Cheryl Smith
Acting • Born 1955-06-06 – Died 2002-10-25
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
33 credits
The Pom Pom Girls
Movie • 1976
Roxanne
The Best of Sex and Violence
Movie • 1982
(archive footage)
Fantasm Comes Again
Movie • 1977
Carol
Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural
Movie • 1974
Lila Lee
The Choice
Movie • 1981
Chris
Phantom of the Paradise
Movie • 1974
Groupie
Video Vixens!
Movie • 1975
'Twinkle Twat' Girl
Cinderella
Movie • 1977
Cinderella
Laserblast
Movie • 1978
Kathy Farley
Revenge of the Cheerleaders
Movie • 1976
Heather
Caged Heat
Movie • 1974
Lavelle
Massacre at Central High
Movie • 1976
Mary
The Swinging Cheerleaders
Movie • 1974
Andrea
The Incredible Melting Man
Movie • 1977
The Model
Farewell, My Lovely
Movie • 1975
Doris
The Choirboys
Movie • 1977
Tammy
Slumber Party '57
Movie • 1976
Sherry
Vice Squad
Movie • 1982
White Prostitute
Parasite
Movie • 1982
Captive Girl
Drum
Movie • 1976
Sophie Maxwell
Independence Day
Movie • 1983
Ginny
Melvin and Howard
Movie • 1980
Patient Ronnie
Up in Smoke
Movie • 1978
Laughing Lady
Nice Dreams
Movie • 1981
Blondie Group #1
Game Show Models
Movie • 1977
Game Show Assistant / Prize
Boogie Vision
Movie • 1977
Naked hippie girl on motorcycle
Evel Knievel
Movie • 1971
Rodeo Ticket Buyer (uncredited)
Du-beat-e-o
Movie • 1984
Runaways Member (uncredited)
Logan's Run
Movie • 1976
Screamer Party Woman (uncredited)
The Birth of Aphrodite
Movie • 1971
Aphrodite
Dusk to Dawn Drive-In Trash-O-Rama Show Vol. 3
Movie • 1996
Hart to Hart
TV • 1979
Woman
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
TV • 1993
Butch's Mother