Acting
Vivian Schilling
EN cinema · 16 credits
Born
15 February 1968 (age 58)
Birthplace
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
Filmography
Ambrose Bierce: Civil War Stories
as Gertrude Atherton
Puss in Boots
as Princess (voice)
Germans
as Ruth Sonnenbruch
Future Shock
as Jenny Porter, Writer, Co-Producer
Savage Land
as Clara
European Night
as Crista Kelly
The Legend of Wolf Mountain
as Kathy Haynes
Inside Monkey Zetterland
as Network Producer (uncredited)
Eyes of the Beholder
as Officer Anderson
Project Eliminator
as Terry Anderson
Soultaker
as Natalie McMillan, Story, Screenplay
Terror Eyes
as Eva Adams / Starla Floyd, Writer, Associate Producer
Pucker Up and Bark Like a Dog
as Supermodel Mistress
Beach Fever
as Sunbathing Girl
Star Slammer
as Marni