Raquel Welch’s Net Worth Came From A $10M Lawsuit Against MGM—It Made Up A Quarter of Her Fortune
16.02.2023 - 20:59
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A recognizable life. Raquel Welch’s net worth reflects her iconic run in Hollywood. The actress passed away on February 15, 2023. She was 82. Her manager Steve Sauer confirmed to CNN that she passed on Wednesday morning in Los Angeles after a “brief illness.” She leaves behind her two children, son Damon Welch and her daughter Tahnee Welch.
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She rose to stardom in One Million Years B.C. in 1966 as a Pleistocene-era cave woman and launched her status as a Hollywood Sex Symbol. She won a Golden Globe for her role in Richard Lester’s 1973 adaptation of The Three Musketeers. She starred in and produced, under the Racquel Welch Productions banner, an adaptation of the Colin Stuart novel The Legend of Walks Far Woman, and in the words of TCM, “made a personal crusade” of getting it on the air in 1982. In 2001, she had a supporting role in the comedy Legally Blonde opposite Reese Witherspoon.
So what is Raquel Welch’s net worth?
What is Raquel Welch’s net worth?
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What is Raquel Welch’s net worth? Raquel Welch’s net worth was estimated to be $40 million according to Celebrity Net Worth.
Raquel Welch was born Jo Racquel Tejada in Chicago, Illinois on September 5, 1940. Her father was an aeronautic engineer from Bolivia. She had two siblings, a brother, James “Jim” Tejada, and a younger sister, Gayle Tejada. Their family moved to San Diego where she graduated from La Jolla High School and went to San Diego State College to pursue an acting career. She married her high school sweetheart James Welch, with whom she had two children, Damon and Tahnee. The two eventually divorced and she