Cristina Raines

Born: 1952-02-28

Cristina Raines (born February 28, 1952) is an American former actress and model who appeared in numerous films throughout the 1970s, mainly horror films and period pieces. She went on to have a prolific career as a television actress throughout the 1980s. Born in Manila, Philippines to American parents, Raines was primarily raised in Florida. After graduating high school, she relocated to New York City to pursue a career as a model, and signed with the Ford Modeling Agency. Urged by Eileen Ford to audition for acting roles, Raines was subsequently cast as a lead in the independent horror film Hex (1973), opposite Keith Carradine and Scott Glenn. She had a minor part in the Charles Bronson-led thriller The Stone Killer, followed by a lead in the television film Sunshine, in which she played a young mother with terminal cancer. In 1975, Raines was cast in a supporting role in Robert Altman's ensemble comedy Nashville, portraying a folk singer, followed by a lead in the supernatural horror film The Sentinel (1977), in which she starred as a model tormented by supernatural goings-on in her new apartment building. Raines also co-starred in Ridley Scott's directorial debut, The Duellists (1977), a period piece based on the Napoleonic Wars. Raines had her first major television role in the twelve-part miniseries Centennial (1978), playing the daughter of a fur trapper in 1800s Colorado. Raines continued to act throughout the 1980s, with such film credits as the anthology horror film Nightmares (1983). She spent the majority of the decade acting in television, notably with a lead role on the NBC series Flamingo Road (1980–1982). She appeared as Poppea in the miniseries Quo Vadis? in 1985, followed by guest-starring roles on Riptide (1985), Hotel (1987), Highway to Heaven (1988) and The Highwaymen (1988). In 1991, she formally retired from acting and pursued a career as a nurse, specializing in patients undergoing kidney dialysis. Description above from the Wikipedia article Cristina Raines, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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The Sentinel

as Alison Parker
Released: 1977-01-07

As a young girl, Alison Parker attempted suicide after being traumatized by her father's sexual...

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The Duellists

as Adèle
Released: 1977-08-31

In 1800, as Napoleon Bonaparte rises to power in France, a rivalry erupts between Armand and...

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Nashville

as Mary
Released: 1975-06-11

The intersecting stories of twenty-four characters—from country star to wannabe to reporter to...

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Nightmares

as Lisa the Wife (segment "Terror in Topanga")
Released: 1983-09-02

A collection of short stories. In one a woman who leaves her house late at night to drive to the...

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Silver Dream Racer

as Julie Prince
Released: 1980-06-13

David Essex stars as Nick Freeman, a motorcycle racer who, following the death of his brother,...

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Flamingo Road

as Lane Ballou
Released: 1980-05-12

A carnival drifter marries into an aristocratic family and unwillingly takes on a ruthless...

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Touched by Love

as Amy
Released: 1980-10-31

A teenager with cerebral palsy attempts to become pen pals with her idol, Elvis Presley.

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Russian Roulette

as Bogna Kirchoff
Released: 1975-08-20

An RCMP officer is ordered to discreetly take a Russian immigrant into custody in advance of a...

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Sunshine

as Kate Hayden
Released: 1973-11-08

A young woman living in the woods with her husband, a struggling musician, and her young...

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Nashville Grab

as Laurel Ellison
Released: 1981-10-18

A dashing, fast-living country singer almost turns Nashville upside-down after he is kidnapped...

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The Child Stealer

as Karen
Released: 1979-03-09

A young mother battles to get her children back after her ex-husband kidnaps them and the law...

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Loose Change

as Kate Evans
Released: 1978-02-26

Three girlfriends -- an author, an artist, and a political activist -- mature and change during...

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Stacey

as Pamela Chambers
Released: 1973-04-01

The sleazy and dangerous adventures of a gorgeous female private detective.

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Streets of Justice

as Asst. Dist. Atty. Carol Nielson
Released: 1985-11-10

After bikers kill the wife and son of an auto worker (John Laughlin) and then get off with a...

