Cheryl Smith

Cheryl Smith

Born: June 6, 1955
Died: October 25, 2002
in 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.

Movies for Cheryl Smith...

Du-beat-e-o
Title: Du-beat-e-o
Character: Runaways Member (uncredited)
Released: January 1, 1984
Type: Movie
A filmmaker tries to finish editing a movie about all-girl rock band Runaways.
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Independence Day
Title: Independence Day
Character: Ginny
Released: January 21, 1983
Type: Movie
Mary Ann Taylor loves the comforts of her hometown in Mercury, Texas. She has a steady job as a waitress in her father's diner, yet she can't help but feel unfulfilled by a life of pouring coffee and grilling hamburgers. Mary Ann's real passion is photography, but pursuing her dream of becoming a photographer means leaving Mercury behind.
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Parasite
Title: Parasite
Character: Captive Girl
Released: March 12, 1982
Type: Movie
Paul Dean has created a deadly parasite that is now attached to his stomach. He and his female companion, Patricia Welles, must find a way to destroy it while also trying to avoid Ricus, his rednecks, and an evil government agent named Merchant.
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The Best of Sex and Violence
Title: The Best of Sex and Violence
Character: (archive footage)
Released: February 5, 1982
Type: Movie
Hosted by John Carradine, this tape is a compilation of scenes from and previews for various exploitation films.
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Vice Squad
Title: Vice Squad
Character: White Prostitute
Released: January 22, 1982
Type: Movie
An unlikely Hollywood hooker helps a detective set a trap for a mutilator pimp.
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Nice Dreams
Title: Nice Dreams
Character: Blondie Group #1
Released: July 24, 1981
Type: Movie
Cheech and Chong house sit for a marijuana grower and rip off the crop. Stalked by keystone-style cops, Los Guys have a series of encounters with L.A. area characters even weirder than themselves.
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The Choice
Title: The Choice
Character: Chris
Released: February 10, 1981
Type: Movie
A young woman agonizes over whether or not to have an abortion and learns that her mother did the same 20 years prior.
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Melvin and Howard
Title: Melvin and Howard
Character: Patient Ronnie
Released: September 19, 1980
Type: Movie
The story of hard-luck Melvin Dummar, who claimed to have received a will naming him an heir to the fortune of Howard Hughes.
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Title: Hart to Hart
Character: Woman
Released: September 22, 1979
Type: TV
Wealthy couple Jonathan and Jennifer Hart, a self-made millionaire and his journalist wife, moonlight as amateur detectives.
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Up in Smoke
Title: Up in Smoke
Character: Laughing Lady
Released: May 16, 1978
Type: Movie
An unemployed pot-smoking slacker and amateur drummer, Anthony Stoner ditches his strict parents and hits the road, eventually meeting kindred spirit Pedro de Pacas. While the drug-ingesting duo is soon arrested for possession of marijuana, Anthony and Pedro get released on a technicality, allowing them to continue their many misadventures and ultimately compete in a rock band contest, where they perform the raucous tune "Earache My Eye."
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Laserblast
Title: Laserblast
Character: Kathy Farley
Released: March 1, 1978
Type: Movie
Happy go-lucky teen Billy Duncan discovers an otherworldly laser gun in the southern California desert, making him the target of a pair of aliens who had recently executed its previous owner.
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Fantasm Comes Again
Title: Fantasm Comes Again
Character: Carol
Released: December 26, 1977
Type: Movie
Libbie is assigned to her paper's sexual advice column, "Dear Collete". She is taking over the job of Harry a crusty old journalist who shows her the pro's and cons of the job while running on a tight deadline to get the column finished for the morning's paper. During the course of the evening they reply to a wide variety of sexual experiences submitted by the readers, some these include, sex in a threesome at a drive-in theatre, sex in a gymnasium, and sex in a library where the "Silence Please" sign gives the male librarian an advantage over the female readers.
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The Choirboys
Title: The Choirboys
Character: Tammy
Released: December 23, 1977
Type: Movie
A group of Los Angeles cops decide to take off some of the pressures of their jobs by engaging in various forms of after-hours debauchery.
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Game Show Models
Title: Game Show Models
Character: Game Show Assistant / Prize
Released: November 25, 1977
Type: Movie
Stuart Guber has decided to drop back into society, by leaving his performance artist girlfriend and accepting a job working for a top record label. Trouble soon arises when his boss concocts the idea of doing a sex themed game show (hosted by character actor legend Dick Miller). Meanwhile, Stuart begins having an affair with the sister of the label’s new superstar (Thelma Houston).
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The Incredible Melting Man
Title: The Incredible Melting Man
Character: The Model
Released: November 10, 1977
Type: Movie
An astronaut exposed to cosmic rays outside of Saturn's rings returns to Earth and begins to melt away. Escaping from the hospital, he wanders around the backwoods looking for human flesh to eat.
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Cinderella
Title: Cinderella
Character: Cinderella
Released: May 1, 1977
Type: Movie
Cinderella, with the help of her "fairy" godmother, is granted heightened sexual prowess to win over Prince Charming. After a blindfolded orgy at the royal castle, the nerdy Prince must sleep with every willing woman in his kingdom until he finds that one, mysterious lover who so "stood out" on the night of the sex Ball.
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Boogie Vision
Title: Boogie Vision
Character: Naked hippie girl on motorcycle
Released: January 1, 1977
Type: Movie
Struggling hippie independent filmmaker Mick gets his big break after he finds out that his girlfriend Marlene's father Burt is a movie producer. Unbeknown to Mick, Burt only specializes in porno pictures. Mick cranks out a cruddy science fiction stinker in three days for Burt, who demands countless changes and has a hard time figuring out how to distribute Mick's lousy movie.
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Massacre at Central High
Title: Massacre at Central High
Character: Mary
Released: September 1, 1976
Type: Movie
Maimed by bullies at a California high school, a new student engineers acts of revenge.
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Slumber Party '57
Title: Slumber Party '57
Character: Sherry (as Rainbeaux Smith)
Released: August 31, 1976
Type: Movie
In 1957, a group of high school girls spending the night in a mansion tell each other about their first sexual experiences.
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Drum
Title: Drum
Character: Sophie Maxwell
Released: July 30, 1976
Type: Movie
A mid-19th century mulatto slave is torn between his success as a pit-fighter and the injustices of white society.
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Logan's Run
Title: Logan's Run
Character: Screamer Party Woman (uncredited)
Released: June 23, 1976
Type: Movie
In the 23rd century, inhabitants of a domed city freely experience all of life's pleasures — but no one is allowed to live past 30. Citizens can try for a chance at being "renewed" in a civic ceremony on their 30th birthday. Escape is the only other option.
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Revenge of the Cheerleaders
Title: Revenge of the Cheerleaders
Character: Heather
Released: May 1, 1976
Type: Movie
There's shakin', quakin' and plenty of booty to be enjoyed when the perky gals from Aloha High School shimmy their groove things in this red-hot sequel to The Cheerleaders. Rainbeaux Smith (from the first film) is back ... and pregnant!
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The Pom Pom Girls
Title: The Pom Pom Girls
Character: Roxanne
Released: May 1, 1976
Type: Movie
A football player at Rosedale High School is amorous of one of the cheerleaders, who is going with another guy. Another player can't decide which of two cheerleaders he wants to be with. Meanwhile, the Big Game with Hardin High School is approaching, and a prank war is in full swing.
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Farewell, My Lovely
Title: Farewell, My Lovely
Character: Doris
Released: August 8, 1975
Type: Movie
Private eye Philip Marlowe is hired by ex-con Moose Malloy to find his girlfriend, a former lounge dancer. While also investigating the murder of a client and the theft of a jade necklace, Marlowe becomes entangled with seductress Helen Grayle and discovers a web of dark secrets that are better left hidden.
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Video Vixens!
Title: Video Vixens!
Character: 'Twinkle Twat' Girl
Released: June 1, 1975
Type: Movie
Video Vixens purports to be a satire of the phony liberalism that resulted in the permissiveness of the 1980s. A libidinous TV executive decides to stage an awards show. But not just any awards show: this one will honor the finest achievements in the world of filmed pornography.
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Phantom of the Paradise
Title: Phantom of the Paradise
Character: Groupie
Released: October 31, 1974
Type: Movie
An evil record tycoon is haunted and taunted by the disfigured composer Winslow Leach, whom he once wronged.
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The Swinging Cheerleaders
Title: The Swinging Cheerleaders
Character: Andrea
Released: September 25, 1974
Type: Movie
In order to write an expose on how cheerleading demeans women, a reporter for a college newspaper infiltrates the cheerleading squad.
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Caged Heat
Title: Caged Heat
Character: Lavelle
Released: April 19, 1974
Type: Movie
A young woman is convicted on drug offenses and sent to a women's penitentiary run by a repressed and oppressive female warden. When the prison's sadistic doctor begins conducting illegal "therapeutic" experiments on the inmates, the ladies plot their revenge.
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Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural
Title: Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural
Character: Lila Lee
Released: May 1, 1973
Type: Movie
A notorious bank robber kills his wife and flees the police, only to be captured by a mysterious group of figures in an abandoned town. His beautiful daughter, Lila Lee, receives a letter stating that her father is near death and that he needs to see her. Sneaking away at night from her minister guardian, Lila embarks on a terrifying journey...
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Evel Knievel
Title: Evel Knievel
Character: Rodeo Ticket Buyer (uncredited)
Released: September 10, 1971
Type: Movie
Biography of the famed motorcycle daredevil, much of which was filmed in his home town of Butte, Montana. The film depicts Knievel reflecting on major events in his life just before a big jump.
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The Birth of Aphrodite
Title: The Birth of Aphrodite
Character: Aphrodite
Released: March 4, 1971
Type: Movie
Depicts the birth of the goddess of love and beauty from sky-god father and sea-goddess mother. After a period of gestation in the ocean depths, Aphrodite is delivered from the womb of the wave and continues her ascent, becoming the planet Venus.