Deborah Raffin in Touched By Love promo images

One of Deborah Raffin's most enduring projects was the sentimental drama Touched By Love from 1980. We already looked at the movie here, but here are a few more promotional pictures.

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First, a pair of photos featuring Deborah Raffin and her Touched By Love co-star Diane Lane (a few more can be viewed here):

And here are two very nice images of an outdoorsy Deborah Raffin:

Deborah Raffin: 1980 newspaper profile

Here is a 1980 newspaper profile about Deborah Raffin titled "Deborah Raffin returns to films after a long five-year absence." The article features some fantastic quotes from Deborah Raffin concerning her new film Touched by Love as well as her beginnings and ambitions as an actress.

"I took up acting because I was shy and though it would help me come out of my shell," she said. "And it did. I found I could do and say things I was far too embarrassed to say as Deborah. But I could do it as another character and say, hey, it wasn't me.

"It was an emotional release. From that it developed into something I wanted to pursue. I enjoyed creating characters and pieces of others lives. It allowed me to be totally vulnerable. Totally open. That's why I like it so much."

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Deborah Raffin in Touched by Love

One of the roles for which Deborah Raffin will best remembered was as the compassionate nurse working with special needs children in the movie Touched by Love. Still beloved by many today, Touched by Love was also just the second film by young actress Diane Lane. The movie also featured two actors, Clu Gulager and John Amos, who both appeared alongside Deborah Raffin in the TV movie Willa (and both also co-starred with her in other projects). Touched by Love was produced by Deborah Raffin's then-husband Michael Viner and the director, Gus Trikonis, would later direct Raffin in the cult classic Dance of the Dwarfs.

Touched by Love was generally well received by critics at the time of its release in 1980. The movie was positive and sentimental and is still effective today (I don't think it has ever had a proper DVD release). Deborah Raffin sported a new cropped hair style in the film which suited her quite well. Besides looking beautiful, she handles her role extremely well and does some of the best work of her screen career.

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Here are some images of Deborah Raffin in Touched by Love:

Deborah Raffin and Diane Lane

In 1980, Deborah Raffin starred alongside Diane Lane in the sentimental classic Touched by Love. Here are two promotional photos of the actresses from that movie: