Raquel Welch On Playing a Transgender Woman in 'Myra Breckinridge' | The Dick Cavett Show

Actress Raquel Welch discusses wanting to travel abroad and her title character role in the controversial film 'Myra Breckinridge,' playing someone who has gone through gender reassignment surgery.

Have you ever seen 'Myra Breckinridge'? What's your favorite thing about Raquel Welch?

Date aired - June 25th, 1970 - Raquel Welch, Janis Joplin

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His most recent television successes were the September 2014 PBS special, Dick Cavett’s Watergate, followed April 2015 by Dick Cavett’s Vietnam. He has appeared in movies, tv specials, tv commercials, and several Broadway plays. He starred in an off-Broadway production ofHellman v. McCarthy in 2014 and reprised the role at Theatre 40 in LA February 2015.

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[TheDickCavettShow]

Have you ever seen 'Myra Breckinridge'? What's your favorite thing about Raquel Welch?

[michaelmottlau]

RIP dear Raquel Welch, so articulate and well spoken in this interview. Lovely energy - I wish you all the best in the spiritual world.

[CBSChicagoArtist]

Both of them were a staple of my childhood. I love you, Raquel Welch and thanks for the memories. R.I.P. 1940-2023.

[strikelee]

He couldn't have had the two most opposite people on his show and it was brilliant! Loved them both.

[wixom]

Hard to believe that 27 year old Janis Joplin would be dead just 3 months after this show. May she RIP.

[hermitatpeace]

She had said in an interview that the reason she agreed to go on this show was because she wanted to meet Janis Joplin. She was a fan of Janis.

[DERISNER]

Raquel was always so beautiful and articulate and so feminine . What a woman! RIP dear Raquel

[Exotic]

RIP Raquel! Thanks for the great shows and memories!

[manthony]

I love how blunt Raquel and Janice are both being. Janice makes it clear she didn't like the movie. That would not happen on today's talk shows.

[captainh]

Raquel was not only stunning visually, she had a wonderful voice and manner of speaking.

[wheninrome]

There is something about Dick Cavette's shows. l was a little boy when his talk show aired. But even as a child, there was a warmth that l felt and l didn't even know the celebrities then. But my father watched his show while l played with my toys. But l noticed his warmth and sincerity even as a child.

[chika]

Raquel Welch in her prime was out of this world!

[josephlacombe]

When I was 13 she made a personal appearance at the providence civic center. I was crazy about her I was a teenager and thought she was the most beautiful woman I had ever seen so I waited and hour in line to get and autograph pic of her. When I finally got there I told her she was the most beautiful woman I had ever seen. She sweetly said awe thank you and she hugged me and kissed me on the cheek. I will never forget how good she smelled and how naturally beautiful she was. I was in a fog for 2 days. 😝

[avidnongetit]

It's funny. At 5 yrs. old I awoke in the back of my parents station wagon to see Raquel on the drive-in movie screen and fell in love! 7 years later I heard Janice and I grew to love her too. Still 47 years later, seeing both of them together, flaws and all, and my Heart still quivers and skips a beat.

[mosespray]

I'm always impressed, when I watch these clips, by just how smooth Dick Cavett was. Amazing.

[darkoanton]

If I ever wash up on shore somewhere and need rescuing I want someone like Raquel Welch to do it. What a super well spoken lady. May she Rest in Peace.

[stripervince]

2 awesome.ladies on different ends of the spectrum. RIP JANIS RIP RAQUEL

[EagleRockers]

At that time, these were two of the most interesting women in the world. May they both rest in peace!

[imalicenseplatepressingdud]

Raquel Welch is personally responsible for my carpal tunnel syndrome as a young teenager

[Downhuman]

This was back when late night talk shows were actually what they purported to be. Not the nonsense you get these days with scripted interviews and such. I mean, this is real conversation here. Two brilliant women -- brilliant in completely different ways -- just having an honest unfiltered discussion. The modern-day equivalent for this is the podcast.