluebeard(1972)
as Magdalena
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films
Kansas City Bomber(1972)
as K.C. Carr
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
Fuzz(1972)
as Det. Eileen McHenry
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films
Hannie Caulder(1971)
Producer · as Hannie Caulder
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
Sin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)
as Elena
Myra Breckinridge(1970)
as Myra Breckinridge
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films
The Magic Christian(1969)
as Priestess of the Whip
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films
Flareup(1969)
as Michele
Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films
Bracken's World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)
Show 1 episode · Actor
100 Rifles(1969)
as Sarita
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
Lady in Cement(1968)
as Kit Forrest
Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films
Bandolero!(1968)
as Maria Stoner
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
The Biggest Bundle of Them All(1968)
as Juliana
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films
Bedazzled(1967)
as Lilian Lust
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
Fathom (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)
as Fathom Harvill
One Pair of Eyes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)
Show 1 episode · Actor
The Oldest Profession(1967)
as Nini (segment "La belle époque")
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
The Sorcerers(1967)
Producer
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
One Million Years B.C.(1966)
as Loana
Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
Shoot Loud, Louder... I Don't Understand (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)
as Tania Montini
Fantastic Voyage(1966)
as Cora
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
Salvador Dalí's Fantastic Dream (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)
Actor
The Queens(1966)
as Elena ("Fata Elena")
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
Do Not Disturb(1965)
as Woman In Lobby (uncredited)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
A Swingin' Summer(1965)
as Jeri Mason
Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films
Roustabout(1964)
as College Girl (uncredited)
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
The Baileys of Balboa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)
Show 1 episode · Actor
Bewitched(1964)
Show 1 episode · as Stewardess
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows
Wendy and Me (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)
Show 1 episode · Actor
A House Is Not a Home(1964)
as Call Girl
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
McHale's Navy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)
Show 1 episode · as Lt. Wilson
The Virginian (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)
Show 1 episode · as Saloon Girl

Career shape

Star power in the 99^th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 75 titles from 1962 to 2022; peak year 2017.

Biggest box office

How to Be a Latin Lover (2017)

$63M worldwide

Highest rated

The Last of Sheila (1973)

Midcredits 88^th

Film career

MilestoneBreakout

19622022

Peak 2017 · steadily prominent in film for years. Top draw in 3 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

1965Screen debut· Do Not Disturb
1966First top-billed film· One Million Years B.C.
1966Breakout· One Million Years B.C.

By role

only this rolewith another role

Acting74 of 75 · 41^stOther crew1 of 75

By decade

1960s25 · acting1970s15 · acting1980s7 · acting1990s15 · 14 acting · 1 crew2000s8 · acting2010s4 · acting2020s1 · acting

Billing

usually 4th · top billed in 19% of 26 roles

20%

29%

11%

657075

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Raquel Welch's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 40^th percentile, the median of all 40; across their 32 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 41^st percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

41^stpercentile

Typical film, the median of 32

Approval · how many liked their films

36^thpercentile

Typical film, the median of 32

Reach · how many have seen their films

66^thpercentile

Typical film, the median of 32

Midcredits score across 49 titles, by percentile

75^th and up8
50^th to 74^th11
25^th to 49^th22
Below 25^th8

Shape of the crowd

23 of their 49 titles are Mixed.

Universally Loved2
Cult Classic3
Crowd Pleaser16
Broadly Agreed5
Mixed23

Most divisive · actor

Chairman of the Board (1997)

85^th percentile spread · 77% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

The Last of Sheila (1973)

Midcredits 88^th · 77% liked

Reviewers score the acting 60/100 in their films, across 32 reviewed titles; fans 72, detractors 37. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Raquel Welch's work okay for kids?

Across up to 15 MovieCove titles with content scores, 1 of the 4 categories sits near the median of all films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles

Violence & Gore4 titlesmedian 59 · moderate

Sex & Nudity15 titles19–52 · median 39 · moderatenear the median of all films

Profanity4 titlesmedian 42 · moderate

Alcohol & Drugs4 titlesmedian 44 · moderate

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.