Deborah Raffin

'Deborah Raffin' (qv) was one of two female co-stars in the hugely popular TV mini-series _Noble House (1988)_ (qv) adapted from the 1981 bestseller of the same name by 'James Clavell' (qv). Ms. Raffin played the part of Casey Tcholok, vice-president of corporate raider Par-Con Industries. Her character is clever, beautiful & all-business. She's utterly disrespected as a woman in an all-male business world but quickly proves she can hold her own. She eventually falls for The Taipan of Struan's, the company known as 'The Noble House' (for which the novel & mini-series were named), Ian Struan Dunross, played by 'Pierce Brosnan' (qv). After the untimely death of her boss and possible love interest American billionaire Linc Bartlett - played by 'Ben Masters' (qv) - she becomes Taipan of Par-con & agrees to return to Hong Kong in 30 days to pursue a hinted-at marriage to Dunross.::Maralee Koval