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

Eyes of the Beholder

Officer Anderson

Inside Monkey Zetterland

Network Producer (uncredited)

Star Slammer

Marni

Project Eliminator

Terry Anderson

Future Shock

Jenny Porter

Savage Land

Clara

Terror Eyes

Eva Adams / Starla Floyd

Invasion of the Scream Queens

Herself

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2006	Ambrose Bierce: Civil War Stories	Gertrude Atherton
1999	Puss in Boots	Princess (voice)
1997	Germans	Ruth Sonnenbruch
1994	Future Shock	Jenny Porter
1994	Savage Land	Clara
1993	European Night	Crista Kelly
1992	The Legend of Wolf Mountain	Kathy Haynes
1992	Inside Monkey Zetterland	Network Producer (uncredited)
1992	Eyes of the Beholder	Officer Anderson
1992	Invasion of the Scream Queens	Herself
1991	Project Eliminator	Terry Anderson
1990	Soultaker	Natalie McMillan
1989	Beach Fever	Sunbathing Girl
1989	Terror Eyes	Eva Adams / Starla Floyd
1989	Pucker Up and Bark Like a Dog	Supermodel Mistress
1986	Star Slammer	Marni

Year	TV Show	Role