Name
Lilyan Chauvin
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1925-08-06
Deathday
2008-06-26 (83 years old)
Place of Birth
Paris, Île-de-France, France
Biography
French character actress Lilyan Chauvin may be one of those actors or actresses whose face you know without knowing their names. Chauvin was a long time veteran of the European stage, and was adept at playing strict, but sometimes loving characters. To horror fans, she might be best known as the sinister Mother Superior in Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984), but her career started back in the 1950s when she was plucked from the stage to appear in small minor roles in motion pictures. One notable film was with John Wayne in North to Alaska (1960). For about thirty years, Chauvin was one of the busiest character actresses in Hollywood, appearing in over forty films as well as on television. Her many film credits include Private Benjamin (1980), Predator 2 (1990), No Place to Hide (1992), Universal Soldier (1992) as Jean-Claude Van Damme's mother, and Steven Spielberg's Catch Me If You Can (2002) with Tom Hanks and Leonardo DiCaprio.
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- 1990 Predator 2 as Irene Edwards
- 1976 Victory at Entebbe as French Nun
- 2007 Sublime as European Nurse
- 1984 Silent Night, Deadly Night as Mother Superior
- 1995 Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings as Miss Osie
- 1957 Silk Stockings as Dancer Sonia (uncredited)
- 1958 King Creole as Catherine (uncredited)
- 1987 Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2 as Mother Superior (archive footage)
- 2006 Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film as Self
- 1958 Lost, Lonely and Vicious as Tanya Pernaud
- 1992 Stormy Weathers as Mrs. Comden
- 1968 Yours, Mine and Ours as French Actress on TV Screen
- 2002 Duty Dating as Dr. Hartley
- 1961 Bloodlust! as Sandra Balleau
- 1978 Flying High as Miss Simmons
- 1992 Universal Soldier as Mrs. John Devreux
- 1995 Tyson as Camille Ewald
- 1980 Private Benjamin as Mrs. Trémont
- 1992 No Place to Hide as Mother Superior
- 1979 Portrait of a Stripper as Yvette
- 2000 Stanley's Gig as Grace
- 1962 Two Weeks in Another Town as Bar Girl (uncredited)
- 1960 Walk Like a Dragon as Mme. Lili Raide
- 1971 The Mephisto Waltz as Woman Writer
- 1989 Listen to Me
- 1959 The Peter Tchaikovsky Story as Fanny Durbach
- 1987 Born in East L.A. as German Woman
- 2011 The Passing as Rebecca Naibert
- 1982 The Junkman as French Reporter
- 1990 Bad Influence as Art Gallery Patron
- 1992 Round Trip to Heaven as Chaperone
- 1989 Death Doll as Madame Zerba
- 1982 Beyond Reason as Nurse Johnson
- 1994 Attack of the 5 Ft. 2 Women as Coach
- 2002 Catch Me If You Can as Mrs. Lavalier
- 1977 The Other Side of Midnight as Mrs. Page
- 1960 North to Alaska as Jenny Lamont
- 1978 Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women as Louise
- 2001 The Man Who Wasn't There as Medium
- 1975 Funny Lady as Mademoiselle
- 1960 North to Alaska as Jenny Lamont (uncredited)
- 1978 Child of Glass as Madame Dumaine
- 1957 Ten Thousand Bedrooms as Reporter (uncredited)
- 1999 Five Aces as Grandmother Kalliope
- 2004 Illusion Infinity as Nurse
- 1965 Tickle Me as Ronnie
- 1971 Once Upon a Dead Man as Madame Jarnac
- 1994 Tonya & Nancy: The Inside Story as Skating Judge
- 2001 Missing Pieces as Serena
- 2000 Skeleton Woman as Bone Gatherer
- 1991 For the Very First Time as Sister Eugenia
- 1958 The Perfect Furlough as French Nurse
- 1981 Falcon Crest ( 3 episodes ) as Sister Jeannette
- 1980 Magnum, P.I. ( 1 episode ) as Maria
- 1993 Saved by the Bell: The New Class ( 1 episode ) as Old Woman
- 2000 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Aloyna Ivanovna
- 1979 The Facts of Life ( 1 episode )
- 2001 Alias ( 1 episode ) as Signora Ventutti
- 1994 Friends ( 1 episode ) as Grandma Tribbiani
- 1996 The Pretender ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Nikkos, the Greek Lady
- 1972 The Bob Newhart Show ( 1 episode ) as Olga
- 2000 Malcolm in the Middle ( 1 episode ) as Marica
- 1978 Kaz ( 1 episode )
- 1952 Omnibus ( 1 episode )
- 1967 Mannix ( 1 episode )
- 1979 Hart to Hart ( 1 episode )
- 1951 Dragnet ( 1 episode )
- 1957 Perry Mason ( 1 episode ) as Matron
- 1948 Studio One ( 1 episode )
- 1966 Mission: Impossible ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Beruch
- 2006 Ugly Betty ( 1 episode ) as Yolanda
- 1989 Baywatch ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Lester
- 1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame ( 1 episode ) as Old Woman
- 1994 ER ( 1 episode ) as Nurse Edna
- 1955 Alfred Hitchcock Presents ( 1 episode ) as Sybil Delamont
- 1969 To Rome with Love ( 1 episode )
- 1968 The Outcasts ( 1 episode )
- 1964 Daniel Boone ( 1 episode ) as Madame Simon
- 1970 McCloud ( 1 episode )
- 1959 One Step Beyond ( 1 episode ) as Francesca
- 1957 Richard Diamond, Private Detective ( 1 episode ) as Clara
- 1963 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre ( 1 episode )
- 1952 Adventures of Superman ( 1 episode )
- 1959 Adventures in Paradise ( 1 episode ) as Foridita
- 1956 The Adventures of Jim Bowie ( 1 episode )
- 1957 The Walter Winchell File ( 1 episode )
- 1957 Panic! ( 1 episode )
- 1956 The Man Called X ( 1 episode )
- 1957 Harbor Command ( 1 episode )
- 1993 The X-Files ( 1 episode ) as Golda
- 1957 Maverick ( 1 episode ) as Sydney Sue Shipley
- 1993 Frasier ( 1 episode ) as Mama
- 1993 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine ( 1 episode ) as Vedek Yassim
- 1994 Earth 2 ( 1 episode ) as Katrina
- 1987 Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder ( 3 episodes )
- 1984 Murder, She Wrote ( 1 episode ) as Dispatcher
- 1993 Cafe Americain ( 5 episodes ) as Madame Dussolier
- 1972 Cool Million ( 1 episode ) as Party guest
- 1983 Masquerade ( 1 episode ) as Dept. Store Customer
- 1981 Darkroom ( 1 episode ) as Madame LeClerc
