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person_profile-Jill Schoelen

Jill Schoelen Age: 61

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Jill Schoelen

Date of Birth:

Mar 21, 1963

Country of birth:

USA

Biography of

Jill Schoelen

    Jill Marie Schoelen (born March 21, 1963) is an American actress. A more unconventional husky-voiced "scream queen" heroine of the 1980s was Jill Schoelen, daughter of well-known fashion designer Dorothy Schoelen. Born and raised in Burbank, she studied at the Acting for Life Theatre in Burbank and started off on TV as a teen in the Fame-influenced TV pilot called Best of Times (1981) (TV) starring the up-and-coming Nicolas Cage and Crispin Glover. She gained in experience with a number of innocuous films geared mostly toward the young, including D.C. Cab (1983), Thunder Alley (1985) and Hot Moves (1984). The dark-eyed, black-haired pretty with the trademark bangs wouldn't find her horror niche until hooking up with Wes Craven and his TV movie Chiller (1985) (TV). From there she scored big with the cult shocker The Stepfather (1987) wherein she played the resourceful stepdaughter terrorized by the lecherous, meek-appearing Terry O'Quinn as the title monster.

    The sleeper hit put Jill on the map with a seemingly solid future, continuing on with The Phantom of the Opera (1989), this time keeping company opposite Freddy Krueger inhabiter Robert Englund as her deranged pursuer. But a few bumps in the road with such lowgrade fodder as Curse II: The Bite (1989), Cutting Class (1989) and Popcorn (1991) put a permanent damper on her career, despite coming back with a bit of grit in the thriller TV movie When a Stranger Calls Back (1993) (TV). Her object-of-a-stalker days behind her after filming Not Again! (1996), she settled comfortably back and raised two children with husband/musician/composer Anthony Marinelli.

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Filmography of

Jill Schoelen

Found 21 Movies in total

... 2022

A Taboo Identity

Herself ( Actor )

... 2017

There Goes My Baby

Babette ( Actor )

... 1994

When a Stranger Calls Back

Julia Jenz ( Actor )

... 1993

Adventures in Spying

Julie Converse ( Actor )

... 1992

State Of Mind

Wishman ( Actor )

... 1992

Rich Girl

Courtney ( Actor )

... 1991

Popcorn

Maggie ( Actor )

... 1991

The Phantom of the Opera

Christine Day ( Actor )

... 1989

Curse II: The Bite

Lisa Snipes ( Actor )

... 1989

Cutting Class

Paula Carson ( Actor )

... 1989

The Stepfather

Stephanie Maine ( Actor )

... 1987

Babes in Toyland

Mary Piper / Mary Contrary ( Actor )

... 1986

Shattered Spirits

Allison ( Actor )

... 1986

That Was Then... This Is Now

Angela Shepard ( Actor )

... 1985

Thunder Alley

Beth ( Actor )

... 1985

Chiller

Stacey ( Actor )

... 1985

Hot Moves

Julie Ann ( Actor )

... 1984

Happy Endings

Anne Marie Bartlett ( Actor )

... 1983

D.C. Cab

Claudette ( Actor )

... 1983

The Best of Times

Jill ( Actor )

... 1981