Second Marriage
When her modelling career didn’t bear fruits, she decided to up and leave to Los Angeles in hopes of finding work as an actress. There she met Patrick Curtis, and he became her manager and eventually her husband. They got married in 1966, but only six years later they would divorce in 1972.
Second Marriage
Becoming Raquel Welch
Curtis worked to help Raquel achieve fame by becoming a symbol. He also encouraged her to use her first husband’s last name instead of her Latin last name, in hopes of avoiding being cast as a Latino. During this time she made some small-time appearances on TV series like The Virginian, McHale’s Navy, and Bewitched.
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Becoming Raquel Welch
