- Inga Schilling was born in 1933 in Germany. She is an actress, known for Charlie's Angels (1976) and Gypsy (1965). She has been married to Bart Varelmann since 1985. She was previously married to Willi Schilling.
- SpousesBart Varelmann(1985 - present)Willi Schilling(1956 - 1968) (divorced)
- ChildrenNo Children
- Before leaving Europe the Schillings had skated at the Casa Carioca, the Vienna Show, and made guest appearances in European movies. One of her outstanding memories was skating in Moscow with the Vienna Ice Show. Former Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev came to see the show and she graced the cover of Promenade magazine. She recalled the enthusiastic cheers of the Moscow audience.
- With a mix of self-discipline, determination and good timing, she rose to the upper echelons of the figure skating world.
- At 19, with stars in her eyes she traded her toe shoes for a pair of ice skates.
- In 1968 she left Ice Follies and her husband for Los Angeles. Frank Carroll and Tom Lawler, friends from Ice Follies days, invited her to work with their students teaching grace and style at the Van Nuys Iceland. Schilling's dance and ballet training was put to good use.
- Her first professional skating appearance was in the Olympia Ice Review. After a short partnership with Felix Kasper she was reunited with Willi Schilling.
- When I saw nine year old Linda, I said 'she will be a world champion.' I don't know how I knew but there was just something there. After she did become a World Champion her mother said. 'Why did you not predict an Olympic Championship?'
- Now I'm sitting here in Florida with three pairs of skates, and probably if I skated the screws would fall out,
- It was very hard to make it in the dance world, somehow, I don't know how, I just knew I could make it ice skating.
- Willi Schilling started our skating together at Casa Carioca in Garmisch with Terry Rudolph. We owe our career to her," Schilling said. "The best advice I had about performing and skating came from her and from Willi."
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