Lilyan Chauvin
Actor
Born August 6, 1925 in Paris, Île-de-France, France
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.
Filmography
The Passing
Rebecca Naibert
Sublime
European Nurse
Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film
Self
Ugly Betty
Yolanda
Illusion Infinity
Nurse
Catch Me If You Can
Mrs. Lavalier
Duty Dating
Dr. Hartley
The Man Who Wasn't There
Medium
Alias
Signora Ventutti
Missing Pieces
Serena
Skeleton Woman
Bone Gatherer
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Mrs. Aloyna Ivanovna
Stanley's Gig
Grace
Malcolm in the Middle
Marica
Five Aces
Grandmother Kalliope
The Pretender
Mrs. Nikkos, the Greek Lady
Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings
Miss Osie
Tyson
Camille Ewald
Earth 2
Katrina
Friends
Grandma Tribbiani
ER
Nurse Edna
Attack of the 5 Ft. 2 Women
Coach
Tonya & Nancy: The Inside Story
Skating Judge
Cafe Americain
Madame Dussolier
Frasier
Mama
Saved by the Bell: The New Class
Old Woman
The X-Files
Golda
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Vedek Yassim
No Place to Hide
Mother Superior
Round Trip to Heaven
Chaperone
Universal Soldier
Mrs. John Devreux
Stormy Weathers
Mrs. Comden
For the Very First Time
Sister Eugenia
Predator 2
Irene Edwards
Bad Influence
Art Gallery Patron
Death Doll
Madame Zerba
Listen to Me
Baywatch
Dr. Lester
Born in East L.A.
German Woman
Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2
Mother Superior (archive footage)
Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder
Silent Night, Deadly Night
Mother Superior
Murder, She Wrote
Dispatcher
Masquerade
Dept. Store Customer
The Junkman
French Reporter
Beyond Reason
Nurse Johnson
Falcon Crest
Sister Jeannette
Darkroom
Madame LeClerc
Magnum, P.I.
Maria
Private Benjamin
Mrs. Trémont
Portrait of a Stripper
Yvette
Hart to Hart
The Facts of Life
Kaz
Flying High
Miss Simmons
Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women
Louise
Child of Glass
Madame Dumaine
The Other Side of Midnight
Mrs. Page
Victory at Entebbe
French Nun
Funny Lady
Mademoiselle
Cool Million
Party guest
The Bob Newhart Show
Olga
Once Upon a Dead Man
Madame Jarnac
The Mephisto Waltz
Woman Writer
McCloud
To Rome with Love
The Outcasts
Yours, Mine and Ours
French Actress on TV Screen
Mannix
Mission: Impossible
Mrs. Beruch
Tickle Me
Ronnie
Daniel Boone
Madame Simon
Two Weeks in Another Town
Bar Girl (uncredited)
Bloodlust!
Sandra Balleau
North to Alaska
Jenny Lamont
Walk Like a Dragon
Mme. Lili Raide
Adventures in Paradise
Foridita
The Peter Tchaikovsky Story
Fanny Durbach
One Step Beyond
Francesca
King Creole
Catherine (uncredited)
Lost, Lonely and Vicious
Tanya Pernaud
Harbor Command
The Walter Winchell File
Maverick
Sydney Sue Shipley
Perry Mason
Matron
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
Clara
Silk Stockings
Dancer Sonia (uncredited)
Ten Thousand Bedrooms
Reporter (uncredited)
Panic!
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
The Man Called X
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Sybil Delamont
Omnibus
Adventures of Superman
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Old Woman
Dragnet
Studio One