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Raquel Welch: California
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Raquel Welch was born Jo Raquel Tejada, on September 5, 1940, in Chicago, Illinois, to a Bolivian father (Armand Tejada) and an American mother (Josephine Esterly, died on October 17, 2000). When she was 3, the family moved to La Jolla, California.
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With children in tow, Welch moved to Dallas, where she modeled for Neiman-Marcus and worked as a cocktail hostess. She was hoping to begin a stage career in New York and was working her way east. But with only $200 to her name, Welch decided that she couldn't afford the cross-country trek and took her children back to California. She moved to Hollywood, where she began making the rounds of studios and talent agencies by bus and on foot. She eventually landed a couple of bit parts, including one in the 1964 Elvis Presley musical Roustabout.
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Instead, Welch moved back to California. She found a place in Los Angeles and started making the rounds of the movie studios. She was cast in bit parts in two films and in the television shows Bewitched, McHale's Navy, The Hollywood Palace, and The Virginian.
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