Cristina Raines
Raines in Sunshine (1973)
Born
Cristina Herazo

(1952-02-28) February 28, 1952 (age 71)
Manila, Philippines
NationalityAmerican
Other names
  • Tina Herazo
  • Cristina Raines Crowe[1]
  • Cristina Herazo Crowe[2]
Occupations
  • Former actress and model
  • nurse
Years active1971–1991
Spouse
​
​
(m. 1986; div. 1996)​
[3]
PartnerKeith Carradine (1971–1979)
Children2
RelativesVictoria Herazo (sister)

Cristina Raines (née Herazo; 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 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). In both this and Centennial, she played a love interest of the characters played by Mark Harmon. 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.

Life and career

1952–1970: Early life

Raines was born February 28, 1952, in Manila, Philippines,[4] to American parents. Her father, Pedro Nel Herazo, was a chemical engineer who managed the Far East operations of Procter & Gamble,[5] while her mother, Shirley Mae Herazo,[2] worked as a dressmaker.[6] Raines was one of five daughters[5] whose paternal grandfather was an immigrant from Colombia. Their paternal grandmother was of Swedish and German ancestry, while their mother Shirley is of Scotch-Irish descent.[3] Raines' sister Victoria Herazo was a member of the US Olympic team for racewalking.[7]

The family lived in various places due to Pedro Herazo's work. In her early childhood, Raines resided with her family in Venezuela, before spending the majority of her childhood in Coral Gables, Florida.[5] She graduated from high school in Boston, Massachusetts, and subsequently attended the Chandler School for Women, a Boston business college, where she trained to work as a secretary.[5] Following high school, she considered becoming a veterinarian and was accepted into a veterinary school, but decided to forgo the acceptance when her uncle, an advertising executive, suggested she work as a model due to her tall, slim figure.[6]

1971–1979: Modeling and acting

Around 1970, Raines relocated to New York City,[5] where she signed a modeling contract with Ford Models.[8] The company's executive, Eileen Ford, felt that Raines had the potential to be an actress, and urged her to attend local auditions.[9] Raines was reluctant but eventually acquiesced to Ford's pressure, auditioning for a lead role in the period piece horror film Hex (1973), opposite Keith Carradine and Gary Busey.[10] Billed as Tina Herazo, she portrayed a Native American woman whose sister curses a gang of motorcyclists.[11] Raines and Carradine began dating during the making of the film, which was shot in South Dakota in the fall of 1971.[11] The couple went on to have a long-term relationship that lasted until 1979.[12] Raines later commented that in her early career, agents often tried to cast her in Spanish-speaking roles due to her Hispanic features and Spanish surname, though Raines was not fluent in Spanish.[3] This served as an impetus for her to alter her surname to expand her casting opportunities in film: "If you were born Cristina Herazo and went into films, wouldn't you change it?" she commented in 1983. "I had to find another name in a hurry, looked out of the window and it was raining. There it was. Raines."[13]

Her next film appearance was a minor role portraying the daughter of Charles Bronson's character in the thriller The Stone Killer (1973), directed by Michael Winner,[14] before she was cast in Joseph Sargent's biographical television film Sunshine (1973), in which she portrayed a 20-year-old mother who receives a terminal cancer diagnosis.[15] She subsequently had a supporting part as a folk singer in Robert Altman's ensemble comedy Nashville (1975) (opposite Keith Carradine).[12] Around this time, Raines signed a contract with Universal Pictures, and appeared in several films for the studio, though she later admitted that the contract "became very detrimental" to her career, and prevented her from doing numerous films.[6] She reunited with director Michael Winner to appear in his supernatural horror film The Sentinel (1977), followed by a lead role in Ridley Scott's directorial debut The Duellists (also 1977), in which she co-starred with Carradine, and which focused on soldiers during the Napoleonic Wars.[12] She subsequently co-starred as a central character in the 1978 television miniseries Centennial. Based on a novel by James Michener, the program was a 26-hour epic depicting the history of Colorado and is one of the first groundbreaking miniseries' created for television. Raines' role was that of Lucinda McKeag Zendt, an Arapaho and French-Canadian woman.

In 1979, Raines and Carradine separated, and she went on to star in the British motor-racing film Silver Dream Racer (1980) opposite Beau Bridges, and the drama Touched by Love (also 1980), co-starring with Diane Lane. From 1980 to 1982, she portrayed Lane Ballou, an exotic dancer and the mistress of a deputy in the NBC series Flamingo Road.[16] Raines later appeared as a woman pursued by a killer in the anthology film Nightmares (1983) for Universal, originally slated to be a television series.[17] In 1984, she starred opposite Rupert Everett in the comedy-drama film Real Life.[18]

1985–present: leaves acting for nursing

Raines continued to appear in television, with guest-starring roles on Murder, She Wrote, The Love Boat, and Riptide.[18] In 1985, she starred as Poppaea in the international miniseries Quo Vadis?, based on Henryk Sienkiewicz's 1896 novel of the same name.[19] In 1986, she married writer and producer Christopher Crowe; together, the couple has two children. Raines' final feature film credit was in the surfing-themed drama North Shore (1987).[18] She formally retired from acting in 1991, and became a registered nurse, specializing in patients undergoing kidney dialysis.[3]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Director(s) Notes Ref.
1973 Hex Oriole Leo Garen Billed as Tina Herazo [18]
1973 Stacey Pamela Chambers Andy Sidaris [18]
1973 The Stone Killer Mathews' Daughter Michael Winner [18]
1973 Sunshine Kate Hayden Joseph Sargent Television film [18]
1975 Nashville Mary Robert Altman [18]
1975 Russian Roulette Bogna Kirchoff Lou Lombardo [18]
1977 The Sentinel Alison Parker Michael Winner [18]
1977 The Duellists Adele d'Hubert Ridley Scott [18]
1979 The Child Stealer Karen Mel Damski Television film [18]
1979 The Tenth Month Nancy Miller Joan Tewkesbury Television film [18]
1980 Silver Dream Racer Julie Prince David Wickes [18]
1980 Touched by Love Amy Gus Trikonis [18]
1981 The Nashville Grab Laurel Ellison James L. Conway Television film [18]
1983 Nightmares Lisa Joseph Sargent Segment: "Terror in Topanga" [18]
1984 Real Life Laurel Francis Megahy Also known as: Livin' the Life [18]
1984 The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D. Nicki St. Hilaire Alexander Singer Television film [20]
1985 Streets of Justice Assistant District Attorney Carol Nielson Christopher Crowe Television film [21]
1987 North Shore Rick's Mother William Phelps [18]

