{{short description|American actress (born 1961)}} {{BLP sources|date=May 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Tahnee Welch | image = | caption = | birth_name = Latanne Rene Welch | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|12|26}} | birth_place = San Diego, California, U.S. | occupation = {{hlist|Model|actor}} | yearsactive = 1983–1999 | mother = Raquel Welch| | spouse = }} {{external media | float = | width = | topic = <!--centered italic text---> | caption = <!-- text placed left or right of headerimage ---> | headerimage= <!--search commons please include "|alt= text" and x-height in px "|x20px" example alt=YouTube logo|x20px|left or ...|right]] ---> | title = | image1 = [https://web.archive.org/web/20250704071752if_/https://media.gettyimages.com/id/1007006392/photo/the-hollywood-show.jpg?s=2048x2048&w=gi&k=20&c=LXsLLEQl8ZpbEYuXTakGTqGYDl4kU8ggjQoDkxJSHdY= Tahnee Welch], at ''The Hollywood Show'',<ref name="fancons/12277">{{cite web |title=The Hollywood Show 2019 Information |url=https://fancons.com/events/info/12277/the-hollywood-show-2019 |website=FanCons.com |access-date=1 July 2025}}</ref> July 28, 2018, at the Westin Hotel LAX.<ref name="gettyimages/1007006392">{{cite web |title=Tahnee Welch attends The Hollywood Show held at The Westin Hotel LAX |url=https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/actress-tahnee-welch-attends-the-hollywood-show-held-at-the-news-photo/1007006392 |website=Getty Images |access-date=1 July 2025 |location=Los Angeles, California |language=en-us |date=July 28, 2018}}</ref> | image2 = | image3 = }}
'''Latanne Rene''' "'''Tahnee'''" '''Welch''' (born December 26, 1961) is an American former model and actress and is the daughter of the actress Raquel Welch.
==Biography== Welch was born on December 26, 1961, in San Diego, California,<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref> the daughter of actress Raquel Welch and her first husband, James Welch.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
==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''.<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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)
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==External links== *{{IMDb name|id=0193520|name=Tahnee Welch}}
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