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Even some horror fans are
hard-pressed to recognize her name. She
went by a couple Robin Rochelle as
well as Robin Stille. That said, the
Philadelphia born actress (11/24/61) came
to Hollywood like so many others --
seeking fame, but found only a taste of
it. Tragically that quest ended when,
supposedly disheartened by her lack of
career success and/or fuelled by drink,
she took her own life in Burbank,
California in 2/9/96 at the age of 35 and
was laid to rest in Rose Hill Cemetery.
In those 35 years Robin
starred in a handful of films most
notably (to racksandrazors fans anyway)
as Valerie Val Bates in the
1982 classic The Slumber
Party Massacre and in the
1988 scream-queen classic Sorority
Babes at the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama
as Babs Peterson. Her other screen
credits include Winner Take
All (86), Vampire
Knights (87), and her final
performance as Sarah in the martial arts
action flick American Ninja
4: The Annihilator in
1991. On television she played a
coat check girl on a 1990
Jake and The Fatman
episode entitled God Bless the
Child.
Little is known regarding
Robin Rochelle Stilles life. At the
time of her death of The Screen
Actors Guild still listed her as a
member, but even her agent had no idea
where she lived. Not a good sign. By then
she was also the mother to twin boys
Joshua and Justin Creadick. Her death
left behind two sisters, Dawn and
Melanie, as well as her parents, Jere and
Sarah. By that time she had fallen out of
touch with her costars and most of the
industry. Brinke Stevens recalls running
into her, but other than that --- nada.
She began her career as
brunette; she hit the big screen as 6th
billed Robin Stille, playing Valerie
Bates the new girl in The
Slumber Party Massacre. In
the role of Val she played the outcast
who is persona non grata at
the naughty overnighter next door. Val is
invited by Trish in the locker room but
demurs after hearing mean things said
about her by Diane. Her co-stars from the
film have described her as
fun and determined for
stardom -- nothing unusual new for a
20-year-old fresh to Hollywood. By the
time of her next feature, as Party
Girl #3 in Winner
Takes All, she was a
blonde who went by the name of Robin
Rochelle. That mostly forgettable role
was followed closely by another role in
the Dan Peterson written/directed
horror-comedy Vampire
Knights. However, then
came her second real claim to fame
she was 3rd billed as cruel
Babs Peterson in the cult classic Sorority
Babes at The Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama
(above both Brinke Stevens her
costar from The Slumber
Party Massacre as
well as Michelle Bauer).
About Robins work on the Sorority
Babes film Brinke Stevens has
been quoted as saying (when discussing
injuries on the set)
Linnea
got badly battered too, when her larger
fighting partner (Rochelle) frequently
drank too much vodka and lost her
restraint. In another quote about
discussing her co-star Ms. Stevens said,
I always liked Robin. She seemed so
much more sophisticated and worldly than
other girls her age tall, blonde,
and gorgeous; she dated a major Las Vegas
star*, and dared to sneak vodka onto the
set. She was both sweet and tough. I
was so shocked to hear of her
disillusionment with Hollywood and
ultimate suicide
what a waste of a
promising life. As can be inferred,
her drinking seems to have been a problem
and has been theorized by various sources
as a contributing factor to her untimely
demise.
Sad indeed.
*In
regards to that major Las Vegas star on a
Robin Stille fan-site a man who claims to
have dated Robin said they went to a
movie one night in Hollywood and when
leaving the theater were walking down
Hollywood boulevard over the stars and
when she passed Wayne Newton's star she
claimed to have dated him for a while. |