Raquel Welch’s Lookalike Daughter Followed In Her Mom’s Footsteps
1960s actress and sex symbol Raquel Welch passed away on February 15, 2023, at the age of 82. She will forever be remembered for her star-making turn in the fantasy adventure One Million Years B.C. — but to her kids, she was just mom. In an act of genetic good fortune, Raquel passed on her famous looks to her daughter, Latanne "Tahnee" Welch. But the bond between the pair has not always been tight — despite mother and daughter having led surprisingly similar lives.
Stardom takes its toll
Being a famous actress and a mother wasn’t always easy for Raquel. "When I'm running around the world and being Miss Sex Symbol and having this big career in film and everything and I'm running from place to place, I couldn't always be with my children when I wanted to be," she told Oprah in 2010. "Eventually, I could see that this was taking its toll on my kids, and it used to just break my heart."
Repairing their relationship
"I just started out realizing that I really needed to swim out to the wave," she continued. "I needed to take a lot more initiative and just keep letting them know that I wanted to be there in their lives with them, that I had something I could offer to them. Little by little, the disappointment or the lack of confidence they had in me melted away."
Coming in hot
Tahnee could tell you, of course, exactly what it was like to have a movie legend as a mom. She was born in 1961, a good few years before Raquel shot to fame. Following stints as a TV weather girl, model, and barmaid, Raquel's first significant part came in the 1965 beach party movie A Swingin’ Summer. This helped to land her a contract with 20th Century Fox. However, Raquel’s breakthrough came when she briefly joined Hammer Studios for a new version of Man and His Mate.
Iconic outfit
Retitled One Million Years B.C., the prehistoric adventure saw the actress sport a now-iconic furry bikini as she emerged from the sea. This particular image was undoubtedly one of the defining shots of 1960s Hollywood and established the actress as the natural sex symbol successor to Marilyn Monroe. But Raquel soon proved that there was more to her than just good looks.
