Judy Tyler

Judy Tyler was buried in Ferncliff Cemetery in Hartsdale, New York. She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7021 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood. While driving through Wyoming, they were involved in an automobile accident that claimed both their lives. She was also nominated for a Golden Globe for her performance in the TV drama Right to Die (1988). After filming of the Presley movie finished, she and her second husband, Greg Lafayette, took a vacation. In 1975, Raquel Welch won a Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture Actress in a Musical or Comedy for The Three Musketeers. Offered an opportunity in Hollywood, Judy Tyler appeared in the film Bop Girl Goes Calypso then starred opposite Elvis Presley in Jailhouse Rock. She is the mother of Damon Welch and actress Tahnee Welch.

Like her mother, she became a chorus line dancer but then went on to a major role in the 1955 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, "Pipe Dream." Life magazine did a story on rising Broadway talent with Tyler on the magazine's cover as one of the up-and-coming stars. She has been married to James Welch (1959)-(1962), publicist and agent; Patrick Curtis (who played the baby of Olivia de Havilland in Gone With The Wind) (1967)-(1972), writer; Andre Weinfeld (1980-1990); and Richard Palmer (1999). Her acting career began as a teenager with appearances on the "Howdy Doody" television show, as Princess Summer Fall Winter Spring. She has also performed in a nightclub act in Las Vegas and has starred on Broadway in Woman of the Year and in Victor/Victoria, where she replaced Julie Andrews. Born Judith Mae Hess, she came from a show business family and was encouraged to study dance and acting. She has also appeared in the night time soap opera CPW and made infomercials and exercise videos. Judy Tyler, born October 9, 1933 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States – died July 4, 1957 near Laramie, Wyoming, was an actress. Her television appearances include the series The Hollywood Palace, the made for TV movies The Legend of Walks Far Woman and Right to Die, in which she turned in a stirring performance as a woman with Lou Gehrig's disease, and in the PBS series American Family, about a Mexican American family in East Los Angeles.

Her most memorable publicity still, where she was clad in a furry animal-skin bikini for One Million Years B.C., became a bestselling poster. Despite box office disappointments, Welch became one of the leading sex symbols of the 1960s and 1970s. But the movie turned out to be a dismal failure. Her first real starring role was in Myra Breckinridge with the one and only Mae West in the cast.

After her appearance as Lust incarnate in Bedazzled, she returned to the United States and appeared in a Western with James Stewart titled Bandolero!, which was followed by Lady in Cement with Frank Sinatra. On loan out to Hammer Studios in Britain, she starred in the remake of One Million Years B.C.. She was then cast in the Sci-fi hit Fantastic Voyage. Welch's first starring role was in A Swingin' Summer, which led to a contract with 20th Century Fox.

She was cast in bit parts in a few films, including Roustabout starring Elvis Presley. She found a place in Los Angeles and started making the rounds of the movie studios. Instead, she moved back to California. Her marriage broke up and she moved with her two children to Dallas, Texas, where she modeled for Neiman-Marcus and worked as a cocktail hostess, intending to move on to New York City from there.

Welch became a weather forecaster at a local San Diego television station. Because of her heavy schedule, she decided to leave college. In 1959, Raquel Welch played the title role in the famous Ramona Pageant, a yearly outdoor play at Hemet, California, which is based on the novel Ramona by Helen Hunt Jackson. The following year she married a high school sweetheart, James Welch. After high school she entered San Diego State College on a theater arts scholarship.

Among her titles were "Miss Photogenic," "Miss La Jolla," "Miss Contour," and "Miss San Diego." In 1957, she was named "Miss Fairest of the Fair" at the San Diego County Fair. She took dancing lessons as a child, and was winning beauty pageants by the time she was a teenager. The family moved to the suburb of La Jolla, where Raquel grew up. In 1942, Armand Tejada was transferred to San Diego, California.

Her father was an immigrant from Bolivia of Castilian Spanish extraction who was an aerospace engineer, and her mother an American of Irish descent. She was born Jo Raquel Tejada in Chicago, Illinois, the oldest of three children born to Armando Carlos Tejada and Josephine Sarah Hall.
. Raquel Welch is one of the most famous sex symbols of all time, and she is still considered one of the most beautiful women in the world.

Raquel Welch (born September 5, 1940) is an American actress. Windham Vandermark. Mrs. Legally Blonde (2001) (MGM) ..

Hortensia. Tortilla Soup (2001) (Samuel Goldwyn Company) .. Jacqueline. Folle d'elle (1998) (UGC-Fox Distribution) ..

Grace Kosik. Chairman of the Board (1998) (Trimark Pictures) .. Herself (uncredited). The Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994) (Paramount) ..

aka The Prince and the Pauper. Edith .. Crossed Swords (1977) (Warner Bros.) .. aka Stunt Woman.

Jane Gardner .. L'Animal (1977) (Analysis Film Releasing Corp.) .. Jennifer "Jugs". Mother, Jugs and Speed (1976) (20th Century Fox) ..

Queenie. The Wild Party (1975) (American International Pictures) .. Constance de Bonancieux. The Four Musketeers (1975) (20th Century Fox) ..

Constance de Bonancieux. The Three Musketeers (1973) (20th Century Fox) .. Alice. The Last of Sheila (1973) (Warner Bros.) ..

Magdalena. Bluebeard (1973) (Cinerama Releasing Corp.) .. Carr. K.C.

Kansas City Bomber (1973) (MGM) .. Eileen McHenry. Fuzz (1972) (United Artists) .. Hannie Caulder.

Hannie Caulder (1971) (Paramount Pictures) .. Elena. The Beloved (1970) (Joseph Brenner Assciates) .. Myra Breckinridge.

Myra Breckinridge (1970) (20th Century Fox) .. Priestess of the Whip. The Magic Christian (1969) (Commonwealth United Entertainment) .. Michele.

Flareup (1969) (MGM) .. Sarita. 100 Rifles (1969) (20th Century Fox) .. Kit Forrest.

Lady in Cement (1968) (20th Century Fox) .. Maria Stoner. Bandolero! (1968) (20th Century Fox) .. Juliana.

The Biggest Bundle of Them All (1967) (MGM) .. Lillian Lust. Bedazzled (1967) (20th Century Fox) .. Fathom Harvill.

Fathom (1967) (20th Century Fox) .. Nini. Le Plus vieux metier du monde (1967) (Goldstone Film Enterprises) .. Elena.

Le Fate (1966) (Royal Films International) .. aka Shoot Loud, Louder. Tania Montini .. Spara forte, piu forte, non capisco (1966) (Embassy Pictures) ..

Loana. One Million Years B.C. (1966) (20th Century Fox) .. Cora Peterson. Fantastic Voyage (1966) (20th Century Fox) ..

Jeri. A Swingin' Summer (1965) (United Screen Arts) .. Do Not Disturb (1965) (20th Century Fox) (uncredited). Call girl (uncredited).

A House Is Not A Home (1964) (Embassy Pictures) .. College girl with blue bow (uncredited). Roustabout (1964) (Paramount Pictures) ..