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 years The Silence of the Lambs (1991) and Terminator 2 Judgment Day (1991).

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Soultaker

Natalie McMillan

Movie 1990

Star Slammer

Marni

Movie 1986

The Legend of Wolf Mountain

Kathy Haynes

Movie 1992

Savage Land

Clara

Movie 1994

Inside Monkey Zetterland

Network Producer (uncredited)

Movie 1992

Ambrose Bierce: Civil War Stories

Gertrude Atherton

Movie 2006

Puss in Boots

Princess (voice)

Movie 1999

European Night

Crista Kelly

Movie 1993

Germans

Ruth Sonnenbruch

Movie 1997

Beach Fever

Sunbathing Girl

Movie 1989

Eyes of the Beholder

Officer Anderson

Movie 1992

Pucker Up and Bark Like a Dog

Supermodel Mistress

Movie 1989

Project Eliminator

Terry Anderson

Movie 1991

Invasion of the Scream Queens

Herself

Movie 1992