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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.
Raquel Welch
Carmen DeSoto
for Carmen DeSoto in Charlie's Angels Fall from Grace
Suggested by chris83
Back in the early to mid 80s, The Townsend Agency is still going strong following Kelly Garrett's early retirement and Kris Munroe's subsequent departure and Julie Roger's transfer to another agency. Three new Angels fresh from graduating from recruitment training have risen from the ranks - Belinda Miller, Jody Sheridan and Madison Lee. In the beginning the three new angels, like those before and subsequently after them, were as close as sisters and considered each other family (especially Belinda and Madison who considered each other best friends) until the infamous DeSoto case when Madison began showing signs of an overly ambitious ego and not being a team player by going rogue and nearly getting killed, causing Jody and Belinda to go in and save her and take down Carmen DeSoto - causing a fallout between them and Madison that was beyond repair - Madison feeling utterly betrayed by Belinda and ultimately leading to her departure and subsequent turn to the dark side.
