Jill Schoelen

Acting

Jill Schoelen

Born

1963-03-21 (63)

Place of birth

Burbank, California, USA

Known for

Acting

Credits

39 titles

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 ni…

Known for

Film credits

2020s · 4 titles

1990s · 8 titles

When a Stranger Calls Back poster
5.9

Jill Johnson, now a crisis center counselor, reunites with retired detective John Clifford to hunt a killer stalking a coed.

When a Stranger Calls Back

1993

There Goes My Baby poster
6.2

It's the summer of 1965, and the members of the graduating class of upscale Westwood High are eager to reinvent themselves. Valedictorian Mary Beth wants to attend a liberal university. Surfer bum Stick plans to enlist to fight in Vietnam. Calvin lives in the poor Watts section of Los Angeles, which is slowly erupting in violence. As the summer nights grow long, they'll all be forced to make decisions that will affect the rest of their lives.

There Goes My Baby

1994

Popcorn poster
5.8

While holding a horror film festival, a group of students are stalked by a madman who may have a sinister connection to a cult leader.

Popcorn

1991

Triumph Over Disaster: The Hurricane Andrew Story poster
6.5

Relationship problems between a father and son are intensified by Hurricane Andrew.

Triumph Over Disaster: The Hurricane Andrew Story

1993

Rich Girl poster
8.7

A rich Beverly Hills girl gets a job as a waitress, and falls in love with a rock singer.

Rich Girl

1991

Adventures in Spying poster
4.7

Two teens spot a notorious criminal who is supposed to be dead.

Adventures in Spying

1992

State Of Mind poster
7.0

A couple falls into the clutches of a female psychopath.

State Of Mind

1992

Not Again! poster
7.0

Angie, a befuddled young woman, cannot seem to end a hectic day, when she's confronted by her ex, Jamie. Whisked about town on a whirlwind date, Jamie falls for Angie again, but she resists. Unfortunately, her roommate, Rita, does not and falls for Jamie anyway. It all explodes at a party attended by all and with the additions of ex girls and guys everywhere.

Not Again!

1996

1980s · 14 titles

Cutting Class poster
5.0

High school student Paula Carson's affections are being sought after by two of her classmates: Dwight, the "bad boy", and Brian, a disturbed young man who has just been released from a mental hospital where he was committed following the suspicious death of his father. Soon after being released, more murders start happening. Is Brian back to his old tricks, or is Dwight just trying to eliminate the competition?

Cutting Class

1989

The Stepfather poster
6.5

Seemingly mild-mannered Henry Morrison has just murdered his entire family. After adopting a new identity and skipping town, he begins building a new relationship with a widow and her teenage daughter. However, he soon begins struggling to hide his true identity and maintain a grip on reality.

The Stepfather

1987

The Phantom of the Opera poster
5.7

An aspiring opera singer finds herself transported back to Victorian-era London -- and into the arms of a reclusive, disfigured maestro determined to make her a star.

The Phantom of the Opera

1989

Babes in Toyland poster
5.5

11-year-old Lisa has no time for toys; she's too busy taking care of her siblings and cooking for her mother. During the Christmas Eve blizzard, Lisa travels to Toyland in Wizard of Oz-like fashion and arrives just in time for a wedding. Young Mary Contrary is about to marry mean, old Barnaby Barnacle, despite the fact that she loves Jack Be Nimble. Lisa tries to stop this terrible wedding and, together with her new friends, discovers that Barnaby wants to take over Toyland. Lisa, Mary, Jack, and Georgie Porgie ask the Toymaster for help, but he can't help them as long as Lisa doesn't truly believe in toys.

Babes in Toyland

1986

D.C. Cab poster
5.2

The tale of a hapless group of cabbies and a rundown cab company owned by Harold. Albert comes to town with a dream of starting his own cab company but needs to motivate Harold's employees to want to make something out of themselves. It is only when Albert is kidnapped that the cabbies must decide whether or not they are loyal to Albert and his cause.

