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. She was 82.
"One Million Years B.C." and "Fantastic Voyage," has died, according to a statement provided by her manager Steve Sauer.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 an international sex symbol.
A number of starring roles for Welch followed in the late 1960s, including the westerns "Bandolero" and "100 Rifles," the latter notable for her then-controversial interracial love scene with former football star Jim Brown. Welch leaves behind her two children, son Damon Welch and her daughter Tahnee Welch, according to her manager's statement.
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