The life of Raquel Welch, in photos
Hollywood actress Raquel Welch at the world premiere of The Flight of the Phoenix, at the Carlton Theatre, Haymarket in London, January 20, 1966. (AP Photo/Laurence Harris)
Hollywood actress Raquel Welch is shown arriving at Rome's Fiumicino airport April 19, 1966 to begin costume fitting for a film, "The Biggest Bundle of Them All", in which she will play the starting role opposite Italian actor-director Vittorio De Sica, Robert Wagner and Edward G. Robinson. Shooting of the suspense comedy begins May 2 in Naples. Other locations for the film will include Rome, Tarante and the French Riviera. (AP Photo)
Young Hollywood actress Raquel Welch touches the beard Italian actor Marcello Mastroianni is growing for his role in a new film Shoot Loud, Louder....I Don't Understand, which will be shot in Rome under the direction of Italian playwright-actor-director Eduardo de Filippo and starring Welch and Mastroianni. The picture was taken June 15, 1966, during a party on the set of the film when the press were briefed about the picture and introduced to the principal actors and actresses. (AP Photo/Mario Torrisi)
American actress Raquel Welch pictured with fiance producer Patrick Curtis in their room at Hotel Lancaster, Paris on February 13, 1967. (AP Photo/Eustache Cardenas)
Film star Raquel Welch, left, and Bob Hope are shown at Da Nang, South Vietnam at a news conference Dec. 21, 1967. (AP Photo/Phuoc)
American actress Raquel Welch, left, poses with her British co-star Richard Johnson in the new film "The Blooded," Aug. 4, 1970, in London. (AP Photo/Bob Dear)
Jon Voight, Fred Koenekamp and Raquel Welch at the Oscars in Los Angeles on April 8, 1975. (AP Photo)
Rehearsing for her two-week role filling in for the vacationing Lauren Bacall in Broadway's " Woman of the Year ", Raquel Welch is shown the ropes in a New York rehearsal studio, November 12,1981, by: ( left to Right ) Ed Nolfi the dance captain, Sterling Clark and Paul Bogave, both cast members. Raquel Welch indicated that this role, short as it may be, could be a testing ground for her which might lead the way for her own Broadway show. ( AP Photo/ Angel Franco )
Actress Raquel Welch poses with a sketch of herself, Nov. 1981. She is appearing on Broadway in "Woman of the Year." (AP Photo)
Actress Raquel Welch is shown, Nov. 23, 1982. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Actress Raquel Welch performs a number from “The Act” at New York City’s Gershwin Theater, Sunday, June 4, 1984 during the 38th annual Tony Awards Ceremonies. (AP Photo/Richard E. Drew)
An emotional Raquel Welch takes the stage after receiving an honor from the Associates for Breast and Prostate Cancer Studies' Mother's Day Luncheon at the Beverly Hills Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif., Tuesday, May 6, 2008. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Raquel Welch arrives at the 2013 Women In Film pre-emmy event at Scarpetta at the Montage Hotel on Friday, Sept. 20, 2013 in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)

