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