Actor
Cheryl Smith
June 6, 1955 · Los Angeles, California, USA
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.
Notable work
Often works with
Jennifer Ashley
2 titles together
Phantom of the Paradise, The Pom Pom Girls
Janus Blythe
2 titles together
Phantom of the Paradise, The Incredible Melting Man
Cheech Marin
2 titles together
Up in Smoke, Nice Dreams
Tommy Chong
2 titles together
Up in Smoke, Nice Dreams
Gene Borkan
2 titles together
Caged Heat, Melvin and Howard
Robert Carradine
2 titles together
Massacre at Central High, The Pom Pom Girls
Full filmography · 31
Dusk to Dawn Drive-In Trash-O-Rama Show Vol. 3
cast
1996
Du-beat-e-o
as Runaways Member (uncredited)
1984
Independence Day
as Ginny
1983
Parasite
as Captive Girl
19824.9
The Best of Sex and Violence
as (archive footage)
1982
Vice Squad
as White Prostitute
19826.2
Nice Dreams
as Blondie Group #1
19815.8
The Choice
as Chris
1981
Melvin and Howard
as Patient Ronnie
19806.5
Up in Smoke
as Laughing Lady
19786.6
Laserblast
as Kathy Farley
19783.4
Fantasm Comes Again
as Carol
19774.7