Raffin appeared on numerous magazine covers including "'Teen", "Seventeen" and "Good Housekeeping" in the 1970s and 1980s and acted in several 1970s Hollywood films. She co-starred with Joseph Bottoms in the Gregory Peck-produced film "The Dove" (1974). Her 1976 television movie, "Nightmare in Badham County", became a theatrical hit in mainland China, making Raffin a star there and leading to her later becoming the first Western actress ever to undertake a movie promotion tour in that country. She was nominated for both a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress and a Razzie Award for Worst Actress for her performance in "Touched by Love" in 1981. That same year, she starred in the TV series adaptation of the hit 1978 film "Foul Play", in which she and Barry Bostwick took over the roles played by Goldie Hawn and Chevy Chase.