Deborah Raffin
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| Born | Deborah Iona Raffin March 13, 1953 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Died | November 21, 2012 (aged 59) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1973–2012 |
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Deborah Iona Raffin (March 13, 1953[1] – November 21, 2012) was an American actress, model and audiobook publisher.
Early life
Raffin was born in Los Angeles to actress Trudy Marshall and Phillip Jordan Raffin, a restaurateur and business executive.[2][3] Her father was Jewish, and her mother was Christian.[4][5]
Career
Like her mother, Raffin appeared as a model on numerous magazine covers including
In 1988, she starred in
Personal life
Raffin married film producer Michael Viner in 1974. The couple later became audiobook publishers.[3] They had one child, daughter Taylor, and divorced in 2005.[8]
Death
On November 21, 2012, Raffin died from leukemia at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, one year after being diagnosed with cancer. She was 59 years old.[9][10]
Select filmography
- 1973 40 Carats as Trina Stanley
- 1974 The Dove as Patti Ratteree
- 1975 Jacqueline Susann's Once Is Not Enoughas January Wayne
- 1976 God Told Me To as Casey Forster
- 1976 Nightmare in Badham County (TV Movie)
- 1977 The Sentinel as Jennifer
- 1977 The Ransom (aka Assault on Paradise) as Cindy Simmons
- 1979 Mind Over Murder (TV Movie) as Suzy
- 1979 The Last Convertible (TV Miniseries, 2 Episodes)
- 1980 Touched by Love as Lena Canada
- 1980 Haywire (TV Miniseries) as Brooke Hayward
- 1981 Killing at Hell’s Gate (TV Movie) as Anna Medley
- 1982 For Lovers Only as Lilah Ward
- 1983 Dance of the Dwarfs as Dr. Evelyn Howard
- 1983 Running Out (TV movie) as Elizabeth St. Claire
- 1983 Grizzly II: Revengeas Samantha Owens
- 1983 Sparkling Cyanide (TV movie) as Iris Murdoch
- 1984 Lace II(TV Miniseries, 3 Episodes) as Judy Hale
- 1984 Last Video and Testament episode from Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense (TV Series) as Selena Frankham
- 1985 Death Wish 3 as Kathryn Davis
- 1985 Claudia as Claudia
- 1988 Noble House(TV Miniseries, 2 Episodes) as Casey Tcholok
- 1989 B.L. Stryker (episode "Carolann") as Carolann
- 1990 Night of the Fox as Sarah Drayton
- 1993 Morning Glory as Elly Dinsmore (also co-writer of screenplay)
References
- ^ "Raffin plays woman on run". Detroit Free Press: 35. 1983-01-26. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
- ^ "Mark of the Gorilla". Geostan.ca. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved September 30, 2014.
- ^ a b Weinraub, Bernard (28 February 1993). "Michael Viner and Deborah Raffin; Selling Books to a Generation That Won't Sit Still". The New York Times. Retrieved September 30, 2014.
- ^ "Memories of Christmas Past ... Actress Deborah Raffin can't shake Christmas. It's as much a part of her life in July as it is in December". Nl.newsbank.com. Retrieved September 30, 2014.
- ^ "NewsLibrary Search Results". Nl.newsbank.com. Retrieved September 30, 2014.
- ^ Sue Reilly, "As for Marriage, Deborah Raffin & Michael Viner Say Once Is Quite Enough" Archived 2015-09-25 at the Wayback Machine People, October 1, 1979.
- ^ "People: Nov. 8, 1982", Time, November 8, 1982.
- ^ Elaine Woo, "Michael Viner dies at 65; tabloid book publisher", Los Angeles Times, August 13, 2009.
- ^ Woo, Elaine (November 21, 2012). "Deborah Raffin dies at 59; actress was also a force in audio books". Los Angeles Times.
- New York Times. November 23, 2012.
External links
- Deborah Raffin at IMDb
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