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Jill Schoelen

AKA: Jill Marie Schoelen
Birthday: 1963-03-21
Birthplace: Burbank, California, USA


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.

Filmography

Cutting Class
Character: Paula Carson
When a Stranger Calls Back
Character: Julia Jenz

The Stepfather
Character: Stephanie Maine
Hot Moves
Character: Julie Ann
The Best of Times
Character: Jill

That Was Then... This Is Now
Character: Angela Shepard
Popcorn
Character: Maggie
The Phantom of the Opera
Character: Christine Day

Curse II: The Bite
Character: Lisa Snipes
There Goes My Baby
Character: Babette
Adventures in Spying
Character: Julie Converse

Babes in Toyland
Character: Mary Piper / Mary Contrary
Rich Girl
Character: Courtney
State Of Mind
Character: Wishman

Chiller
Character: Stacey
D.C. Cab
Character: Claudette
Thunder Alley
Character: Beth

Great Day
Character: Carla Simpson
A Taboo Identity
Character: Herself
Shattered Spirits
Character: Allison

Happy Endings
Character: Anne Marie Bartlett
Stereo-Vision
Character: Katherine Barrows