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Some of Raquel Welch’s best films are hard to find. Here’s where you can watch them

- By Emily St. Martin

Raquel Welch, the 1960s internatio­nal sex symbol whose acting career spanned more than half a century, died Wednesday at her home in Los Angeles. She was 82.

Welch shot to stardom in the ’60s with the films “Fantastic Voyage” and “One Million Years B.C.”

Welch acted in more than 30 films, dozens of television shows and made cheeky appearance­s on variety shows, like when she performed “I’m a Woman” alongside Cher in 1975.

She even appeared on an episode of “Seinfeld,” playing herself, in which she got into a cat fight with Julia Louis-dreyfus’ Elaine, and played Mrs. Windham Vandermark in the 2001 hit film “Legally Blonde.” In 1975, she won a Golden Globe Award for best actress for her role in “The Three Musketeers.”

While many of Welch’s best performanc­es are now hard to find, here’s how you can watch some of her most notable films.

‘FANTASTIC VOYAGE’ (1966)

This was Welch’s breakthrou­gh role, in which she portrayed Cora Peterson, the technical assistant for Dr. Duval, in this sci-fi adventure about a submarine crew tasked with repairing the brain of a scientist who’s nearly been assassinat­ed. The crew is shrunken microscopi­cally and injected into the bloodstrea­m of the injured scientist. Naturally, they face many obstacles during their mission.

You can stream “Fantastic Voyage” on HBO Max and Amazon Prime.

‘ONE MILLION YEARS B.C.’ (1966)

This British adventure fantasy takes place in a fictional age when both dinosaurs and humans roamed the earth. Welch starred as Loana, a woman of the Shell tribe. When Tumak is banished from his savage Rock tribe to a harsh desert, he battles various prehistori­c creatures before collapsing on a remote beach, which is where he meets Loana. Together they fight hunters and volcanoes and, of course, fall in love.

You can buy “One Million Years B.C.” on DVD and Bluray via Amazon.

‘THE THREE MUSKETEERS’ (1974)

Welch starred as Constance Bonacieux in this 1974 swashbuckl­er film. Swordsman D’artagnan arrives in Paris chasing his dreams to become a king’s musketeer, where he commits many a faux pas and gets robbed, among other indignitie­s. Ultimately, he finds himself in conflict with three musketeers who each challenge him to a duel.

However, when they are ambushed, they decide to join forces in opposition to the Cardinal. D’artagnan then falls for his landlord’s wife, Welch’s Bonacieux, and they begin a torrid love affair.

You can stream “The Three Musketeers” on Amazon Prime.

‘HOW TO BE A LATIN LOVER’ (2017)

In her final film, Welch portrayed widowed billionair­e Celeste Birch, the target of Maximo, a rusty gigolo who’s made his career seducing wealthy older women. Maximo is shocked when his 80-year-old wife leaves him for a younger man, setting off his pursuit of Celeste.

You can stream “How to Be a Latin Lover” on Showtime, or rent it on Amazon Prime.

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