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