The doc, which premiered on Saturday, March 8, alleges that Welch — who died in 2023 at the age of 82 — was told to essentially hide her ethnicity for the sake of her budding career in Hollywood.

Raquel Welch, 1960s Screen Icon and 'Fantastic Voyage' Star, Dies at 82. Welch did, however, take the surname of her first husband, James Welch (the pair were married from 1959 to 1964) instead of ...