Trivia

Daughter of Richard Pryor and Shelley R. Bonus, astronomer/writer.

Rain suffered from drug abuse for many years, but got herself clean in 1993. She has since acted as an addiction counselor and spoke at high schools about her past battles with drugs and alcohol addiction.

Father was married and divorced 6 times. She has three brothers and two sisters.

Her maternal grandfather, Herbert Bonis, was Danny Kaye's manager for 35 years.

On April 1, 2008, she gave birth to a daughter name Lotus Marie Pryor. Child's father is her ex-husband Yale Partlow.

Just finished a highly successful four month run of her one-woman experience, "Fried Chicken & Latkes," at the Canon Theater in Beverly Hills, California--to standing ovations every night! She wrote, created, and co-produced her show, including adding some of her own original music and lyrics to the production. (2004)

She graduated from Beverly Hills High School in 1987.

Release of her book, "Jokes My Father Never Taught Me: Life, Love and Loss with Richard Pryor". (2006)

She is a spokesperson for Multiple Sclerosis educating families and caretakers. She continues to raise money for MS research by headlining national MS events around the US and abroad. She is also a highly sought after speaker on issues of Multicultural diversity in the media and education.

Went to the same High School as Angelina Jolie, Michael Klesic, Nicolas Cage, Corbin Bernsen, Lenny Kravitz, David Schwimmer, Breckin Meyer, Jonathan Silverman, and Richard Dreyfuss.

Cousin of Ludacris.

In Baltimore and just finished shooting the role of Amy in the 2008 release of He's Just Not That Into You (November 2007)

In the UK she released a Jazz Standards CD "Rain Pryor Live in London". (2006)

Was in rehearsals for her one-woman experience, said to open in New York by fall 2004. The show is based on the life of the actress. It's a hero's journey from the standpoint of a person born into a world of "US vs. Them"--but not quite an "us" and not quite a "them."

Currently resides in Baltimore, Maryland [September 2017].

Currently in Los Angeles in rehearsals for her solo show and completely the final pre-production on her CD of Standards (March 2004)