Jill Schoelen

Jill Marie Schoelen born March 21 1963 is an American actress A more unconventional huskyvoiced scream queen heroine of the 1980s was Jill Schoelen daughter of wellknown 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 Fameinfluenced TV pilot called Best of Times 1981 TV starring the upandcoming Nicolas Cage and Crispin Glover She gained in experience with a number of innocuous films geared mostly toward the young including DC Cab 1983 Thunder Alley 1985 and Hot Moves 1984 The darkeyed blackhaired pretty with the trademark bangs wouldnt 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 meekappearing Terry OQuinn 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 objectofastalker days behind her after filming Not Again 1996 she settled comfortably back and raised two children with husbandmusiciancomposer Anthony Marinelli