Jo Raquel Tejada (born September 5, 1940), better known as Raquel Welch, is an American actress, author and sex symbol. Welch came to attention as a "new-star" on the 20th Century-Fox lot in the mid-1960s. She posed iconically in a animal skin bikini for the British-release One Million Years B.C. (1966), for which she may be best known. She later starred in Bedazzled (1967), Bandolero! (1968), 100 Rifles (1969), and the box office failure Myra Breckinridge (1970). However, her success would renew until the end of the decade. By the late-1970s, her movie-career had faltered and to this day, has never recovered. In today's world, Welch is a noticeable face of television commercials for Foster Grant sunglasses and reading glasses.
