Biografía

Revealed that her first marriage was the best of her four.

Raquel Welch kicks men in the groin in 15 of her films, more than any other living actress.

She was crowned Miss La Jolla and Miss Southern California before dropping out of college in San Diego, California where she had an acting scholarship, to get married to her high-school sweetheart, James Welch, at age 18.

Her impressive figure gave the impression that she was rather tall and statuesque. She was actually about 5' 6".

She was a cousin of Lidia Gueiler, who was President of Bolivia, from 1979 to 1980, and was the country's first female head of state; and of general Luis García Meza, who was the subsequent President of Bolivia, from 1980 to 1981. She was also a niece of economist and politician José Luis Tejada Sorzano, another Bolivian president.

Once you get rid of the idea that you must please other people before you please yourself, and you begin to follow your own instincts - only then can you be successful. You become more satisfied, and when you are, other people will tend to be satisfied by what you do.

Being a sex symbol was rather like being a convict. The mind is an erogenous zone.

[In 1973] I couldn't stand that my husband was being unfaithful. I am Raquel Welch - understand?

Americans have always had sex symbols. It'a time-honored tradition and I'm flattered to have been one. But it's hard to have a long, fruitful career once you've been stereotyped that way. That's why I'm proud to say I've endured.

[on Mae West] I do think she was a spectacular talent. There's no question she was a comedic genius, but I did, in person, actually feel like she was some kind of a dockworker in drag.