Cristina Raines is an American

United States

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 actress. She achieved her big break in the TV movie Sunshine, with Cliff De Young.

Biography

Raines was born in Manila

Manila

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, Philippines

Philippines

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. She co-starred in the TV mini-series "Centennial"

Centennial (miniseries)

Centennial is a 12-episode American television miniseriesthat aired on NBC from October 1978 to February 1979. It was based on the novel of the same name by James A. Michener. The miniseries was produced by John Wilder....

, a 26 hour epic depicting the history of Colorado. She appeared as Lucinda McKeag-Zendt, a woman who lived in the 1840s through the 1880s and married a Pennsylvania farmer who left for the West. She is probably best known for her role as Lane Ballou in the 1980s prime-time soap opera

Soap opera

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 Flamingo Road.

Other TV credits include: Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents is an American television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock. The series featured dramas, thrillers, and mysteries. By the premiere of the show on October 2, 1955, Hitchcock had been directing films for over three decades...

, Kojak

Kojak

Kojak is an American television series starring Telly Savalas as the title character, bald New York City Police Department Detective Lieutenant Theo Kojak. It aired from October 24, 1973, to March 18, 1978, on CBS. It took the time slot of the popular Cannon series, which was moved one hour earlier...

, Fantasy Island

Fantasy Island

Fantasy Island is the title of two separate but related American fantasy television series, both originally airing on the ABC television network.-Original series:...

, Hotel

Hotel (TV series)

Hotel is an American prime time drama series which aired on ABC from September 21, 1983 to May 5, 1988 in the timeslot following Dynasty....

, The Love Boat

The Love Boat

The Love Boat is an American television series set on a cruise ship, which aired on the ABC Television Network from September 24,1977, until May 24,1986.The show starred Gavin MacLeod as the ship's captain...

, Simon and Simon, Matt Houston

Matt Houston

Matt Houston is an American crime drama series that aired on ABC from 1982 to 1985. Created by Lawrence Gordon, the series was produced by Aaron Spelling.-Synopsis:...

, The Fall Guy

The Fall Guy

The Fall Guy is an American action/adventure television program produced for ABC and originally broadcast from November 4, 1981 to May 2, 1986. It starred Lee Majors, Douglas Barr, and Heather Thomas. Majors and Barr are the only two actors to appear in all 112 episodes of the series...

, T.J. Hooker, Murder She Wrote, Riptide

Riptide (TV series)

Riptide is a TV detective series that ran on NBC from 1983 to 1986, starring Perry King, Joe Penny, and Thom Bray. Riptide was created by Frank Lupo and Stephen J. Cannell, and produced by Stephen J. Cannell Productions. The main theme was composed by Mike Post and Pete Carpenter...

, Highway to Heaven

Highway to Heaven

Highway to Heaven is an American television drama series which ran on NBC from 1984 to 1989.- Season 1 :- Season 2 :- Season 3 :- Season 4 :- Season 5 :...

, The Tenth Month

The Tenth Month

The Tenth Month is a 1978 American television movie based on the novel of the same name by Laura Z. Hobson. The movie was directed by Joan Tewkesbury and starred Carol Burnett as Diandra Grey, Keith Michell as Matthew Poole, and Dina Merrill as Cele....

, and Moonlighting

Moonlighting (TV series)

Moonlighting is an American television series that aired on ABC from March 3, 1985, to May 14, 1989. The network aired a total of 66 episodes...

.

Her film roles include Robert Altman's Nashville, The Sentinel, Nightmares

Nightmares (1983 film)

Nightmares is a 1983 film with four tales of horror, starring Emilio Estevez, Lance Henriksen, Cristina Raines, Veronica Cartwright and Richard Masur. The film is directed by T.V. veteran Joseph Sargent and began as a television project of four horror stories. The results were deemed too strong for...

, and The Duellists

The Duellists

The Duellists is a 1977 historical drama film that was Ridley Scott's first feature film as a director. It won the Best Debut Film award at the 1977 Cannes Film Festival...

