Posted on 04/07/2010 9:30:53 AM PDT by pissant
Raquel Welch has made her peace with Loana, the scantily clad cave woman she played in the 1966 camp classic "One Million Years B.C." The poster of Welch wearing pelts in strategic places made her a worldwide sex symbol. The image is so iconic, it was even a pivotal plot point in the 1994 film "The Shawshank Redemption."
"She's really pretty OK," says Welch of her reel-life character. "I recognize her as one part of my nature. But I just don't want it to be my complete legacy."
Welch is five months away from her 70th birthday. With a 50-year-old son and 48-year-old daughter, Welch is old enough to be a great-grandmother. But very few great grannies have looked like Welch.
Apologizing profusely for being about five minutes late for her interview, Welch breathlessly scurries into the living room of her Italian village-style house nestled in the West L.A. hills. Time has seemingly stood still for Welch, who looks more like she's in her 40s. She's whippet-slim with barely a line on her face (she swears by Oil of Olay). Wearing black pants, a crisp long-sleeve white blouse and a vest, Welch is a stunning near-septuagenarian.
Though not acting as much as during her peak of popularity, Welch certainly keeps busy. She was a regular on the 2002-03 PBS drama "American Family," and has guest starred on "Seinfeld," "Spin City" and "Welcome to the Captain." She's also appeared in the films "Tortilla Soup" and "Legally Blonde." And she's recently been featured in a fun Foster Grant sunglasses commercial.
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“(It’s been all down-hill from there).”
Yeah, things like conscience, self-discipline and fidelity want to get in the way! :(
Wow. . . .she was ALWAYS my favorite . . . yum. And she is still gorgeous. Saw her on Fox & Friends the other day.
My husband used to work in NYC for Sigma, (Times/Warner). He said Raquel Welch occasionally used to stop by there to choose her photos or something, she was a friend of the owner. She always said hello to him and talked for a few minutes with him, maybe because he was handsome and young, but he felt she was just very nice.
She was not tall, in fact he said she was very petite and surprisingly small. She would wear very unrevealing clothes and sunglasses.
He has always liked her since that time. Said she was not egotistical at all and very sweet.
So, thanks for being a nice person, besides being gorgeous, Raquel:)
Divorced four times? Just proves the old maxim: No matter how good she looks, somewhere, some guy is sick of her.
I would have to think getting sick of her would take a long time.
and she’s a Conservative in her politics
PREHISTORIC THING PING!
Favorite female star.
uhhhh...I was going to post something or other but I forgot what it was......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
LMAO!!
Jerry: What happened to you?
Kramer: Raquel Welch!
Jerry: Yikes.
Jerry: What happened to you?
Elaine: Raquel Welch!
Kramer: The woman is a menace.
Elaine: Yeah, I bumped in to her on the street. It got pretty ugly.
Jerry: Cat fight with Raquel Welch.
Kramer: Yey eye ca-catfight.
lol
((Even if she did have a little 'freshening up'.....it looks great.....and good for her!!!!!))
Best FR thread ever. I’m series.
Raquel Welch is like fine wine for a man’s soul!
she is gorgeous no doubt about it
That being said, as I tell my hubby, "If I had her money, I'd look that good too".
Only her hands give away that she’s over 50.....and I saw her on the Joy Bashar Show (Wife was watching it, not me!) and I thought she was only a shade over 60...man, I have to say it........I’D HIT IT!!!!!!!
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