She carved out a place in movie history portraying strong female characters and breaking the mold of the submissive sex symbol.
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Raquel Welch born Jo Raquel Tejada; September 5, 1940 is an American actress and singer.
She made several television variety specials.
She had only three lines in the film, yet images of her in the doe-skin bikini which she wore became best-selling posters that turned her into a celebrity sex symbol.
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