About
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...
Known for
Diagnosis: MurderSeries • 1993
Murder, She WroteSeries • 1984
Little House on the PrairieSeries • 1974
T. J. HookerSeries • 1982
Trauma CenterSeries • 1983
The StepfatherMovie • 1987
When a Stranger Calls BackMovie • 1993
Babes in ToylandMovie • 1986
The Phantom of the OperaMovie • 1989
D.C. CabMovie • 1983
Cutting ClassMovie • 1989
PopcornMovie • 1991
Curse II: The BiteMovie • 1989
That Was Then... This Is NowMovie • 1985
Hot MovesMovie • 1984
ChillerMovie • 1985