Today in History: Raquel Welch was born on this day in 1940. When I was a kid in the 1970's in school, all the boys agreed that Raquel Welch was the hottest female alive. There were some mentions of Ann-Margret or Sophia Loren, but mostly it was Raquel Welch. As the 70's progressed though, young male hearts turned to Farrah Fawcett, Cheryl Tiegs and Barbi Benton. Raquel Welch actually auditioned for the role of Mary Ann on Gilligan's Island, but was too hot to play the “girl next door.”
Welch played a significant figure in the 1994 film The Shawshank Redemption. The poster that Andy Dufresne had on his prison cell wall at the time of his escape was the famous pinup image of Welch in One Million Years B.C. Prior to Dufresne's escape being realized, the warden refers to Welch as Miss Fuzzy Britches.
Raquel Welch also runs a successful business in designer wigs and hair extensions for women and men called HairUWear.
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