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