What is Deborah Raffin?
{{Infobox person | name = Deborah Raffin | image = | image_size = | birth_name = Deborah Iona Raffin | birth_date = {{Birth date|1953|3|13|mf=y}} | birth_place = [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|2012|11|21|1953|3|13|mf=y}} | death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S. | death_cause = [[Leukemia]] | nationality = American | occupation = Actress, director, screenwriter, and publisher | years_active =1973&ndash;2011 | spouse ={{marriage|[[Michael Viner]]|1974|2005}} (divorced) | children = Taylor Rose Vinner | parents = }} '''Deborah Iona Raffin''' (March 13, 1953 &ndash; November 21, 2012) was an [[Americans|American]] actress, director, screenwriter, and audio book publisher. She was known for her role in ''[[Touched by Love]]'' (1981). ==Early life== Raffin was born on March 13, 1953 in [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]], [[California]] to executive [[Phillip J. Raffin]] and to actress [[Trudy Marshall]], both from [[Brooklyn]], [[New York City|New York]]. She was raised in Los Angeles, California. Raffin was Jewish.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=FB&p_theme=fb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAE8566EFF1DB72&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM | title=Google | access-date=2013-03-24 | archive-date=2014-10-06 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006073644/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=FB&p_theme=fb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAE8566EFF1DB72&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM | url-status=dead }}</ref> ==Career== In 1985 she starred as Kathryn Davis in ''[[Death Wish 3]]''. In 1988, she starred in [[James Clavell]]'s ''[[Noble House]]'' with [[Pierce Brosnan]]. In 1991, she appeared as Julie Vale in ''[[Scanners II: The New Order]]''. She later appeared as Aunt Julie on the television show ''[[7th Heaven]]'', and as Dr. Hightower in the ABC F