D.C. Cab

1983

That Was Then... This Is Now poster
5.7

A delinquent teenager's only link to society is the attachment he feels towards an older brother-figure. When the older boy starts spending time with a new girlfriend, the teenager begins to feel even more alienated, and gets involved with drugs and the police.

That Was Then... This Is Now

1985

The Best of Times poster
5.7

This ABC pilot starred seven teenagers in an '80s-style laugh-in. It told the light and dark side of teenage thoughts with dancing and singing added in for color.

The Best of Times

1981

Hot Moves poster
4.8

Four friends, annoyed at how almost everyone else they know is having sex but them, agree to do what they can to help each other lose their virginity before the end of the summer. Most of their opportunities are foiled by their inexperience and bad planning. Michael, the most sensible boy of the foursome, really just wants to stay with his long-time girlfriend and take their relationship to an intimate level, but after putting him off for six months he grows impatient and splits up with her to seek his fortune elsewhere.

Hot Moves

1984

Curse II: The Bite poster
5.1

After a young man is bitten on the hand by a radioactive snake, his hand changes into a lethal snake head, which attacks everyone he comes into contact with. Also, his body becomes filled with snakes. Now, he must prevent himself from hurting others.

Curse II: The Bite

1989

Shattered Spirits poster
5.8

When his drinking problem takes control of his life, a father tries to leave the bottle behind while putting his and his family's lives back together.

Shattered Spirits

1986

Chiller poster
4.2

A wealthy industrialist arranges for his body to be kept on ice in a high-tech cryonic chamber. When the instructions are not followed properly, he emerges from the frozen crypt as an empty, soulless creature with an appetite for destruction.

Chiller

1985

Thunder Alley poster
4.4

A group of friends start a rock band, but as they start their rise in the music world, they get mixed up with drugs.

Thunder Alley

1985

Happy Endings poster
8.0

A teenager postpones his determination to become a songwriter so that he can keep his younger brother and two sisters together as a family following the death of their parents.

Happy Endings

1983

Great Day poster
NR

When a neighborhood is plagued by break-ins, a family looks to burglar-proof their house. Dead bolts aren't enough, so the father (Tim Conway) has to ratchet things up. Comic situations ensue.

Great Day

1983

Series credits

Diagnosis: Murder poster
7.1

Dr. Mark Sloan is a good-natured, offbeat physician who is called upon to solve murders.

Diagnosis: Murder

1993

Murder, She Wrote poster
7.5

An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.

Murder, She Wrote

1984

Little House on the Prairie poster
8.0

When the big woods of Wisconsin becomes a difficult spot for hunting, Charles Ingalls reluctantly decides to move his family, pioneering west. Their life on the farm in Walnut Grove, Minnesota, in the 1870s and 1880s is full of adventure, tragedy, and triumph. Based on the books of Laura Ingalls Wilder.

Little House on the Prairie

1974

T. J. Hooker poster
6.5

Sergeant Thomas Jefferson Hooker is a tough-as-nails veteran police officer with the LCPD who turns his back on a gold badge and goes back to patrolling the streets and training recruits. Along with his young partners in blue, Hooker take on Lake City's toughest criminals.

T. J. Hooker

1982

Trauma Center poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Trauma Center

1983

Hell Town poster
6.0

Hell Town is an American drama series that aired on NBC from September 4, 1985 to December 25, 1985. The series features former Baretta star Robert Blake.

Hell Town

1985

Sara poster
8.3

A newly minted attorney joins the legal aid clinic in San Francisco where her best friend works.

Sara

1985

The Heights poster
8.0

The Heights is an American musical drama series that aired on the Fox network from August to November 1992.

The Heights

1992

Billionaire Boys Club poster
8.7

Billionaire Boys Club is a two-part TV movie that aired on NBC in 1987. It told the story of the Billionaire Boys Club, and its founder, Joe Hunt, who was convicted in 1987 of murdering con-man Ron Levin. The film was written Gy Waldron and directed by Marvin J. Chomsky.

Billionaire Boys Club

1987