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Raquel Welch (1940-2023) was an American actress. Welch’s unique film persona made her an icon of the 1960s and 1970s, due to her portrayal of strong female characters and breaking the mold of the archetypal sex symbol. Her IMDb page shows 71 acting credits from 1964 to 2017. This page will rank Raquel Welch movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. To do well in our overall rankings a movie has to do well at the box office, get good reviews by critics, be liked by audiences, and get some award recognition. This page was requested by Mike a few months ago.
Raquel Welch Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
Raquel Welch Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies any way you want.
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Possibly Interesting Facts About Raquel Welch
1. Jo Raquel Tejada was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1940. She picked the “”Welch” part of her name from her first husband.
2. 20th Century Fox wanted her to change her name to Debbie Welch, because they thought Raquel was too difficult to pronounce.
3. Among Raquel Welch’s many beauty contest titles were “Miss Photogenic”, “Miss Contour” and “Miss Maid of California” – all won while she was in her teens.
4. Raquel Welch turned down roles in Valley of the Dolls (1967), Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore (1974), Lenny (1974), The Towering Inferno (1974) and Heroes (1977).
5. Raquel Welch was one of the pin-ups on the cell in The Shawshank Redemption (1994) (The other two were Rita Hayworth and Marilyn Monroe).
Check out Raquel Welch’s career compared to current and classic actors. Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time.
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1/To me Raquel in terms of proper stardom has bordered almost on being “famous for being famous”. She has been in just 6 movies that have crashed the Cogerson magical 100 million barrier; in 4 of them her roles are subordinate to those of her male co-stars; and in the other 2 she is in what are in effect low billed cameos in one of which she played herself. Her most hyped role has been possibly One Million Years BC but that one gets a low gross and a poor review rating in Bruce’s charts above.
2/On top of her big screen career Wikipedia credits her with (1) 36 TV productions from 1964-2017; 4 stage plays from 1973-97; a music album in 1965; a music single in 1987which reached no 29 in the charts.
3/IMDB credits her with 5 acting awards and 6 noms one of which was a Razzie; and Celebrity Net Worth site opines her current net fortune is $30 million.
4/Moreover Celebrity Net worth site makes the point that despite Raquel’s lack of serious statistical success in her movies “she’s achieved a kind of ‘household name’ popularity that even movie stars have difficulty reaching. I translate that to mean artistically largely “famous for being famous” as I have already suggested.
5/She has no new projects in the pipeline but is 80 this Sept of course. Politically she describes herself as “conservative”.
I have seen 9 Raquel Welsh movies, including the top 6 films.
The HIGHEST rated movie I have seen is The Three Musketeers.
The highest rated movie I have NOT seen is is Mother, Jugs and Speed.
The LOWEST rated movie I have seen is Lady in Cement.
Favourite Raquel Welsh Movies:
The Three Musketeers
The Four Musketeers
Fantastic Voyage
The Last of Sheila
Other Raquel Welsh Movies I Have Seen:
Legally Blonde
Naked Gun 33 1/3
Bedazzled
100 Rifles
Lady in Cement
Like many young guys of my era I fancied the pants off Raquel Welch, she was the ultimate pin up girl of that time. The poster of her in a fur bikini from One Million Years BC was iconic and one of the best selling posters of the 1960s.
I’ve seen 13 of the 33 films on the chart. My favorites are – Fantastic Voyage, One Million Years BC, The Three & Four Musketeers, 100 Rifles and The Naked Gun 3.
I’ve never seen Myra Breckinridge which was derided by critics, noteworthy for starring ancient sexpot and movie legend Mae West.
Fathom is worth a look if only to ogle Raquel for 100mins.
Good stuff Bruce. Vote Up!
Excellent UMR Page.
Thx
Mike
“Beautiful faces and hour-glass figures were the stuff that Hollywood was made of. Starlets who looked like Raquel Welch were destined for fame, no matter what their acting talent. However, Welch had the misfortune to follow in that tradition in more demanding times. To say that she was trashed by critics is an understatement. She felt the criticism and made efforts to improve her acting skills.”
No 4 Star Raquel Welch performances in 1983’s Rating The Movie Stars.
Another Joel subject off the board…added bonus this was also a request from Mike.
Tally count: I have seen 11 of her movies. Easily my favorite is 1973’s The Last of Sheila.