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Jill Schoelen

Jill Schoelen

Actor · Born 1963-03-21 · Burbank, California, USA

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Biography

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 f…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Little House on the Prairie (1974) — Jane Canfield
  2. Murder, She Wrote (1984) — Flora Gerakaris
  3. The Stepfather (1987) — Stephanie Maine
  4. Popcorn (1991) — Maggie
  5. The Phantom of the Opera (1989) — Christine Day
  6. Cutting Class (1989) — Paula Carson
  7. Diagnosis: Murder (1993) — Becky Garfield
  8. D.C. Cab (1983) — Claudette
  9. Babes in Toyland (1986) — Mary Piper / Mary Contrary
  10. T. J. Hooker (1982) — Kelly Hobbs
  11. When a Stranger Calls Back (1993) — Julia Jenz
  12. Curse II: The Bite (1989) — Lisa Snipes
  13. Chiller (1985) — Stacey
  14. That Was Then... This Is Now (1985) — Angela Shepard
  15. Hot Moves (1984) — Julie Ann
  16. There Goes My Baby (1994) — Babette
  17. The Best of Times (1981) — Jill
  18. Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story (2022) — Self
  19. Shattered Spirits (1986) — Allison
  20. Thunder Alley (1985) — Beth
  21. In Search of Darkness: 1990-1994 (2024) — Self
  22. The Heights (1992) — Betty B
  23. Adventures in Spying (1992) — Julie Converse
  24. Billionaire Boys Club (1987) — Amy Whitehall
  25. Sara (1985) — Emily
  26. Rich Girl (1991) — Courtney
  27. State Of Mind (1992) — Wishman
  28. Triumph Over Disaster: The Hurricane Andrew Story (1993) — Ruth Henderson
  29. Hell Town (1985) — Shelley
  30. Trauma Center (1983) — Leslie
  31. Happy Endings (1983) — Anne Marie Bartlett
  32. Stereo-Vision (2024) — Katherine Barrows
  33. Midnight Madness: The Making of "Popcorn" (2017) — Self
  34. Not Again! (1996) — Jenny
  35. Behind the Mask: The Making of The Phantom of the Opera (2015) — Self
  36. Great Day (1983) — Carla Simpson
  37. A Taboo Identity (2017) — Herself
  38. Ralph's Perfekt Christmas — Heather
  39. A Dying Art — Mitzy Rudzinski