Deborah Raffin

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.

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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.

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

Origin

Los Angeles, California, United States

Occupation

Actor / Television actor / Film actor / Film director / Screenwriter

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Snake

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deborah%20Raffin
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%83%9C%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A9%E3%83%95%E3%82%A3%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q127870

Tags

• From California
• Actor
• Television actor
• Film actor

Last updated

September 25, 2026

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