By Grand Rapids Anonymous
Wednesday, February 15, 2023 at 7:00:00 PM EST
cnn
"— Raquel Welch, a veteran actress who rose to fame in the 1960s in the films One Million Years B.C. and Fantastic Voyage, has died, according to a statement provided by her manager, Steve Sauer.
"She was 82.
"Welch died wednesday morning in los angeles after a “brief illness,” the statement said.
"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, with the photos of her in a fur bikini becoming the foundation of the movie’s marketing campaign, while turning Welch into a worldwide sex symbol. (The poster later became a central device in the acclaimed movie The Shawshank Redemption.)
"Welch’s career in tv and film spanned decades. a number of starring roles for Welch followed in the late 1960s, including the western bandolero!
"in 1967, following the instant success of Fantastic Voyage and One Million Years, B.C., Welch starred as Lilian Lust in bedazzled, a film that was later remade in 2000, starring Elizabeth Hurley and Brendan Fraser.
"the chicago-born actress went on to star as Constance de Bonacieux in the 1973 movie the three musketeers. Welch won a best actress golden globe award for her performance, and reprised her role as de Bonacieux in the 1974 sequel the four musketeers: milady’s revenge.
GRA: Up to a short time ago, she still looked very good, but recent pictures showed a woman who had gained a lot of weight—40, 50 lbs. I thought that something was going on—and it did.
--GRA
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