Raquel Welch, the big-screen star of the 1960s and ’70s who gained famed in movies including ‘Fantastic Voyage’, ‘One Million Years B.C.,’ ‘Myra Breckinridge’ and many others, died today after a brief illness. She was 82
written by Stephen Sondheim and Anthony Perkins; and opposite Chamberlain, Oliver Reed and Michael York in 1973. She also starred with Bill Cosby and Harvey Keitel in the 1976 ambulance-crew romp, the 1972 drama set in then-popular world of roller derby, along withWelch also appeared twice on Broadway. The first time in 1981, when she filled in for a vacationing Lauren Bacall in, replacing original star Julie Andrews.
Welch was never shy to fight for herself and her place at the Hollywood table,. In that context, she made a very different set of headlines in the 1980s when she sued MGM over being dumped from starring with Nick Nolte in Set to play an empathic prostitute in the David S. Ward-helmed movie based on the work of John Steinbeck, Welch was booted off the project by the studio over a contract violation. She insisted on having her hair and makeup done at her home before coming to set every day.
Making headlines all over the world, Welch alleged in her suit that the studio had built the movie and its financing around her and then used the hair-and-makeup dispute as a way to get a younger actress in the hooker role. The matter dragged on through the courts and appeals, but Welch ultimately was awarded a $10 million verdict in 1987 — which, of course, generated a whole new set of headlines for her.
Welch’s film career had ebbed by the late 1970s, and she began to do more TV work. She appeared in a couple of Season 2episodes with Robin Williams in 1979 and continued to appear in telefilms throughout that decade and the 1980s. Among her higher-profile roles of the era was the title character inMore recently, Welch played herself in the classic 1997episode “The Summer of George.
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