- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- March 21, 1963
- Place of Birth
- Burbank, California, USA
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 terrori…
Filmography
movieIn Search of Darkness: 1990-1994
2024 · Self
movieStereo-Vision
2024 · Katherine Barrows
movieHollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story
2022 · Self
movieA Taboo Identity
2017 · Herself
movieMidnight Madness: The Making of "Popcorn"
2017 · Self
movieBehind the Mask: The Making of The Phantom of the Opera
2015 · Self
movieNot Again!
1996 · Jenny
movieThere Goes My Baby
1994 · Babette
tvDiagnosis: Murder
1993 · Becky Garfield
movieTriumph Over Disaster: The Hurricane Andrew Story
1993 · Ruth Henderson
movieWhen a Stranger Calls Back
1993 · Julia Jenz
movieAdventures in Spying
1992 · Julie Converse
tvThe Heights
1992 · Betty B
movieState Of Mind
1992 · Wishman
movieRich Girl
1991 · Courtney
moviePopcorn
1991 · Maggie
movieThe Phantom of the Opera
1989 · Christine Day
movieCurse II: The Bite
1989 · Lisa Snipes
movieCutting Class
1989 · Paula Carson
tvBillionaire Boys Club
1987 · Amy Whitehall
movieThe Stepfather
1987 · Stephanie Maine
movieBabes in Toyland
1986 · Mary Piper / Mary Contrary
movieShattered Spirits
1986 · Allison
movieThat Was Then... This Is Now
1985 · Angela Shepard
tvHell Town
1985 · Shelley
movieThunder Alley
1985 · Beth
movieChiller
1985 · Stacey
tvSara
1985 · Emily
movieHot Moves
1984 · Julie Ann
tvMurder, She Wrote
1984 · Flora Gerakaris
movieHappy Endings
1983 · Anne Marie Bartlett
movieD.C. Cab
1983 · Claudette
tvTrauma Center
1983 · Leslie
movieGreat Day
1983 · Carla Simpson
tvT. J. Hooker
1982 · Kelly Hobbs
The Best of Times
movieThe Best of Times
1981 · Jill
tvLittle House on the Prairie
1974 · Jane Canfield
movieRalph's Perfekt Christmas
— · Heather
movieA Dying Art
— · Mitzy Rudzinski