ACTOR

Raquel Welch

1940 - 2023

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Jo Raquel Welch (née Tejada; September 5, 1940 – February 15, 2023) was an American actress. Welch first garnered attention for her role in Fantastic Voyage (1966), after which she signed a long-term contract with 20th Century Fox. They lent her contract to the British studio Hammer Film Productions, for whom she made One Million Years B.C. (1966). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Raquel Welch has received more than 16,388,960 page views. Her biography is available in 62 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 52 in 2019). Raquel Welch is the 299th most popular actor (up from 341st in 2019), the 547th most popular biography from United States (up from 630th in 2019) and the 149th most popular American Actor.

Raquel Welch is an American actress and sex symbol who rose to fame in the 1960s and 1970s. She is known for her roles in movies such as "One Million Years B.C.," "Fantastic Voyage," and "The Three Musketeers," as well as her iconic appearance in the poster for the film "One Million Years B.C." Her beauty, talent, and charisma made her one of the most recognizable and influential actresses of her time.

Memorability Metrics

  • 16M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 66.36

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 62

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.10

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.44

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Raquel Welches by language

Over the past year Raquel Welch has had the most page views in the with 1,858,873 views, followed by Spanish (179,389), and German (114,083). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Latvian (506.47%), Egyptian Arabic (487.18%), and Volapük (303.57%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Raquel Welch ranks 299 out of 13,578. Before her are Tobin Bell, Janet Leigh, Ernest Borgnine, Hugh Grant, Anna Karina, and Marina Vlady. After her are Helmut Berger, Juliette Binoche, Kenneth Branagh, Burt Young, Salma Hayek, and Harold Lloyd.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Raquel Welch ranks 36. Before her are Peter Fonda, Abbas Kiarostami, Tony Tan, Giorgio Moroder, Kip Thorne, and Anna Karina. After her are Burt Young, Terry Gilliam, Dario Argento, Abdurrahman Wahid, Tabaré Vázquez, and Julie Christie. Among people deceased in 2023, Raquel Welch ranks 31. Before her are Jacques Delors, K. Alex Müller, Harald zur Hausen, Luis Suárez, Li Keqiang, and Ferid Murad. After her are Helmut Berger, Burt Young, Carlos Saura, Harry Belafonte, Robert Solow, and László Sólyom.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Raquel Welch ranks 547 out of 20,380. Before her are Janet Leigh (1927), Ernest Borgnine (1917), Theodore William Richards (1868), Richard Bach (1936), James B. Sumner (1887), and Joseph McCarthy (1908). After her are Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804), Burt Young (1940), Bob Beamon (1946), Harold Lloyd (1893), Chet Baker (1929), and Donna Summer (1948).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Raquel Welch ranks 149. Before her are Farrah Fawcett (1947), Anthony Perkins (1932), Jeff Bridges (1949), Tobin Bell (1942), Janet Leigh (1927), and Ernest Borgnine (1917). After her are Burt Young (1940), Harold Lloyd (1893), Carl Weathers (1948), Kim Novak (1933), Mia Farrow (1945), and Leonard Nimoy (1931).

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Television and Movie Roles

Legally Blonde
Mrs. Windham Vandermark
Elle Woods, a fashionable sorority queen, is dumped by her boyfriend. She decides to follow him to law school, but while there, she figures out that there is more to herself than just looks.
Jul 13o 20016.75 / 10
Fantastic Voyage
Cora
In order to save an assassinated scientist, a submarine and its crew are shrunk to microscopic size and injected into his bloodstream.
Aug 24o 19666.682 / 10
One Million Years B.C.
Loana
As the Earth wrestles with its agonizing birth, the peoples of this barren and desolate world struggle to survive. Driven by animal instinct they compete against the harsh conditions, their giant predators, and warring tribes. When two people from opposing clans fall in love, existing conventions are shattered forever as each tribe struggles for supremacy and Man embarks on his tortuous voyage of civilization.
Nov 24o 19666.085 / 10