Cheryl Smith
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.
47years old at death
- Born Los Angeles
- Died Los Angeles
- Star sign: GeminiThe sign runs May 21 to June 20
Movie Career
- Films
- 8
- Career span
- 9 years1973 to 1982
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A change of course
While filming John Byrum's Heart Beat in San Francisco, Smith was invited to become a Runaway after Sandy West and Lita Ford left the group. Joan Jett fronted the band, and Smith played drums as "Sandy".
A role that slipped away
In 1977, Australian filmmakers Anthony Ginnane and Ross Dimsey said Smith would appear in Body Count, a film based on the novel Reservation Cowboys. The movie was never made.
Beyond film
For producer and writer Harvey Kubernik's 1982 spoken-word album Voices of the Angels, Smith performed a spoken-word version of her song "Sure"; the album also included Charles Bukowski and Danny Sugerman.
Cheryl Smith movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
- Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural1973 Fantasy, Horror, Thrilleras Lila Lee
IMDb rating 6.12.9K votes
Worked with
Cheryl Smith shares two films with Robert Carradine, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Robert Carradine's page
Charles Durning's page
Roddy McDowall's page
James Woods's page
Keenan Wynn's page
Louis Gossett Jr.'s page
Michael RaeDirector, 1 film, 1978
All films by Michael Rae
William SachsDirector, 1 film, 1977
All films by William Sachs
All films by Charles Band
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Official profiles and reference pages.