Television

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1974 Movin' On Rita Episode: "High Rollers" [18]
1975 Doctors' Hospital Dr. Terry Antonelli Episode: "Point of Maximum Pressure" [22]
1975 The Family Holvak Ellen Baldwin Episodes: "First Love: Part 1"; "First Love: Part 2" [23]
1975 Baretta Holly Episode: "A Bite of the Apple"; unaired footage filmed by Monte Hellman [24]
1977 Kojak Janelle Rawlings Episode: "Letters of Death" [18]
1978 Loose Change Kate Evans Miniseries [22]
1978 Centennial Lucinda McKeag Zendt Miniseries [25]
1980 Flamingo Road Lane Ballou Television film / pilot [26]
1981–1982 Flamingo Road Lane Ballou 38 episodes [26]
1983 Simon & Simon Amanda McKay Episode: "The List" [18]
1983 T. J. Hooker Nancy Winters Episode: "Raw Deal" [18]
1983 The Love Boat Christine Burton Episode: "Julie the Bachelor / Intensive Care / Set Up for Romance" [18]
1983 Hotel Diana Aikins Episode: "Designs" [27]
1984 Fantasy Island Katie McCallum-Pride Episode: "Goin' on Home / Ambitious Lady" [28]
1984 Matt Houston Commissioner Lisa Taylor Episode: "Death Match" [29]
1984 Masquerade Episode: "Spying Down to Rio" [30]
1984 Finder of Lost Loves Beth Farley Episode: "Losing Touch" [31]
1985 The Fall Guy Helen Bolton Episode: "Semi-Catastrophe" [18]
1985 Murder, She Wrote Margo Santana Episode: "Paint Me a Murder" [18]
1985 The Love Boat Jennifer Kearn Episode: "Vicki's Gentleman Caller / Partners to the End / The Perfect Arrangement" [18]
1985 Quo Vadis? Poppaea Miniseries [19]
1985 Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense Nancy Irving Episode: "The Late Nancy Irving" [32]
1985 Generation Roma Breed Pilot [33]
1985 Riptide Renee St. Claire Episode: "Thirty-Six Hours 'til Dawn" [34]
1985 Alfred Hitchcock Presents Julie Randall Episode: "Prisoners" [18]
1987 Hotel Kate Berrenger Episode: "Second Thoughts" [35]
1988 The Highwayman Pepper McKenzie Episode: "The Hitchhiker" [18]
1988 Highway to Heaven Commander Kimberley Michaels Episode: "Hello and Farewell" [36]
1988 Moonlighting Joan Spring Episode: "Between a Yuk and a Hard Place" [37]
1990 Hunter Laurie Conway-Sanders Episode: "Broken Dreams" [1]
1990 Hardball Dory Episode: "Sex, Cops, and Videotape" [38]
1991 WIOU Susan Green Episode: "Three Women and a Baby" [39]

References

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  2. ^ a b "Obituaries: Herazo". The Kentucky Enquirer. Covington, Kentucky. April 28, 2016. p. A20 – via Newspapers.com.
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  6. ^ a b c Mills, Nancy (September 16, 1979). "Cristina Raines Lets Her Panic Show". Asbury Park Press. Asbury Park, New Jersey. p. H15 – via Newspapers.com.
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  10. ^ Stuart 2003, p. 108.
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  20. ^ "The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D.". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on August 4, 2019.
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  26. ^ a b Terrace 2014, p. 348.
  27. ^ "Designs". Hotel. December 28, 1983. ABC.
  28. ^ "Goin' on Home / Ambitious Lady". Fantasy Island. January 7, 1984. ABC.
  29. ^ "Matt Houston: "Death Match"". TV Guide. Triangle Publications. 36: A-127. 1988. ISSN 0039-8543.
  30. ^ "Americans in Rio face murder at Mardis Gras. NEW/on MASQUERADE!". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 27, 1984. p. 4-D – via Newspapers.com.
  31. ^ "Finders of Lost Loves: "Losing Touch"". TV Guide. Triangle Publications. 33: A-127. 1985. ISSN 0039-8543.
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  35. ^ "Hotel: Second Thoughts". TV Guide. Archived from the original on August 7, 2019.
  36. ^ "Saturday—Highway to Heaven: "Hello and Farewell"". TV Guide. Triangle Publications. 47: 44. 1999. ISSN 0039-8543.
  37. ^ "Moonlighting: "Between a Yuk and a Hard Place"". TV Guide. Triangle Publications. 36: A-110. 1988. ISSN 0039-8543.
  38. ^ "Sex, Cops, and Videotape". Hardball. Season 1. Episode 14. May 18, 1990. NBC.
  39. ^ "WIOU: Three Women and a Baby". TV Guide. Archived from the original on August 7, 2019.

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