Actress Raquel Welch, who notably toured with Jean-Paul Belmondo, Bill Cosby, James Stewart and Robin Williams, died at the age of 82, her manager announced on Wednesday December 15.
Considered a sex symbol in the 1960s and 1970s, she made herself known to the general public in
The Fantastic Voyage
and
One Million Years BC
, both released in 1966. After having chained kitsch films (
Myra Breckinridge )
then western (Bandolero!), she chained TV movies and series in the 1980s, appearing in
Lois and Clark
,
Seinfeld
and
CSI Miami
.
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She was also named as one of the "
100 Sexiest Stars in Movie History
" in an issue of
Empire magazine.
Raquel Welch, mother of two, has been married four times.
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