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 ...
Auditioned for the role of Iris in Taxi Driver (1976).
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Had a son named Justin (born October 2, 1974).
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Served two terms in prison. While there she put her artistic talents to use designing tattoos for fellow inmates.
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Grew up in the '60s just off the Sunset Strip.
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Had a sizable co-starring role in the original longer version of The Driver (1978), but the subplot involving her character was excised and subsequently all of her other scenes were cut out as well. Director Walter Hill regretted cutting them and spoke favorably about Smith's acting skills.
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
Independence Day
1983
Ginny
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
1982
Veronica Lake (uncredited)
Parasite
1982
Captive Girl
Vice Squad
1982
White Prostitute
Hart to Hart
1981
TV Series
Woman
Nice Dreams
1981
Blondie Group #1 (as Cheryl RX Smith)
The Choice
1981
TV Movie
Chris
Melvin and Howard
1980
Patient Ronnie
Up in Smoke
1978
Laughing Lady (as Rainbeaux Smith)
Laserblast
1978
Kathy Farley
Fantasm Comes Again
1977
Carol (segment "Double Feature") (as Rainbeaux Smith)
The Choirboys
1977
Tammy
The Incredible Melting Man
1977
The Model (as Rainbeaux Smith)
Game Show Models
1977
Model in Yellow Negligee (uncredited)
Boogievision
1977
Naked Girl on Motorcycle (uncredited)
Cinderella
1977
Cinderella
Slumber Party '57
1976
Sherry (as Rainbeaux Smith)
Massacre at Central High
1976
Mary (as Rainbeaux Smith)
Drum
1976
Sophie Maxwell (as Rainbeaux Smith)
Logan's Run
1976
Screamer Party Woman (uncredited)
Revenge of the Cheerleaders
1976
Heather (as Rainbeaux Smith)
The Pom Pom Girls
1976
Roxanne (as Rainbeaux Smith)
Farewell, My Lovely
1975
Doris (as Rainbeaux Smith)
Phantom of the Paradise
1974
Groupie
Video Vixens!
1974
'Twinkle Twat' Girl
The Swinging Cheerleaders
1974
Andrea (as Rainbeaux Smith)
Caged Heat
1974
Lavelle (as Rainbeaux Smith)
Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural
1973
Lila Lee
The Birth of Aphrodite
1971
Short
Aphrodite
Evel Knievel
1971
Girl buying ticket at rodeo (uncredited)
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Du-beat-e-o
1984
performer: "Sure Sure" - as Rainbeaux Smith / writer: "Sure Sure" - as Rainbeaux Smith
Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural
1973
performer: "Just a Closer Walk with Thee" - uncredited
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Du-beat-e-o
1984
Herself (Runaways member) (uncredited)
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Cinemassacre's Monster Madness
2010
TV Series documentary
Kathy Farley
Dusk to Dawn Drive-In Trash-o-Rama Show Vol. 3
1996
Video
Heather
The Best of Sex and Violence
1982
Documentary uncredited
Known for movies
Laserblast (1978) as Kathy Farley
Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural (1973) as Lila Lee
$4 Million
