Tahnee Welch
{{short description|American actress (born 1961)}}
{{BLP sources|date=May 2022}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Tahnee Welch
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| birth_name = Latanne Rene Welch
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|12|26}}
| birth_place = San Diego, California, U.S.
| occupation = {{hlist|Model|actress}}
| yearsactive = 1983–1999
| mother = Raquel Welch|
| spouse =
}}
Latanne Rene "Tahnee" Welch (born December 26, 1961) is a former American model and actress and is the daughter of the actress Raquel Welch.
Biography
Welch was born on December 26, 1961, in San Diego, California,{{Cite web |date=2023-02-15 |title=Actress and model Raquel Welch dies at 82 |url=https://www.abc15.com/news/national/actress-and-model-raquel-welch-dies-at-82 |access-date=2025-01-20 |website=ABC15 Arizona in Phoenix (KNXV) |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Diego |first=Debbie L. Sklar • Times of San |date=2023-02-16 |title=Actress, '60s Sex Symbol Raquel Welch, Who Grew Up in La Jolla, Dead at 82 |url=https://timesofsandiego.com/arts/2023/02/15/actress-60s-sex-symbol-raquel-welch-who-grew-up-in-la-jolla-dead-at-82/ |access-date=2025-01-20 |website=Times of San Diego |language=en-US}} the daughter of actress Raquel Welch and her first husband, James Welch.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/75371/Tahnee-Welch/biography |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140424230239/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/75371/Tahnee-Welch/biography |url-status=dead |archive-date=24 April 2014 |title=Tahnee Welch - Biography - Movies & TV |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=The New York Times |author=Sandra Brennan |date=2014 |accessdate=24 April 2014}}
Career
Welch's film career began in Italy starring opposite Virna Lisi. She starred in Ron Howard's Cocoon and its sequel, Cocoon: The Return, in which she portrayed an alien. She played the part of Princess Rosebud in the Golan Globus adaptation of Sleeping Beauty.{{cite web|url=http://www.ugo.com/therush/character-study-kitty|title=Character study: Kitty|work=The Rush|publisher=UGO Film and TV|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222115314/http://www.ugo.com/therush/character-study-kitty|archivedate=2014-02-22}} Returning to Europe, Welch worked mostly in Italian and German film and television productions. She appeared in American independent films I Shot Andy Warhol, Sue, and Search and Destroy. She portrayed the role of Catherine Powell in the 1996 video game Ripper.
Welch posed on the cover and a nude pictorial in the November 1995 edition of Playboy. Welch appeared in American Vogue, Italian Vogue, British GQ, Interview, French Marie Claire, Italian Moda, and German Bunte magazines.
Filmography
- Amarsi un po'... (1984)
- Cocoon (1985)
- Sleeping Beauty (1987)
- Lethal Obsession (1987)
- Falcon Crest (1987–1988, 4 episodes)
- Cocoon: The Return (1988)
- Disperatamente Giulia (1989)
- La bocca (1990)
- L'angelo con la pistola (Angel with a Gun) (1992)
- The Criminal Mind (1993)
- Night Train to Venice (1993)
- Improper Conduct (1994)
- Search and Destroy (1995)
- I Shot Andy Warhol (1996)
- Ripper (1996, interactive movie)
- Johnny 2.0 (1997)
- Sue (1997)
- Black Light (1999)
- Body and Soul (1999)
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|id=0193520|name=Tahnee Welch}}
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Category:Actresses from San Diego
Category:American people of Bolivian descent
Category:American people of English descent
Category:American female models
Category:American film actresses
Category:Female models from California