Jill Schoelen

Jill Schoelen (born March 21, 1963 in Burbank , California ) is an American actress .

life and career

Schoelen is a daughter of the fashion designer Dorothy Schoelen. She learned acting at the Acting for Life Theater in her hometown. Schoelen made his debut alongside Crispin Glover and Nicolas Cage in a larger role in the television film Best of Times (1981). In the comedy Die Chaotenclique (1983) by Joel Schumacher she was seen in a small supporting role on the side of Adam Baldwin , Mr. T and Gary Busey .

In the television drama Happy Endings (1983) Schoelen played one of the bigger roles for which she was nominated for the Young Artist Award in 1985 . In the crime drama Boys Out of Control (1985) she played alongside Emilio Estevez . In the adventure film Adventure in Toy Land (1986), Schoelen played on the side of Keanu Reeves and Drew Barrymore .

In the thriller The Stepfather (1987) Schoelen played the role of a teenager who increasingly distrusts the stepfather ( Terry O'Quinn ). For this role she won an award from the Sitges Festival Internacional de Cinema de Catalunya in 1987 and was nominated for the Young Artist Award in 1988. She took on the lead role in the horror film Skinner ... Skinned Alive (1991). After a nine-year hiatus, she appeared in a leading role in the short film She Kept Silent (2004).

In the late 1980s, Schoelen was in a relationship with Brad Pitt , her film partner from Death Party II (1989), for a few months . Between 1993 and 2001 she was married to the composer Anthony Marinelli . The marriage resulted in two sons.

Filmography

• 1981: Best of Times (TV movie)
• 1982: Our Little Farm ( Little House on the Prairie , TV series)
• 1983: Great Day (TV short film)
• 1983: TJ Hooker (TV series)
• 1983: The Chaotenclique ( DC Cab )
• 1983: Happy Endings (TV movie)
• 1985: Hot Moves
• 1985: Chiller - Cold as Ice ( Chiller , TV movie)
• 1985: Thunder Alley - Street of Thunder ( Thunder Alley )
• 1985: guys out of control ( That Was Then ... This Is Now )
• 1986: Shattered Spirits (TV movie)
• 1986: Adventures in Toyland ( Babes in Toyland , TV movie)
• 1987: The Stepfather
• 1987: Beverly Hills Boys Club ( Billionaire Boys Club )
• 1988: CBS Schoolbreak Special (TV series)
• 1989: The Bite / Venom - The Poison of Hell ( Curse II: The Bite )
• 1989: Murder is Her Hobby ( Murder, She Wrote , TV series)
• 1989: Death Party II ( Cutting Class )
• 1989: The Phantom of the Opera ( Gaston Leroux's The Phantom of the Opera )
• 1991: Skinner ... skinned alive ( popcorn )
• 1991: Rich Girl
• 1992: Operation Lookout - Grab the Gangster ( Adventures in Spying )
• 1992: State of Mind
• 1992: The Heights - Rockin 'Friends (TV series)
• 1993: When a Stranger Calls Back (TV movie)
• 1993: Cyclone over Florida - people in fear ( Triumph Over Disaster: The Hurricane Andrew Story , TV movie)
• 1994: Diagnosis: Murder ( Diagnosis Murder , TV series)
• 1994: The Last Days of Paradise ( There Goes My Baby )
• 1996: Not Again!
• 2004: She Kept Silent (short film)

Web links

• Jill Schoelen in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} biography in the IMDb , accessed on December 5, 2007