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.

Known For

Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman

Butch's Mother

Hart to Hart

Woman

The Swinging Cheerleaders

Andrea

Phantom of the Paradise

Groupie

Parasite

Captive Girl

Laserblast

Kathy Farley

Fantasm Comes Again

Carol

Up in Smoke

Laughing Lady

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
1984	Du-beat-e-o	Runaways Member (uncredited)
1983	Independence Day	Ginny
1982	The Best of Sex and Violence	(archive footage)
1982	Parasite	Captive Girl
1982	Vice Squad	White Prostitute
1981	The Choice	Chris
1981	Nice Dreams	Blondie Group #1
1980	Melvin and Howard	Patient Ronnie
1978	Laserblast	Kathy Farley
1978	Up in Smoke	Laughing Lady
1977	Fantasm Comes Again	Carol
1977	Cinderella	Cinderella
1977	The Incredible Melting Man	The Model
1977	The Choirboys	Tammy
1977	Game Show Models	Game Show Assistant / Prize
1977	Boogie Vision	Naked hippie girl on motorcycle
1976	The Pom Pom Girls	Roxanne
1976	Revenge of the Cheerleaders	Heather
1976	Massacre at Central High	Mary
1976	Slumber Party '57	Sherry
1976	Drum	Sophie Maxwell
1976	Logan's Run	Screamer Party Woman (uncredited)
1975	Video Vixens!	'Twinkle Twat' Girl
1975	Farewell, My Lovely	Doris
1974	Phantom of the Paradise	Groupie
1974	The Swinging Cheerleaders	Andrea
1974	Caged Heat	Lavelle
1973	Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural	Lila Lee
1971	Evel Knievel	Rodeo Ticket Buyer (uncredited)
1971	The Birth of Aphrodite	Aphrodite

Year	TV Show	Role
1993	Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman	Butch's Mother
1979	Hart to Hart	Woman