Lilyan Chauvin
Acting
1925-08-06 · 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
2011 · Movie
Sublime
2007 · Movie
Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film
2006 · Movie
Ugly Betty
2006 · Series
Illusion Infinity
2004 · Movie
Catch Me If You Can
2002 · Movie
Duty Dating
2002 · Movie
The Man Who Wasn't There
2001 · Movie
Alias
2001 · Series
Missing Pieces
2001 · Movie
Skeleton Woman
2000 · Movie
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000 · Series
Stanley's Gig
2000 · Movie
Malcolm in the Middle
2000 · Series
Five Aces
1999 · Movie
The Pretender
1996 · Series
Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings
1995 · Movie
Tyson
1995 · Movie
Earth 2
1994 · Series
Friends
1994 · Series
ER
1994 · Series
Attack of the 5 Ft. 2 Women
1994 · Movie
Tonya & Nancy: The Inside Story
1994 · Movie
Cafe Americain
1993 · Series
Frasier
1993 · Series
Saved by the Bell: The New Class
1993 · Series
The X-Files
1993 · Series
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993 · Series
No Place to Hide
1992 · Movie
Round Trip to Heaven
1992 · Movie
Universal Soldier
1992 · Movie
Stormy Weathers
1992 · Movie
For the Very First Time
1991 · Movie
Predator 2
1990 · Movie
Bad Influence
1990 · Movie
Death Doll
1989 · Movie
Listen to Me
1989 · Movie
Baywatch
1989 · Series
Born in East L.A.
1987 · Movie
Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2
1987 · Movie
Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder
1987 · Series
Silent Night, Deadly Night
1984 · Movie
Murder, She Wrote
1984 · Series
Masquerade
1983 · Series
The Junkman
1982 · Movie
Beyond Reason
1982 · Movie
Falcon Crest
1981 · Series
Darkroom
1981 · Series
Magnum, P.I.
1980 · Series
Private Benjamin
1980 · Movie
Portrait of a Stripper
1979 · Movie
Hart to Hart
1979 · Series
The Facts of Life
1979 · Series
Kaz
1978 · Series
Flying High
1978 · Movie
Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women
1978 · Movie
Child of Glass
1978 · Movie
The Other Side of Midnight
1977 · Movie
Victory at Entebbe
1976 · Movie
Funny Lady
1975 · Movie
Cool Million
1972 · Series
The Bob Newhart Show
1972 · Series
Once Upon a Dead Man
1971 · Movie
The Mephisto Waltz
1971 · Movie
McCloud
1970 · Series
To Rome with Love
1969 · Series
The Outcasts
1968 · Series
Yours, Mine and Ours
1968 · Movie
Mannix
1967 · Series
Mission: Impossible
1966 · Series
Tickle Me
1965 · Movie
Daniel Boone
1964 · Series
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963 · Series
Two Weeks in Another Town
1962 · Movie
Bloodlust!
1961 · Movie
North to Alaska
1960 · Movie
Walk Like a Dragon
1960 · Movie
Adventures in Paradise
1959 · Series
The Peter Tchaikovsky Story
1959 · Movie
One Step Beyond
1959 · Series
The Perfect Furlough
1958 · Movie
King Creole
1958 · Movie
Lost, Lonely and Vicious
1958 · Movie
Harbor Command
1957 · Series
The Walter Winchell File
1957 · Series
Maverick
1957 · Series
Perry Mason
1957 · Series
Silk Stockings
1957 · Movie
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957 · Series
Ten Thousand Bedrooms
1957 · Movie
Panic!
1957 · Series
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956 · Series
The Man Called X
1956 · Series
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · Series
Omnibus
1952 · Series
Adventures of Superman
1952 · Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Series
Dragnet
1951 · Series
Studio One
1948 · Series