Actress Raquel Welch, who helped reshape the traditional image of the Hollywood sex symbol in an era when the movie industry was still overtly defining an idealized version of sensuality for mass consumption, died on Wednesday at age 82. Her death following a brief illness was confirmed in a statement released by her... read full story
"an accomplished actor ... who helped to define the kinds of roles that women could play in a society that had some highly compromised ideas about gender."
