One of the sexiest women in Hollywood, she has had a love life full of mysteries. Although Raquel Welch, who died this Wednesday at the age of 82, has been married four times, neither of her husbands was one of the stars she shared movies with.
At 19, against her father’s wishes, Raquel married James Welch, a former high school friend, with whom she had two children, Damon and Tahnee. The couple divorced after a few years when her acting career started to annoy her husband, who felt relegated to her.
Finally, after the separation, she kept her married surname, which she will then use as a stage name to establish herself as an international star.
Shortly thereafter and with several films under his belt, he met producer Patrick Curtis, who was first his rep and manager. It was movie time One million years BCwho consecrated it and ended up making it famous in the world.
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Her character was a sexy cavewoman wearing a leather bikini. In the mid-60s, she was the girl of the hour. The bond between the manager and the actress moved from business to personal and a romance was born. Curtis was her second husband.
Then followed numerous films in which Welch shared the cast with dozens of then very famous actors: from Frank Sinatra to Robert Wagner, passing through Fernando Lamas and Marcello Mastroiani. With many of them she was assigned romances, which she never admitted. And she didn’t even deny it. She preferred to keep it a mystery.
Her marriage to Curtis also ended in divorce and at the age of 40 she met and married French producer, screenwriter and director André Weinfeld. The couple continued together for ten years, in what was a happy stage for the actress.
There were other performers who shared films with Welch that he slipped mysterious comments about. One of them was actor and singer Dean Martin, of whom Raquel said: “He was the most relaxed guy I’ve ever met, bold. He knew how to seduce you. I have had many men by my sidebut I’ve never needed it to give me self-esteem.”
She was also related to Warren Beatty and a young Arnold Schwarzenegger. But she remained in her position of not speaking. “Sex is overrated. It’s louder than crazy. To be honest, I don’t miss it. One benefit of getting older is that you stop being a sex object. You’re more authentic,” she stated in an interview years later.
Faced with dozens of rumors during his time as a sex symbol, names like Elvis Presley and Bob Dylan also appeared. “I’ve never had famous lovers, although she’s met some of the most desired men on the planet. But I won’t talk about my intimacies with Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan or Marcello Mastroianni. Your secrets are well kept with me“, he admitted, intriguing.
Her last partner was restaurateur Richard Palmer, with whom she lived in Beverly Hills for four years, before divorcing on good terms. Palmer was 20 years younger than Raquel and although she had caused some controversy at the time, the actress was not discouraged and with her sensuality intact declared: “I never wanted to be a sex icon, and it took me decades to come to terms with my bikini picture.”
Source: Clarin