.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1973	Stacey	Pamela Chambers
1973	Hex	Oriole	Billed as Tina Herazo
1975	Nashville	Mary
1975	Russian Roulette Russian Roulette (1975 film) Russian Roulette is a 1975 film, directed by Lou Lombardo, and based on Tom Ardies' novel Kosygin Is Coming. The story centres on a Canadian Mountie who finds himself engulfed in a KGB conspiracy to kill the renegade Soviet Premier, Alexei Kosygin, during his visit to Vancouver in...	Bogna Kirchoff
1977	The Sentinel	Alison Parker
1977	The Duellists The Duellists The Duellists is a 1977 historical drama film that was Ridley Scott's first feature film as a director. It won the Best Debut Film award at the 1977 Cannes Film Festival...	Adele
1980	Silver Dream Racer Silver Dream Racer Silver Dream Racer is a film starring David Essex and Beau Bridges. Essex stars as Nick Freeman, a motorcycle racer who, following the death of his brother, inherits a revolutionary prototype motorcycle, and is determined to race it at the British Grand Prix at Silverstone.The opening title scenes...	Julie Prince
1980	Touched by Love Touched by Love Touched by Love is a 1980 drama film about a therapist who tries a novel approach with a girl afflicted with cerebral palsy; she has her charge become a pen pal with the girl's favorite singer, Elvis Presley...	Amy
1983	Nightmares Nightmares (1983 film) Nightmares is a 1983 film with four tales of horror, starring Emilio Estevez, Lance Henriksen, Cristina Raines, Veronica Cartwright and Richard Masur. The film is directed by T.V. veteran Joseph Sargent and began as a television project of four horror stories. The results were deemed too strong for...	Lisa the Wife
1984	Real Life	Laurel
1987	North Shore North Shore (film) North Shore is a 1987 film about Rick Kane , a young fictional surfer from a wave tank in Arizona, who heads to surf the season on the North Shore of Oahu and see if he has the skills to cut it as a pro surfer...	Rick's Mother

