Cheryl "Rainbeaux" Smith, 47; "B" Movie Actress
Ed Varner
I found this posted at http://mhvf.net/forum/cult/posts/15168.html ---Ed V
Cheryl "Rainbeaux" Smith -- actress, musician and artist
Born June 6, 1955
Died October 25, 2002
Memorial Service scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 9, 2002, at the Little Chapel of
Flowers, Forest Lawn Cemetery, Glendale, CA, with interment to follow.
Cheryl Smith was born on June 6, 1955, in Los Angeles. Her mother was also an
entertainer and, following the divorce of her parents when she was 7 or 8, she
moved with her Mom to an apartment in Hollywood, just south of Sunset Boulevard
and east of La Brea. As such, she literally grew up as a child of the Sunset
Strip. She hung out at the famed music clubs of the era, playing drums with
several groups and noted performers, including Joan Jett. In fact, her stage
name -- Rainbeaux -- was derived from (and reportedly given to her by the staff
at) the famous Rainbow Room because of her constant presence there. Through
contacts made at the club, she made the jump from the Sunset scene into films,
appearing in her first movie in 1971 when she was just 15. She went on to
appear in more than 30 movies, most of which are listed below, attaining cult
stardom for her camp portrayals in several cheerleader, horror and
women-in-prison films. (She was also a talented artist and painter, later
earning money while in prison by designing elaborate tattoos for fellow
inmates.) Her relationship with a well-known musician (reportedly a member of
Eric Burden & the Animals) led to the birth of a son, Justin, in early 1976 --
as well as a severe heroin addiction, which she battled for the remainder of
her life. Her drug problems eventually ended her career, left her literally
living on the streets near LA's famed MacArthur Park, prompted two prison terms
and resulted in the development of hepatitis, complications of which led to her
death on October 25, 2002. Her films included:
Du-beat-e-o (1984) (uncredited)
... aka We're All Crazy Now (1984) (USA)
Independence Day (1983) .... Ginny
... aka Follow Your Dreams (1983)
Vice Squad (1982) .... White Prostitute
Parasite (1982) .... Captive Girl
Nice Dreams (1981) .... Blondie Group #1
... aka Cheech & Chong's Nice Dreams (1981) (USA: complete title)
Choice, The (1981) (TV) .... Chris
Melvin and Howard (1980) .... Patient Ronnie
Laserblast (1978) .... Kathy Farley
Up in Smoke (1978) (as Rainbeaux Smith) .... Laughing Lady
... aka Cheech and Chong's Up in Smoke (1978)
... aka Cheech and Chong: Up in Smoke (1978)
Cinderella (1977) .... Cinderella
... aka Other Cinderella, The (1977) (UK)
Game Show Models (1977) (uncredited)
... aka Hollywood Dream, The (1977) (USA: video title)
... aka Hollywood Game, The (1977)
... aka Teenage Models (1977) (USA: video title)
Incredible Melting Man, The (1977) (as Rainbeaux Smith) .... The Model
Slumber Party '57 (1977) (as Rainbeaux Smith) .... Sherry
... aka Teenage Slumber Party (1977)
Fantasm Comes Again (1977) (as Rainbeaux Smith) .... Carol
Choirboys, The (1977) .... Tammy
... aka Änglarna (1977)
Drum (1976) (as Rainbeaux Smith) .... Sophie Maxwell
Massacre at Central High (1976) .... Mary
... aka Blackboard Massacre (1976) (UK)
Pom Pom Girls, The (1976) (as Rainbeaux Smith) .... Roxanne
... aka Palisades High (1976)
Revenge of the Cheerleaders (1976) (as Rainbeaux Smith) .... Heather
... aka H.O.T.S. III (1982) (UK: video title)
Video Vixens (1975) .... 'Twinkle Twat' Girl
... aka Black Socks (1975)
Farewell, My Lovely (1975) (as Rainbeaux Smith) .... Doris
Caged Heat (1974) (as Rainbeaux Smith) .... Lavelle
... aka Caged Females (1974)
... aka Renegade Girls (1974)
Swinging Cheerleaders, The (1974) (as Rainbeaux Smith) .... Andrea
... aka H.O.T.S. II (1985) (USA: video title)
Phantom of the Paradise (1974) .... Groupie
... aka Phantom (1974)
... aka Phantom of the Fillmore (1974)
Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural (1973) .... Lila Lee
... aka Lady Dracula (1973)
... aka Legendary Curse of Lemora (1973)
... aka Lemora, the Lady Dracula (1973) (USA: TV title)
Birth of Aphrodite, The (1971)
Evel Knievel (1971) (uncredited)
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King Daevid MacKenzie, UltimaJock!
CHEERLEADERS (co-starring, bizarrely enough, David Hasselhoff) and is seen holding
him in the final sequence. This is truly sad. She was always much better than the
parts and movies she got (see the essay on CAGED HEAT in Danny Peary's anthology
CULT MOVIES for more on that count)...I think I'll spend some of the rest of the
night spinning the soundtrack album to THE POM POM GIRLS a few times...
Ed Varner sez:
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James L. Neibaur
which she appeared (Pom Pom Girls was a cult classic when I was in college).
Sounds like she had a pretty tragic life.
RIP
JN
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Mpoconnor7
>> ... aka Cheech and Chong's Up in Smoke (1978)
>> ... aka Cheech and Chong: Up in Smoke (1978)
Was she the one who snorted the cleanser off the paper plate, thinking it was
cocaine?