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Generation

as Roma Breed
Released: 1985-05-24

Futuristic prospective series pilot, a distant cousin the 1975 theatrical violent sport movie...

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The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D.

as Nicki St. Hilaire
Released: 1984-05-16

Marcus Welby is back, and he has a few problems. First he is trying to bridge the gap between an...

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Hex

as Oriole
Released: 1973-10-05

Set in rural Nebraska following the First World War, six veterans on motorcycles ride into the...

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The Tenth Month

as Nancy Miller
Released: 1979-09-16

An unmarried, middle-aged woman accidentally gets pregnant by an internationally renowned...

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The Late Nancy Irving

as Nancy Irving
Released: 1984-11-26

A famous US golfer with an extremely rare blood type is taken to a private hospital after...

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Real Life

as Laurel
Released: 1984-06-01

A comedy about a dreamer whose Walter Mitty-like fantasies turn his world of make-believe into a...

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Simon & Simon

as uncredited
First aired: 1981-11-24

Simon & Simon is an American detective television series that originally ran from November 24,...

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The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Julie Randall
First aired: 1985-09-29

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents is an American anthology series that aired on NBC from 1985 to...

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Murder, She Wrote

as Margo Santana
First aired: 1984-09-30

An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life...

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Moonlighting

as Joan Spring (as Cristina Raines-Crowe)
First aired: 1985-03-03

After being duped and going bankrupt, model Maddie is convinced by David to become a partner in...

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T. J. Hooker

as Nancy Winters
First aired: 1982-03-13

Sergeant Thomas Jefferson Hooker is a tough-as-nails veteran police officer with the LCPD who...

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Hotel

as uncredited
First aired: 1982-08-21

Hotel is an American prime time drama series which aired on ABC from September 21, 1983 to May...

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Highway to Heaven

as uncredited
First aired: 1984-09-19

A probationary angel is sent back to Earth to team up with an ex-cop and help people.

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Hunter

as Laurie Sanders
First aired: 1984-09-18

Hunter is an American police drama television series created by Frank Lupo, and starring Fred...

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Kojak

as Janelle Rawlings
First aired: 1973-10-24

A bald, lollipop sucking police detective with a fiery righteous attitude battles crime in New...

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Matt Houston

as uncredited
First aired: 1982-09-26

Matt Houston is an American crime drama series that aired on ABC from 1982 to 1985. Created by...

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Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense

as Nancy Irving
First aired: 1984-09-05

Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense was a short-lived anthology television series from Hammer...

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Hang Time

as uncredited
First aired: 1995-09-09

Hang Time is an American teen sitcom about a fictional Indiana high school's boys' basketball...

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Finder of Lost Loves

as Beth Farley
First aired: 1984-09-22

The Finder of Lost Loves TV show was a 60 minute drama series on ABC about a private...

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Flamingo Road

as uncredited
First aired: 1981-01-06

Flamingo Road is an American prime time soap opera that aired on NBC. It was first seen as a TV...

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Masquerade

as uncredited
First aired: 1983-12-15

Masquerade is an American espionage television series that aired for a few months on ABC in the...

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Battle of the Network Stars

as uncredited
First aired: 1976-11-13

Battle of the Network Stars was a series of competitions where television stars from ABC, CBS,...

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Hardball

as uncredited
First aired: 1989-09-21

Hardball is an American crime drama television series that ran on NBC during the 1989-1990...

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Centennial

as Lucinda McKeag Zendt
First aired: 1978-10-01

The economic and cultural growth of town of Centennial, Colorado, through the intertwining lives...

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Doctors' Hospital

as uncredited
First aired: 1975-09-10

Doctors' Hospital is an American medical drama that ran on NBC during the 1975–1976 season.

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Quo Vadis?

as Poppaea
First aired: 1985-02-24

Drama about love and intrigues in ancient Rome during the times of Nero.

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