Television

Year	Film/Show	Role	Notes
1973	Sunshine	Kate Hayden	TV movie
1974	Movin' On Movin' On (TV series) Movin' On is an American drama series that ran for two seasons , between 1974 and 1976. It originally appeared on the NBC television network...	Rita	Episode: "High Rollers" (December 5, 1974)
1975	Doctors' Hospital Doctors' Hospital Doctors' Hospital is an American medical drama that ran on NBC during the 1975-1976 season. It followed the neurosurgery team at the fictional Lowell Memorial Hospital in Los Angeles, led by Dr. Jake Goodwin and his staff, including residents Norah Purcell , and Felipe Ortega , and Nurse Hestor...	Dr. Terry Antonelli	Episode: "Point of Maximum Pressure" (September 10, 1975)
1975	The Family Holvak	Ellen Baldwin	Episodes: "First Love: Part 1" (October 5, 1975); "First Love: Part 2" (October 12, 1975)
1977	Kojak Kojak Kojak is an American television series starring Telly Savalas as the title character, bald New York City Police Department Detective Lieutenant Theo Kojak. It aired from October 24, 1973, to March 18, 1978, on CBS. It took the time slot of the popular Cannon series, which was moved one hour earlier...	Janelle Rawlings	Episode: "Letters of Death" (November 13, 1977)
1978	Loose Change	Kate Evans	Mini-series
1978	Centennial Centennial (miniseries) Centennial is a 12-episode American television miniseriesthat aired on NBC from October 1978 to February 1979. It was based on the novel of the same name by James A. Michener. The miniseries was produced by John Wilder....	Lucinda McKeag Zendt	Mini-series
1979	The Child Stealer	Karen	TV movie
1979	The Tenth Month The Tenth Month The Tenth Month is a 1978 American television movie based on the novel of the same name by Laura Z. Hobson. The movie was directed by Joan Tewkesbury and starred Carol Burnett as Diandra Grey, Keith Michell as Matthew Poole, and Dina Merrill as Cele....	Nancy Miller	TV movie
1980	Flamingo Road	Lane Ballou	Movie-length pilot
1981	The Nashville Grab	Laurel Ellison	TV movie
1981-1982	Flamingo Road	Lane Ballou	TV series
1983	Simon & Simon Simon & Simon Simon & Simon is an American detective television series starring Gerald McRaney and Jameson Parker.-History:The original 1978 pilot called Pirate's Key was set in Florida...	Amanda McKay	Episode: "The List" (February 17, 1983)
1983	T.J. Hooker	Nancy Winters	Episode: "Raw Deal" (February 19, 1983)
1983	The Love Boat The Love Boat The Love Boat is an American television series set on a cruise ship, which aired on the ABC Television Network from September 24,1977, until May 24,1986.The show starred Gavin MacLeod as the ship's captain...	Christine Burton	Episode: "Julie the Bachelor / Intensive Care / Set Up for Romance" (November 19, 1983)
1983	Hotel Hotel (TV series) Hotel is an American prime time drama series which aired on ABC from September 21, 1983 to May 5, 1988 in the timeslot following Dynasty....	Diana Aikins	Episode: "Designs" (December 28, 1983)
1984	Fantasy Island Fantasy Island Fantasy Island is the title of two separate but related American fantasy television series, both originally airing on the ABC television network.-Original series:...	Katie McCallum-Pride	Episode: "Goin' on Home / Ambitious Lady" (January 7, 1984)
1984	Matt Houston Matt Houston Matt Houston is an American crime drama series that aired on ABC from 1982 to 1985. Created by Lawrence Gordon, the series was produced by Aaron Spelling.-Synopsis:...	Commissioner Lisa Taylor	Episode: "Death Match" (February 24, 1984)
1984	Masquerade Masquerade (TV series) Masquerade is an American espionage television series that aired for a few months on ABC in the spring of 1983.-Synopsis:Considered an amalgam of Mission: Impossible and The Love Boat, the tongue-in-cheek series starred Rod Taylor as Mr...		Episode: "Spying Down to Rio" (April 27, 1984)
1984	The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D.		TV Movie (May 16, 1984)
1984	Finder of Lost Loves Finder of Lost Loves Finder of Lost Loves is an American drama series aired by the ABC network during the 1984-1985 season.-Synopsis:After Cary Maxwell's wife Kate dies, he decides to set up a private detective agency specializing in reuniting clients with a former loved one...	Beth Farley	Episode: "Losing Touch" (October 13, 1984)
1985	The Fall Guy The Fall Guy The Fall Guy is an American action/adventure television program produced for ABC and originally broadcast from November 4, 1981 to May 2, 1986. It starred Lee Majors, Douglas Barr, and Heather Thomas. Majors and Barr are the only two actors to appear in all 112 episodes of the series...	Helen Bolton	Episode: "Semi-Catastrophe" (January 2, 1985)
1985	Murder, She Wrote Murder, She Wrote Murder, She Wrote is an American television mystery series starring Angela Lansbury as mystery writer and amateur detective Jessica Fletcher. The series aired for 12 seasons from 1984 to 1996 on the CBS network, with 264 episodes transmitted. It was followed by four TV films and a spin-off series,...	Margo Santana	Episode: "Paint Me a Murder" (February 17, 1985)
1985	The Love Boat The Love Boat The Love Boat is an American television series set on a cruise ship, which aired on the ABC Television Network from September 24,1977, until May 24,1986.The show starred Gavin MacLeod as the ship's captain...	Jennifer Kearn	Episode: "Vicki's Gentleman Caller / Partners to the End / The Perfect Arrangement" (February 23, 1985)
1985	Quo Vadis?	Poppaea	Mini-series
1985	Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense was a short-lived anthology television series from Hammer Studios similar to the format now used by Masters of Horror in which several directors under contract to Hammer produced thirteen 69-73 min films for television. It is known in the United States as Fox...	Nancy Irving	Episode: "The Late Nancy Irving" (March 2, 1985)
1985	Generation	Roma Breed	Movie-length pilot
1985	Riptide Riptide (TV series) Riptide is a TV detective series that ran on NBC from 1983 to 1986, starring Perry King, Joe Penny, and Thom Bray. Riptide was created by Frank Lupo and Stephen J. Cannell, and produced by Stephen J. Cannell Productions. The main theme was composed by Mike Post and Pete Carpenter...	Renee St. Claire	Episode: "Thirty-Six Hours 'til Dawn" (October 22, 1985)
1985	Streets of Justice	Assistant District Attorney Carol Nielson	TV movie
1985	Alfred Hitchcock Presents The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents is an American anthology series that aired on NBC from 1985 to 1986, and on the USA Network from 1987 to 1989...	Julie Randall	Episode: "Prisoners" (December 8, 1985)
1987	Hotel Hotel (TV series) Hotel is an American prime time drama series which aired on ABC from September 21, 1983 to May 5, 1988 in the timeslot following Dynasty....	Kate Berrenger	Episode: "Second Thoughts" (May 20, 1987)
1988	The Highwayman The Highwayman (TV series) The Highwayman is an action-adventure themed television series starring Sam J. Jones, set in "the near future." It was created by Glen A. Larson and Douglas Heyes. The pilot aired in September 1987, and was followed by a short-lived series of nine episodes, with significant changes to the cast and...	Pepper McKenzie	Episode: "The Hitchhiker" (March 11, 1988)
1988	Highway to Heaven Highway to Heaven Highway to Heaven is an American television drama series which ran on NBC from 1984 to 1989.- Season 1 :- Season 2 :- Season 3 :- Season 4 :- Season 5 :...	Commander Kimberley Michaels	Episode: "Hello and Farewell" (December 7, 1988)
1988	Moonlighting Moonlighting (TV series) Moonlighting is an American television series that aired on ABC from March 3, 1985, to May 14, 1989. The network aired a total of 66 episodes...	Joan Spring	Episode: "Between a Yuk and a Hard Place" (December 13, 1988)
1990	Hunter	Laurie Conway-Sanders	Episode: "Broken Dreams" (January 27, 1990)
1990	Hardball Hardball (1989 TV series) Hardball is an American crime drama television series that ran on NBC during the 1989-1990 television schedule.-Synopsis:Hardball is a variation of the buddy cop genre that focused on two cops, Charlie "C.B." Battles and Joe "Kaz" Kaczierowski . Battles is a 45-year-old hard-nosed veteran cop who...	Dory	Episode: "Sex, Cops, and Videotape" (May 18, 1990)
1991	WIOU	Susan Green	Episode: "Three Women and a Baby" (March 20, 1991)

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