Cheryl Smith
Acting
- Born:
- 1955-06-06
- Died:
- 2002-10-25
- Place of birth:
- Los Angeles, California, USA
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.
Known For
Filmography
Dusk to Dawn Drive-In Trash-O-Rama Show Vol. 3
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
Du-beat-e-o
Independence Day
Parasite
The Best of Sex and Violence
Vice Squad
Nice Dreams
The Choice
Melvin and Howard
Hart to Hart
Up in Smoke
Laserblast
Fantasm Comes Again
The Choirboys
Game Show Models
The Incredible Melting Man
Cinderella
Boogie Vision
Massacre at Central High
Slumber Party '57
Drum
Logan's Run
The Pom Pom Girls
Revenge of the Cheerleaders
Farewell, My Lovely
Video Vixens!
Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural
Phantom of the Paradise
The Swinging Cheerleaders
Caged Heat
Evel Knievel
The Birth of Aphrodite