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Jill Marie Schoelen (born March 21, 1963) is an American actress.
Jill Marie Schoelen was born in Burbank, California. She is the only daughter and one of four children of Paul and Dorothy Schoelen. Dorothy Schoelen was a prominent women’s fashion designer from the 1980s and 1990s. Schoelen grew up Burbank, and in 1974 moved to Encino, California. She began singing at the age of 7 and taught herself to read music and play the guitar by the age of 10. Her career began when at 15 years old, a talent agent heard her sing and play guitar. Shortly thereafter, Schoelen began booking commercials for American and international markets.
Schoelen’s theatrical debut was in the 1981 TV pilot The Best of Times, which starred Crispin Glover and Nicolas Cage. Schoelen went on to star in such movies as D.C. Cab (1983), Chiller (1985), That Was Then... This Is Now (1985), Babes in Toyland (1986), The Stepfather (1987), Billionaire Boys Club (TV miniseries 1987), Cutting Class (1989), The Phantom of the Opera: The Motion Picture (1989), Popcorn (1991), When a Stranger Calls Back (1993), and There Goes My Baby (1994).