Vivian Schilling
February 15, 1968 (56 years old) in Wichita, Kansas, USA
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).
Known For
Credits
- 2006 ยทAmbrose Bierce: Civil War Storiesas Gertrude Atherton
- 1999 ยทPuss in Bootsas Princess (voice)
- 1997 ยทGermansas Ruth Sonnenbruch
- 1994 ยทSavage Landas Clara
- 1994 ยทFuture Shockas Jenny Porter
- 1993 ยทEuropean Nightas Crista Kelly
- 1992 ยทInside Monkey Zetterlandas Network Producer (uncredited)
- 1992 ยทThe Legend of Wolf Mountainas Kathy Haynes
- 1992 ยทEyes of the Beholderas Officer Anderson
- 1992 ยทInvasion of the Scream Queensas Herself
- 1991 ยทProject Eliminatoras Terry Anderson
- 1990 ยทSoultakeras Natalie McMillan
- 1989 ยทPucker Up and Bark Like a Dogas Supermodel Mistress
- 1989 ยทTerror Eyesas Eva Adams / Starla Floyd
- 1989 ยทBeach Feveras Sunbathing Girl
- 1986 ยทStar Slammeras Marni