Motherhood
Welch became pregnant within a year after finishing high school. The actress was a single mother of two small children after divorcing her first spouse. During this time, Welch worked as a model and a cocktail server before relocating to Los Angeles to pursue her acting career. Welch and her second husband, manager Patrick Curtis, did not publicize the news that she was a new mother. After all, it didn’t fit with the actress’s image of a bombshell.
Motherhood
A Bad Monster Movie
Welch rose to international prominence after appearing in the adventure fantasy film One Million Years in a deerskin bikini. B.C. Welch was hesitant to participate in the film because he saw it as “a bad monster movie.” Welch assumed that no one would see the film, but a press shot of Welch in her famed bikini caused quite a commotion. Raquel Welch discovered she had become immensely famous after returning from filming in the Canary Islands.
A Bad Monster Movie
