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My Take
Deborah Raffin belongs to that glamorous, hardworking class of 1970s and 1980s actresses who were everywhere on television and never quite got the marquee credit they deserved. She had a luminous, classic-Hollywood look that made her a natural for the era's lavish miniseries and TV movies. What I find genuinely admirable, though, is her second act: she co-founded a pioneering audiobook company well before the format went mainstream, showing real entrepreneurial foresight. That mix of in-front-of-camera elegance and behind-the-scenes business sense is rarer than people think. Her early passing in 2012 felt like a loss of someone still full of projects.
Overview
Deborah Raffin (1953-2012) was an American actress born in Los Angeles, California. A model turned screen performer, she appeared in numerous films and television movies through the 1970s and 1980s, and was a familiar presence in popular miniseries of the era. Beyond acting she also co-founded an audiobook company. She died in 2012.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Deborah Raffin
- Name (Japanese)
- デボラ・ラフィン
- Reading
- でぼら・らふぃん
- Born
- March 13, 1953 – November 21, 2012
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Pisces / Snake
- Origin
- Los Angeles, California, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- Actor / Television actor / Film actor / Film director / Screenwriter
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.