Lilyan Chauvin
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
Aug 6, 1925 (101 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.
Known For
| 2011 | The PassingRebecca Naibert | |
| 2007 | SublimeEuropean Nurse | |
| 2006 | Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher FilmSelf | |
| 2006 | Ugly BettyYolanda | |
| 2004 | Illusion InfinityNurse | |
| 2002 | Duty DatingDr. Hartley | |
| 2002 | Catch Me If You CanMrs. Lavalier | |
| 2001 | The Man Who Wasn't ThereMedium | |
| 2001 | Missing PiecesSerena | |
| 2001 | AliasSignora Ventutti | |
| 2000 | Stanley's GigGrace | |
| 2000 | Skeleton WomanBone Gatherer | |
| 2000 | CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationMrs. Aloyna Ivanovna | |
| 2000 | Malcolm in the MiddleMarica | |
| 1999 | Five AcesGrandmother Kalliope | |
| 1996 | The PretenderMrs. Nikkos, the Greek Lady | |
| 1995 | Pumpkinhead II: Blood WingsMiss Osie | |
| 1995 | TysonCamille Ewald | |
| 1994 | Attack of the 5 Ft. 2 WomenCoach | |
| 1994 | Tonya & Nancy: The Inside StorySkating Judge | |
| 1994 | FriendsGrandma Tribbiani | |
| 1994 | ERNurse Edna | |
| 1994 | Earth 2Katrina | |
| 1993 | Saved by the Bell: The New ClassOld Woman | |
| 1993 | The X-FilesGolda | |
| 1993 | FrasierMama | |
| 1993 | Star Trek: Deep Space NineVedek Yassim | |
| 1993 | Cafe AmericainMadame Dussolier | |
| 1992 | Stormy WeathersMrs. Comden | |
| 1992 | Universal SoldierMrs. John Devreux | |
| 1992 | No Place to HideMother Superior | |
| 1992 | Round Trip to HeavenChaperone | |
| 1990 | Predator 2Irene Edwards | |
| 1990 | Bad InfluenceArt Gallery Patron | |
| 1989 | Listen to Me | |
| 1989 | Death DollMadame Zerba | |
| 1989 | BaywatchDr. Lester | |
| 1987 | Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2Mother Superior (archive footage) | |
| 1987 | Born in East L.A.German Woman | |
| 1987 | Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder | |
| 1984 | Silent Night, Deadly NightMother Superior | |
| 1984 | Murder, She WroteDispatcher | |
| 1983 | MasqueradeDept. Store Customer | |
| 1982 | The JunkmanFrench Reporter | |
| 1982 | Beyond ReasonNurse Johnson | |
| 1981 | Falcon CrestSister Jeannette | |
| 1980 | Private BenjaminMrs. Trémont | |
| 1980 | Magnum, P.I.Maria | |
| 1979 | Portrait of a StripperYvette | |
| 1979 | The Facts of Life | |
| 1979 | Hart to Hart | |
| 1978 | Flying HighMiss Simmons | |
| 1978 | Ziegfeld: The Man and His WomenLouise | |
| 1978 | Child of GlassMadame Dumaine | |
| 1978 | Kaz | |
| 1977 | The Other Side of MidnightMrs. Page | |
| 1976 | Victory at EntebbeFrench Nun | |
| 1975 | Funny LadyMademoiselle | |
| 1972 | The Bob Newhart Show | |
| 1972 | Cool MillionParty guest | |
| 1971 | The Mephisto WaltzWoman Writer | |
| 1971 | Once Upon a Dead ManMadame Jarnac | |
| 1970 | McCloud | |
| 1969 | To Rome with Love | |
| 1968 | Yours, Mine and OursFrench Actress on TV Screen | |
| 1968 | The Outcasts | |
| 1967 | Mannix | |
| 1966 | Mission: ImpossibleMrs. Beruch | |
| 1965 | Tickle MeRonnie | |
| 1964 | Daniel BooneMadame Simon | |
| 1963 | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | |
| 1962 | Two Weeks in Another TownBar Girl (uncredited) | |
| 1961 | Bloodlust!Sandra Balleau | |
| 1960 | Walk Like a DragonMme. Lili Raide | |
| 1960 | North to AlaskaJenny Lamont | |
| 1960 | North to AlaskaJenny Lamont (uncredited) | |
| 1959 | The Peter Tchaikovsky StoryFanny Durbach | |
| 1959 | One Step BeyondFrancesca | |
| 1959 | Adventures in ParadiseForidita | |
| 1958 | King CreoleCatherine (uncredited) | |
| 1958 | Lost, Lonely and ViciousTanya Pernaud | |
| 1957 | Silk StockingsDancer Sonia (uncredited) | |
| 1957 | Ten Thousand BedroomsReporter (uncredited) | |
| 1957 | Perry MasonMatron | |
| 1957 | Richard Diamond, Private DetectiveClara | |
| 1957 | The Walter Winchell File | |
| 1957 | Panic! | |
| 1957 | Harbor Command | |
| 1957 | MaverickSydney Sue Shipley | |
| 1956 | The Adventures of Jim Bowie | |
| 1956 | The Man Called X | |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock PresentsSybil Delamont | |
| 1952 | Omnibus | |
| 1952 | Adventures of Superman | |
| 1951 | Dragnet | |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of FameOld Woman | |
| 1948 | Studio One |














