Cheryl Smith
Born: 1955-06-06 in Los Angeles, California, USA
Died: 2002-10-25
Known For: Acting
Biography
Cheryl "Rainbeaux" Smith is an actress quite familiar to genre film fans. With leads in "B" pictures and meaty smaller parts in more major ones, her career showed great promise in the 1970s. Alas, it was not meant to be . . . the lure of hard drugs was to bring tragedy to the lovely and talented "Rainbeaux" (a nickname given her for being a mainstay at L.A.'s Rainbow Club, a popular spot for musicians). She was once a member of the legendary girl band The Runaways, but heroin plagued her life for many years and caused her to contract hepatitis, which ultimately killed her. She is the mother of a son, allegedly sired by a member of the rock band The Animals.
Filmography
1993
- Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman as Butch's Mother
1984
- Du-beat-e-o as Runaways Member (uncredited)
1983
- Independence Day as Ginny
1982
- Vice Squad as White Prostitute
- Parasite as Captive Girl
- The Best of Sex and Violence as (archive footage)
1981
- Nice Dreams as Blondie Group #1
- The Choice as Chris
1980
- Melvin and Howard as Patient Ronnie
1979
- Hart to Hart as Woman
1978
- Laserblast as Kathy Farley
- Up in Smoke as Laughing Lady
1977
- Cinderella as Cinderella
- The Choirboys as Tammy
- Boogie Vision as Naked hippie girl on motorcycle
- Fantasm Comes Again as Carol
- The Incredible Melting Man as The Model
- Game Show Models as Game Show Assistant / Prize
1976
- Drum as Sophie Maxwell
- Logan's Run as Screamer Party Woman (uncredited)
- Massacre at Central High as Mary
- Revenge of the Cheerleaders as Heather
- Slumber Party '57 as Sherry
- The Pom Pom Girls as Roxanne
1975
- Video Vixens! as 'Twinkle Twat' Girl
- Farewell, My Lovely as Doris
1974
- Caged Heat as Lavelle
- Phantom of the Paradise as Groupie
- The Swinging Cheerleaders as Andrea
1973
- Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural as Lila Lee
1971
- Evel Knievel as Rodeo Ticket Buyer (uncredited)
- The Birth of Aphrodite as Aphrodite