24 Facts About Cherie Currie

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Cherie Ann Currie was born on November 30,1959 and is an American singer, musician, actress and artist.

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Cherie Currie is well known for her role in the movie Foxes.

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Cherie Currie was born to Don Cherie Currie and actress Marie Harmon.

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Cherie Currie was raised in Encino, California, with three siblings, an identical twin sister, Marie Currie, an elder sister, actress Sondra Currie, and a brother, Don Currie Jr.

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Cherie Currie was the teenage lead vocalist for the all-female rock band The Runaways with bandmates Joan Jett, Lita Ford, Sandy West, Jackie Fox and Vicki Blue.

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Cherie Currie signed a contract with Mercury saying she would record four records, but she left the Runaways after the third album, thus she was obligated to record another album.

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Cherie Currie recorded it solo and the result was Beauty's Only Skin Deep for Polygram Records.

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Cherie Currie performed at the Runaways' reunion in 1994 with other Runaways Fox and West.

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Cherie Currie starred in the film Foxes in 1980 with Jodie Foster.

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Cherie Currie received strong reviews for her acting debut, and because of this film she received many roles in other films.

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In 1984 Cherie Currie was cast as Brenda in Savage Streets, but was replaced by Linda Blair.

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Cherie Currie was considered for a part in the 1985 film Explorers but, according to her autobiography, she was in the throes of drug dependency and couldn't even make it to a meeting.

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Cherie Currie was a guest vocalist on Shameless's 2013 album, Beautiful Disaster.

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Cherie Currie released singles with ex-bandmate, Lita Ford and Glenn Danzig the same year.

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On October 19,2013, Cherie Currie won the Rock Legend Award at the sixth annual Malibu Music Awards.

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Cherie Currie toured the UK in November 2015, to support her new album.

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In late May and early June 2016 Cherie Currie toured Australia and New Zealand.

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In 2020 Cherie Currie released an audio version of her memoir, Neon Angel.

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Cherie Currie is a wood-carving artist, using a chainsaw to create her works.

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Cherie Currie has been doing chainsaw art since 2002 and opened her own gallery in 2005 in Chatsworth, California.

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Cherie Currie struggled with drug addiction for much of her younger life, a major factor in the abrupt ending of her career.

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Cherie Currie married actor Robert Hays on May 12,1990, and they had one son together, Jake Hays.

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Jake Hays learned to play guitar well enough to be included in recent recording sessions, and as a member of Cherie Currie's new touring band.

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Cherie Currie pays tribute to Currie because when Currie sang "Cherry Bomb" live she wore a provocative outfit.