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Raquel Welchwasn’t afraid to poke fun at herself.
The late actress, whodied at age 82on Feb. 15, left a lasting impression when she played anexaggerated version of herselfon the season 8 finale ofSeinfeldin 1997.
Kramer told Welch, “I do need to talk with you about a little problem regarding your performance.”
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After attempting to avoid the truth for a moment, Kramer finally spit out: “Well, you fired because you don’t use your arms when you tap dance. You look like a gorilla out there.”
Before he could leave her dressing room, Kramer experienced the wrath of Welch.
Later in the episode, Welch was still reeling from her firing when she ran into Elaine Benes (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) on the street, who was showing police officers how another woman “doesn’t swing her arms when she walks.”
Welch was enraged and thought Elaine was imitating her, asking, “What the hell is that? Are you making fun of my dancing?”
Elaine was excited to see Welch but her chance encounter ended in a physical altercation with the actress, who declared she was “going down.”
The officers didn’t do anything to help, simply yelling, “Cat fight!” as they continued to watch.
After both Kramer and Elaine faced Wrath’s fury, he said, “The woman is a menace.”
“That was so much fun,” she shared at the time. “But I thought of her more asa diva than a villain.”
“It can be cathartic to play such a horrible ball breaker,” she added. “But it’s also exhausting. I mean, I wouldn’t want to do it every day.”
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PEOPLE confirmed on Wednesday that Welch died at age 82. TheGolden Globewinner “passed away peacefully early this morning after a brief illness,” her manager Steve Sauer said in a statement.
Sauer added, “Her career spanned over 50 years starring in over 30 films and 50 television series and appearances. The Golden Globe winner, in more recent years, was involved in a very successful line of wigs. Raquelleaves behind her two children, son Damon Welch and her daughter Tahnee Welch.”
source: people.com
