Jill Schoelen

Personal Info

Birthday

March 21, 1963

(62 years old)

Place of Birth

Burbank, California, USA

Also Known As

Jill Marie Schoelen

Jill Schoelen

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.

Known For

Murder, She Wrote

Diagnosis: Murder

T. J. Hooker

Hell Town

Trauma Center

The Stepfather

Popcorn

When a Stranger Calls Back

Filmography

2024
In Search of Darkness: 1990-1994
as Self
Stereo-Vision
as Katherine Barrows
2022
Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story
as Self
2017
A Taboo Identity
as Herself
2015
Behind the Mask: The Making of The Phantom of the Opera
as Self
1994
There Goes My Baby
as Babette
1993
Triumph Over Disaster: The Hurricane Andrew Story
as Ruth Henderson
When a Stranger Calls Back
as Julia Jenz
1992
Adventures in Spying
as Julie Converse
State Of Mind
as Wishman
1991
Rich Girl
as Courtney
Popcorn
as Maggie
1989
The Phantom of the Opera
as Christine Day
Curse II: The Bite
as Lisa Snipes
Cutting Class
as Paula Carson
1987
The Stepfather
as Stephanie Maine
1986
Babes in Toyland
as Mary Piper / Mary Contrary
Shattered Spirits
as Allison
1985
That Was Then... This Is Now
as Angela Shepard
Thunder Alley
as Beth
Chiller
as Stacey
1984
Hot Moves
as Julie Ann
1983
Happy Endings
as Anne Marie Bartlett
D.C. Cab
as Claudette
Great Day
as Carla Simpson
1981
The Best of Times
as Jill