About

Known credits:
24
Birthday:
1952-02-28
Place of birth:
Manila, Philippines
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Cristina Raines

Overview

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.

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Known for

Acting

1985 Streets of Justice Actor Asst. Dist. Atty. Carol Nielson 58
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1985 Generation Actor Roma Breed 58
Average
1985 The Late Nancy Irving Actor Nancy Irving N/A
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1985 Quo Vadis? Actor Poppaea 67
Fair
1984 The Late Nancy Irving Actor Nancy Irving 58
Average
1984 Real Life Actor Laurel N/A
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1984 The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D. Actor Nicki St. Hilaire N/A
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1983 Nightmares Actor Lisa the Wife (segment "Terror in Topanga") 58
Average
1981 Nashville Grab Actor Laurel Ellison N/A
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1981 Flamingo Road Actor 68
Fair
1980 Touched by Love Actor Amy 58
Average
1980 Silver Dream Racer Actor Julie Prince 58
Average
1980 Flamingo Road Actor Lane Ballou N/A
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1979 The Tenth Month Actor Nancy Miller 59
Average
1979 The Child Stealer Actor Karen 59
Average
1978 Centennial Actor Lucinda McKeag Zendt 71
Good
1978 Loose Change Actor Kate Evans N/A
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1977 The Duellists Actor Adèle 66
Fair
1977 The Sentinel Actor Alison Parker 59
Average
1975 Russian Roulette Actor Bogna Kirchoff 58
Average
1975 Nashville Actor Mary 65
Fair
1973 Sunshine Actor Kate Hayden 59
Average
1973 Hex Actor Oriole 58
Average
1973 Stacey Actor Pamela Chambers 58
Average