- Born
- Birth nameCherie Ann Currie
- Height5′ 5½″ (1.66 m)
- Cherie Ann Currie was born on November 30, 1959 in Los Angeles, California. She rose to major rock stardom as the teenage lead vocalist for the now-legendary all female rock band, The Runaways, which also included Joan Jett, Lita Ford, Sandy West and Jackie Fuchs. After three albums with The Runaways, ("The Runaways", "Queens of Noise" and "Live in Japan"), Cherie left the group to pursue her solo recording and acting interests. She starred in numerous films including Foxes (1980) with Jodie Foster, Parasite (1982) with Demi Moore, Wavelength (1983) with Robert Carradine, and guest-starred on such major prime time television series as Murder, She Wrote (1984) and Matlock (1986).
Cherie also wrote a memoir called "Neon Angel: The Cherie Currie Story". The book chronicles her painful descent into drug addiction which eventually ruined her very promising acting career. Cherie continues to perform in the entertainment industry on a part-time basis and it's for the fans and on her own terms. One of the highlights of her adventures has been working as a drug counselor, something she knows all too well about. Recently, she added the role of record producer to her impressive resume, and opened her own Chainsaw Art Gallery in Chatsworth, California. One of the blazing images of the 1970s even though they never experienced major American success, The Runaways have influenced the likes of Courtney Love and The Donnas and paved the way for The Go-Go's and The Bangles.
Cherie has a twin sister, Marie Currie, and is the younger sister of actress Sondra Currie. Her mother is Republic Studios' contract player Marie Harmon. Her brother is mortgage banker Don A. Currie, and her brother-in-law is film and television director/producer Alan J. Levi. The Currie sisters have yet to do a film project together, through, the twins did record an album entitled "Cherie & Marie Currie". They appeared together in the cult film The Rosebud Beach Hotel (1984).
- IMDb mini biography by: Hill
- SpouseRobert Hays(May 12, 1990 - 1997) (divorced, 1 child)
- Children
- ParentsDonald Currie
- RelativesSondra Currie(Sibling)Marie Currie(Sibling)
- Platinum blonde hair
- Sparkling blue eyes
- Seductive deep voice
- According to her autobiography, "Neon Angel", she and Jodie Foster got along real well during the making of Foxes (1980), but Jodie's mother was not all that interested in Jodie making friends with her.
- Through the 1990s, she worked as a drug counselor for addicted teenagers and as a personal fitness trainer.
- Collapsed onto her kitchen floor and burst into tears when she learned Dakota Fanning had signed to play her in The Runaways (2010). Cherie later gave Dakota a custom-made guitar for her 16th birthday.
- In 1989, Price Stern Sloan published her autobiography, "Neon Angel", telling of her life in the entertainment business and recovery from drug abuse. She is working on an update of her story, which includes her eight-year marriage to Robert Hays, motherhood, and her current relationships with Joan Jett, Lita Ford and the other members of The Runaways.
- In July 2005, she entered chainsaw artist competitions all along the California coast and regularly placed in the top three.
- [on her career] I don't regret any of it. I enjoy being different.
- [on growing up with her twin sister Marie Currie] Marie was always the cute twin, the popular twin. I was the quiet twin, the geeky twin.
- [on The Runaways (2010), in which actress Dakota Fanning portrays her] I couldn't be happier to see Dakota playing me. I actually forget it's my story, just because she's so good and so believable.
- Sandy West was by far, the greatest female drummer in the history of rock and roll. No one could compete or even come close to her, but the most important was her heart. Sandy West loved her fans, her friends and family almost to a fault. She would do absolutely anything for the people she loved. It will never be the same for me again to step on a stage, because Sandy West was the best and I will miss her forever.
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