Raquel Welch may not have appeared in Hollywood's award-winningest films of all time. But the actress, who turns 75 on Sept. 5, should win a trophy for just being herself for more than 50 years in ...

Here, a look back on the late actress' life in photos, on what would have been her 83rd birthday. Jo Raquel Tejada, a.k.a. Raquel Welch, was born on Sept. 5, 1940, in Chicago to Bolivian-born ...

Raquel Welch ... "By age 7 I knew I wanted to be an actress," Welch told PEOPLE back in 2010 in celebration of her 70th birthday. "My parents enrolled me in a theater program.

A cardiac arrest last month led to the immediate death of international icon Raquel Welch, who also suffered from Alzheimer’s disease for years. The “One Million Years B.C.” and “Fantastic ...