Beth Raines is a fictional character from the long-running American soap opera, Guiding Light.

Beth, Philip, Rick and Mindy Lewis (Krista Tesreau) called themselves "The Four Musketeers" in the 1980s.

Soap Opera Digest named her 1984's Most Beleaguered Heroine, called her a part of "one of the top triangles ever to grace daytime" and compared later storylines to General Hospital's romantic/adventure couple Luke and Laura.

Fate seemed to be pushing Philip and Beth together when they were named king and queen at their high school prom.

[3] The storyline took place at Christmas time and introduced the character of Nick, a Santa-like figure who would make later appearances on the show throughout the years around the holiday season.

However, the result was a charming memorable love story that Grant Aleksander (Philip) said was worth the extra effort.

Beth was temporarily blinded in an explosion, when a jealous Philip hired someone to blow up a bar that Lujack was building with one of his past theft victims, Floyd Parker (Tom Nielsen).

Philip, with the help of Rick and Beth, fakes his death to escape jail time.

Beth and Rick marry to throw off suspicion related to Philip's fake death.

Philip returns in October, and Beth gives birth to a daughter, Elizabeth Spualding (Lizzie), in November.

Beth begins to date Ben Warren and announces to Philip that she intends to stay in town.

In 1998, Beth makes a play for Matt Reardon, but later dates Jim Lemay (legally father to Harley's daughter Susan, who she gave up for adoption as a teen mom).

Jim refuses to allow the doctors to induce labor to use the stem cells from the cord blood to save Lizzie's life.

After breaking up and then reconciling, Jim saves Lizzie and baby James from a fire but died shortly afterward.

[8] In 2006 Beth was shocked to learn that Rick not only helped him fake his death, but had kept that information from her and everyone in Springfield.

When she miscarried their baby, he became obsessed with a Lizzie's pregnancy and trying to gain custody of the child, fathered by Jonathan Randall, son of Alan's one-time wife, Reva Shayne.

Beth focused on protecting Lizzie and her baby from Alan and reconnected with Rick, who was at the time married to Mel Boudreaux and father to their daughter Leah.

Beth decided instead after some additional thought to rename her daughter Peyton Alexandra Raines instead of Bernadette Bauer.

Phillip, who had been presumed dead for nearly five years, had recently decided to return to Springfield, and found Coop after the accident.

Beth was shocked to see Phillip alive, and then jolted to learn that Coop was clinging to life.

Beth visited Coop on his deathbed, and his sacrifice made her decide not to marry Alan.

Fortunately for Phillip, Alan agreed to a bone marrow transplant, and saved his son's life, but a few days later, Alan quietly died after attending the double wedding of Lillian and Buzz Cooper and Vanessa Chamberlain and Billy Lewis.

A year later, Beth and Phillip were happily remarried, and were celebrating the upcoming nuptials of their best friends Rick and Mindy.

Evans won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in 1984 for her portrayal of the character.

[12] After Lisa Loughridge stepped in as a temporary replacement, Beth Chamberlin assumed the role from October 2, 1989,[13] to February 25, 1991, and November 1, 1997, to September 18, 2009.