Vivian Schilling

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Female

Birthday 1968-02-15 (56 years old)

Place of Birth Wichita, Kansas, USA

Vivian Schilling

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).

Known For

Actor

2006
1999
Puss in Boots

as Princess (voice)

1997
Germans

as Ruth Sonnenbruch

1994
Savage Land

as Clara

1994
Future Shock

as Jenny Porter

1993
European Night

as Crista Kelly

1992
Inside Monkey Zetterland

as Network Producer (uncredited)

1992
1992
Eyes of the Beholder

as Officer Anderson

1991
Project Eliminator

as Terry Anderson

1990
Soultaker

as Natalie McMillan

1989
Pucker Up and Bark Like a Dog

as Supermodel Mistress

1989
Terror Eyes

as Eva Adams / Starla Floyd

1989
Beach Fever

as Sunbathing Girl

1986
Star Slammer

as Marni

Writer

1994
Future Shock

as Writer

1990
Soultaker

as Story

1990
Soultaker

as Screenplay

1989
Terror Eyes

as Writer

Producer

1994
Future Shock

as Co-Producer

1989
Terror Eyes

as Associate Producer