Cristina Raines
Cristina Raines
Biography
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.
Known For
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
41
Gender
Female
Birthday
1952-02-28 (73 years old)
Place of Birth
Manila, Philippines
Acting

1995

Hang Time as Not available

1989

Hardball as Not available

1985

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Julie Randall

1985

Moonlighting as Joan Spring

1985

Quo Vadis? as Poppaea

1985

Generation as Roma Breed

1985

Streets of Justice as Asst. Dist. Atty. Carol Nielson

1984

Murder, She Wrote as Margo Santana

1984

Hunter as Laurie Sanders

1984

Finder of Lost Loves as Beth Farley

1984

Highway to Heaven as Not available

1984

Real Life as Laurel

1984

The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D. as Nicki St. Hilaire

1984

The Late Nancy Irving as Nancy Irving

1983

Masquerade as Not available

1983

Nightmares as Lisa the Wife (segment "Terror in Topanga")

1982

Hotel as Not available

1982

T. J. Hooker as Nancy Winters

1982

Matt Houston as Not available

1981

Simon & Simon as Not available

1981

Flamingo Road as Not available

1981

Nashville Grab as Laurel Ellison

1980

Touched by Love as Amy

1980

Silver Dream Racer as Julie Prince

1980

Flamingo Road as Lane Ballou

1979

The Child Stealer as Karen

1979

The Tenth Month as Nancy Miller

1978

Centennial as Lucinda McKeag Zendt

1978

Loose Change as Kate Evans

1977

The Duellists as Adèle

1977

The Sentinel as Alison Parker

1976

Battle of the Network Stars as Not available

1975

Doctors' Hospital as Not available

1975

The Family Holvak as Not available

1975

Nashville as Mary

1975

Russian Roulette as Bogna Kirchoff

1973

Kojak as Janelle Rawlings

1973

Sunshine as Kate Hayden

1973

Hex as Oriole

1973

Stacey as Pamela Chambers