Michael O'Connor - Modern Renaissance Man
"The probability of one person being right increases in a direct porportion to
the intensity with which others try to prove him wrong"
King Daevid MacKenzie, UltimaJock!
> >> Up in Smoke (1978) (as Rainbeaux Smith) .... Laughing Lady
> >> ... aka Cheech and Chong's Up in Smoke (1978)
> >> ... aka Cheech and Chong: Up in Smoke (1978)
>
> Was she the one who snorted the cleanser off the paper plate, thinking it was
> cocaine?
...no, but she's in the same scene as the woman with the laughing fit...
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"King Daevid MacKenzie, UltimaJock!" <kingd...@elknet.net> wrote in
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> Mpoconnor7 quotes 'n sez:
>
> > >> Up in Smoke (1978) (as Rainbeaux Smith) .... Laughing Lady
> > >> ... aka Cheech and Chong's Up in Smoke (1978)
> > >> ... aka Cheech and Chong: Up in Smoke (1978)
> >
> > Was she the one who snorted the cleanser off the paper plate, thinking
it was
> > cocaine?
>
> ...no, but she's in the same scene as the woman with the laughing fit...
>
>
I wondered if she died laughing?
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The Wiz.....
Bill Schenley
> Park?" *grin*
Take Wilshire east ... When you can hear the empty crack
vials being ground up under your tires ... When you can
see the streets littered with thousands of dirty syringes ...
Hookers servicing the LAPD behind every other shrub...
Winos so thick, they are stacked on top of each other ...
When you can see ducks on a garbage covered lake ... with
a look in their eyes that seems to plead ... "Please, just kill
me." When the sound of gunfire is so loud ... you'll swear
your in a free-fire zone ... You will know you have reached
MacArthur Park ...
It's lovely.
The Kentucky Wizard
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Even shorter directions: Go to Bill's neighborhood. *still waving - Hi
Bill!*
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Sarns
"Ed Varner" <evar...@aol.com> wrote in message
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>
>
> I found this posted at http://mhvf.net/forum/cult/posts/15168.html ---Ed
V
>
>
> Cheryl "Rainbeaux" Smith -- actress, musician and artist
> Born June 6, 1955
> Died October 25, 2002
> Memorial Service scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 9, 2002, at the Little
Chapel of
> Flowers, Forest Lawn Cemetery, Glendale, CA, with interment to follow.
Hells bells...even the Chapel name sounds like a B Grade movie
Sarns
J.J.
wrote:
Puts a whole new spin on that cake out in the rain thing
Mack Twamley
And just a few blocks up the street on Alvarado, was the bungalow where
William Desmond Taylor, the director, was shot to death in 1921, when it was
something of a fairly classy neighborhood.
Ed Varner
>You mean there *really* is a place called "MacArthur Park?" *grin*
>
Here's a photo of the park:
http://thebestofusa.com/thrutheyears/SouthWest/California/macarthurpark.jpg
Ed V
Kathi
Thanks for the link, Ed. It's not as big as I thought it'd be.
The Kentucky Wizard
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They usually keep those post cards pretty small in size Kathi. The mail
carriers can deliver them easier that way.
j/k, I know what you meant. I thought the same thing actually, almost not
worth singing about from the way it appears.
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Rooster
wrote:
There is also a macarthur park in Little Rock, Arkansas, where Gen.
Douglas Macarthur was born.
Ward Griffiths
What was it called before he was born there? (I assume it kept its original
name for some time after, actually, as MacArthur didn't begin his rise to
prominence until after he helped burn out the Bonus Army alongside
Eisenhower and Patton).
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J.D. Baldwin
In the previous article, Ed Varner <evar...@aol.com> wrote:
> [...] the famous Rainbow Room because of her constant presence
> there.
And for those of you who have lived in or near L.A., this little
tidbit tells you most of what you need to know about her life.
Scary.
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> > presence there.
> And for those of you who have lived in or near L.A., this
> little tidbit tells you most of what you need to know about
> her life. Scary.
Heh .. heh ... Are you kidding? The Rainbow Room was a
blast ... Although ... it probably wasn't conducive to
maintaining a healthy body ... and mind ...
Rooster
<wdg...@comcast.net> wrote:
>Rooster wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 04 Nov 2002 00:37:54 -0500, Kathi <kath...@hotmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>On 04 Nov 2002 04:40:29 GMT, evar...@aol.com (Ed Varner) wrote:
>>>
>>>>>You mean there *really* is a place called "MacArthur Park?" *grin*
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Here's a photo of the park:
>>>>
>>>>http://thebestofusa.com/thrutheyears/SouthWest/California/macarthurpark.jpg
>>>
>>>Thanks for the link, Ed. It's not as big as I thought it'd be.
>>
>> There is also a macarthur park in Little Rock, Arkansas, where Gen.
>> Douglas Macarthur was born.
>
>What was it called before he was born there? (I assume it kept its original
>name for some time after, actually, as MacArthur didn't begin his rise to
>prominence until after he helped burn out the Bonus Army alongside
>Eisenhower and Patton).
It was the Little Rock Arsenal, a U.S. Army post. Macarthur was an
army brat. IIRC, His father, a captain, was commandant of the arsenal
when Douglas was born in 1880. Captain Macarthur was re-assigned six
months after Douglas was born. The arsenal was closed and deeded to
the city of Little Rock in 1892, and was called Arsenal Park until
1942 when the name was changed.
J.D. Baldwin
In the previous article, Bill Schenley <stra...@erie.net> wrote,
I said it was scary. I didn't say it wasn't fun.