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1960s Showdown: Natalie Wood vs. Raquel Welch

    
        
This page has comparative images of Natalie Wood and Raquel Welch, two American actresses who were both in their prime in the 1960s.

Natalie Wood
Raquel Welch

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Natalie Wood Raquel Welch


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Raquel Welch

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Natalie Wood
Raquel Welch

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Natalie Wood bio
Raquel Welch bio

Natalie Zacharenko was born July 20, 1938 in San Francisco, California to parents of Russian background. She started acting as a child in 1947, continued with teen roles opposite James Dean in Rebel without a Cause in 1955. By the 1960s, she was taking on adult roles and was nominated for Academy Award awards. She took roles less frequently in the 1970s as she cared for her family. On Nov 29, 1981 she drowned at Santa Clara Island, California at the age of 43.   Jo Raquel Tejada was born September 5, 1940 in Chicago, Illonois. As a young adult, Raquel acted in plays, was a weather forecaster and modelled. After doing some bit roles, she started to get substantial movie roles by 1966 in movies Fantastic Voyage and One Million Years B.C.. Through the late 1960s and early 1970s, she was considered a sex symbol. Through the late 1970s and beyond, her roles become less prominent.


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