The world and the media have echoed a sad news that has left the entire sphere of film and television cold. A few hours ago the death of Raquel Welch was made public and her many fans are mourning the loss of someone who has contributed a lot to the big screen. Born September 5, 1940 in Chicago, Illinois, she was an American actress who won a Golden Globe and became a sex symbol of the country for decades, becoming nicknamed 'The Body'.
Precisely because of the relevance of her career and the awards she has received, we have been able to receive a lot of information about her professional life over the years. On the contrary, what we know about his personal and family life is not so much. For this reason, from The Look we have gathered the information you need to know how her life has been and who are her children.
This is what Raquel Welch's life has been like
In order to go deeper and talk about more intimate aspects of the actress's life, first it is important that we review her early years. She was the daughter of Armando Carlos Tejada Urquizo, an aeronautical engineer, and Josephine Sarah Hall. Her parents' marriage gave her her younger brother and sister, but they divorced after Raquel moved to California.
Since she was very young, Welch already began to show her interest in the world of art and show business. From the age of seven to 17 she studied ballet. When she was 14 years old, she won a beauty contest as Miss Photogenic and, after that, several others. She went on to work as an underwear and swimsuit model and this landed her a spot in several television series.
The successful acting career of Raquel Welch
She then entered the world of acting and became one of the most desired sex symbols of British cinema and Hollywood. In 1964 she got her first role in the Elvis Presley film 'Roustabout'. From that moment on, her career as an actress began to take off.
Over the years, Welch was part of important titles of the big screen, as is the case of 'Bedazzled', 'A million years ago' or 'Bandolero'. All these interventions made her gain even more fame and add more fans to her long list of followers.
These are Raquel Welch's children
Returning to more personal aspects of her life and, specifically, to love and family, Raquel married for the first time with her high school sweetheart, James Welch, in 1959, after getting pregnant with their first child, Damon. Two years later they had their second, Latanne, and in 1964 they decided to divorce.
Her marriage to James bore her only two children. Although she married for the second time with the pledge agent Patrick Curtis, with him she did not go further to start a family. Although this story was not a success either, since they divorced in 1972, Rachel has always continued to believe in love and, even more so, in unconditional love for her two children.