Vivian Schilling
Born: 1968-02-15 in Wichita, Kansas, USA
Known For: Acting
Biography
Vivian Schilling is an accomplished novelist, screenwriter, actor and filmmaker. Born and raised in Kansas, she attended the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute in Los Angeles and also studied under the legendary Stella Adler before embarking upon a multifaceted career. Working both in front and behind the camera, she began writing and starring in her own films at the age of 23. With her first feature, the low-budget cult-classic Soultaker (1990), she became known for her original ideas and deft hand with complex supernatural subjects.In spite of its limited budget, the film earned Schilling the Saturn Award in 1992 alongside that year's The Silence of the Lambs (1991) and Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991).
Filmography
2006
- Ambrose Bierce: Civil War Stories as Gertrude Atherton
1999
- Puss in Boots as Princess (voice)
1997
- Germans as Ruth Sonnenbruch
1994
- Future Shock as Jenny Porter
- Savage Land as Clara
1993
- European Night as Crista Kelly
1992
- Eyes of the Beholder as Officer Anderson
- The Legend of Wolf Mountain as Kathy Haynes
- Inside Monkey Zetterland as Network Producer (uncredited)
- Invasion of the Scream Queens as Herself
1991
- Project Eliminator as Terry Anderson
1990
- Soultaker as Natalie McMillan
1989
- Terror Eyes as Eva Adams / Starla Floyd
- Beach Fever as Sunbathing Girl
- Pucker Up and Bark Like a Dog as Supermodel Mistress
1986
- Star Slammer as Marni