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Cristina Raines

Cristina Raines

Actor · b. 1952 · Manila, Philippines

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.

Series22

  • TV7.5

    Murder, She Wrote

    1984 · 471 votes

  • TV6.5

    T. J. Hooker

    1982 · 98 votes

  • TV7.1

    Hunter

    1984 · 102 votes

  • TV6.8

    Hotel

    1982 · 26 votes

  • TV7.4

    Highway to Heaven

    1984 · 207 votes

  • TV6.7

    Simon & Simon

    1981 · 99 votes

  • TV7.2
  • TV7.5

    Moonlighting

    1985 · 417 votes

  • TV6.3

    Matt Houston

    1982 · 28 votes

  • TV7.3

    Kojak

    1973 · 154 votes

  • TV6.8

    Finder of Lost Loves

    1984 · 4 votes

  • TV6.4
  • TV6.5
  • TV7.4

    Hang Time

    1995 · 13 votes

  • TV7.7

    Centennial

    1978 · 39 votes

  • TV6.3

    Flamingo Road

    1981 · 12 votes

  • TV7.5

    Masquerade

    1983 · 2 votes

  • TV7.0

    Doctors' Hospital

    1975 · 2 votes

  • TV7.0

    Hardball

    1989 · 4 votes

  • TV5.9

    Quo Vadis?

    1985 · 9 votes

  • TV10.0

    Loose Change

    1978 · 1 votes

  • TV9.0

    The Family Holvak

    1975 · 1 votes

Movies19

  • Movie7.3

    Nashville

    1975 · 477 votes

  • Movie6.1

    The Sentinel

    1977 · 237 votes

  • Movie7.3

    The Duellists

    1977 · 656 votes

  • Movie5.7

    Nightmares

    1983 · 96 votes

  • Movie4.6

    Touched by Love

    1980 · 10 votes

  • Movie10.0

    Flamingo Road

    1980 · 1 votes

  • Movie6.5

    Sunshine

    1973 · 16 votes

  • Movie5.6

    Silver Dream Racer

    1980 · 14 votes

  • Movie5.5

    Russian Roulette

    1975 · 11 votes

  • Movie7.0

    Real Life

    1984 · 1 votes

  • Movie8.0

    The Child Stealer

    1979 · 2 votes

  • Movie9.0
  • Movie5.7

    The Late Nancy Irving

    1984 · 3 votes

  • Movie9.0

    Nashville Grab

    1981 · 1 votes

  • Movie7.0

    Streets of Justice

    1985 · 2 votes

  • Movie5.3

    Generation

    1985 · 3 votes

  • Movie4.4

    Hex

    1973 · 8 votes

  • Movie4.5

    Stacey

    1973 · 11 votes

  • Movie8.7

    The Tenth Month

    1979 · 3 votes