Raquel Welch News

Veteran sex symbol Raquel Welch is convinced late movie hunk Stephen Boyd was gay, revealing he hinted he preferred the company of men in a bid to stop his Fantastic Voyage co-star wasting her energy by lusting after him.

Actress Raquel Welch calls her 1970 film version of Myra Breckinridge , in which she played a transgender woman, a "stinker" and hopes someone remakes it as the "funny and erudite" movie it should be, in an interview with Out .

The screen legend talks 'Myra Breckinridge,' Janis Joplin and Mae West's preferred lighting with Out.com's Mark Peikert.

Easily one of the most recognizable faces of the 1960s, Raquel Welch made her big break with the critically acclaimed sci-fi flick Fantastic Voyage , which will screen February 10 at 1:45pm and February 12 at 12pm.

Ever since she materialized onscreen in a bikini made from the skin of some nameless prehistoric beast in "One Million Years B.C.," Raquel Welch has had a cherished spot in the imagination of American moviegoers.

In 1970, just after the opening of Myra Breckinridge , in which she plays a post-op transsexual, Raquel Welch met Janis Joplin on The Dick Cavett Show .

Temporarily exiled to a desk smack dab in the middle of the newsroom, I now know what it's like to suffer the indignity of everybody and his brother being able to see what's displayed on my computer monitor.

Raquel Welch is set to receive the Palm Springs Women in Film and Television Lifetime Achievement Award on March 2. She is one of this year's recipients at PSWIFT's 4th annual Broken Glass Awards that honor women who have made a difference in the entertainment industry.

Sometimes we define ourselves by the smallest things we do-and, as artists by things that are smaller.

The star took a note from the '60s screen siren when she went caveman for her latest gig - who do you think worked the look best? Megan Fox is definitely hot, but it's hard to compete with Raquel Welch ! Raquel, the star from One Million Years B.C. , is known for her iconic role and her infamous animal-skin bikini - and it looks like Megan ... (more)

I remember a movie from 1969 named "100 Rifles". Burt Reynolds plays Yaqui Joe, an Indian who robs a bank in order to buy guns for his people who are being savagely repressed by the government.

This February the Film Society will present a special retrospective of the films of Raquel Welch , the marquee sex symbol of the '60s and '70s, with Welch herself in attendance at the Walter Reade Theater to fAate many of her classics.