"What Pam Grier was to blaxploitation movies, what Bruce Lee was to kung fu movies, what Burt Reynolds was to good-ol'-boy movies, Rainbeaux Smith was to cheerleader movies. She truly has, without trying whatsoever, a Marilyn Monroe quality. She doesn't look like Monroe at all; she just has that kind of vacantness. She's not so much acting as she is existing. Imagine Marilyn Monroe as kind of a '70s hippie junky, then you kind of have Rainbeaux Smith."--Quentin Tarentino

Cheryl "Rainbeaux" Smith boasts a filmography second-to-none in the annals of mind-blowing exploitation cinema of the '70s and early '80s. She was mesmerizingly beautiful, radiated a star presence powerfully her own and remains unforgettable to all of us who have been stunned by her performances. Cheryl died in 2002. Let us gather here to celebrate her legacy.