1963-03-21 ( 62 years old ) in 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.
Movies
Stereo-Vision
2024-08-24
A Taboo Identity
2017-08-01
There Goes My Baby
1994-09-02
When a Stranger Calls Back
1993-04-04
Adventures in Spying
1992-12-06
State Of Mind
1992-01-01
Rich Girl
1991-05-03
Popcorn
1991-02-01
The Phantom of the Opera
1989-11-04
Curse II: The Bite
1989-06-27
Cutting Class
1989-04-24
The Stepfather
1987-01-23
Babes in Toyland
1986-12-19
Shattered Spirits
1986-01-06
That Was Then... This Is Now
1985-11-08
Thunder Alley
1985-08-01
Chiller
1985-05-22
Hot Moves
1984-10-04
Happy Endings
1983-12-26
D.C. Cab
1983-12-16
Great Day
1983-01-01
The Best of Times
1981-07-13
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