Raquel Welch's massive net worth at the time of her death

At the time of death, she had a jaw-dropping net worth of $40 million, per Celebrity Net Worth.

Before Raquel got into acting, she participated in beauty pageants and won Miss San Diego and Miss La Jolla.

She studied theater at San Diego State College and post-graduation, she was a meteorologist at a local TV station in San Diego.

In 1963, she moved to Los Angeles for acting and some of her first film roles were for A House Is Not a Replica Luxury Handbag and Roustabout. 

Raquel also appeared in TV series such as Bewitched and The Virginian. Her debut feature role was in A Swingin' Summer in 1965 and at the time, 20th Century Fox signed the actress to a seven-year non-exclusive contract.

The performer's breakthrough role arrived the following year thanks to the film Fantastic Voyage. 

Her career drastically took off, and she appeared in the One Million Years B.C. franchise, Sex Quartet, Fathom, and much more. 

Besides acting in films, she also launched her own production company called Curtwel, alongside her agent Patrick Curtis.

The entertainer continued to regularly act in movies such as Lady in Cement, Myra Breckinridge, and Mother, Jugs & Speed.

Raquel won two Golden Globe Awards in 1974 and 1987 – one for Best Motion Picture Actress in a Musical or Comedy for The Three Musketeers, and the other for Best Actress in a Limited Series for Right to Die.

Throughout Raquel's successful career, she became known as a sex symbol, something that she wanted to be separated from, and the actress got candid about her reputation in a 2021 interview.

She shared with Cigar Aficionado: "Being a sex symbol was rather like being a convict. That I was locked in this image and couldn't get out. My family was very conservative, and I had a traditional upbringing."

Raquel added: "I was not brought up to be a sex symbol, nor is it in my nature to be one. The whole 'sex symbol' thing is part of what I do as an actress. It's a kind of character I play. It's part of me, but not the whole me."

She continued: "I think I was always more intimidated by my image than anyone else. I mean, there's a tremendous loss of self, because you really are in a job where this image has been created… You feel like a lemon that's had all the juice squeezed out of it."

Raquel concluded: "Like everyone is going to think, 'Well, why did we think she was so great.' It's human nature to pick people apart. And yet at the same time, you're saying, 'I'm the luckiest person in the world, because I've got this chance that everybody dreams of having.' It's really bittersweet."