Lilyan Chauvin
Acting • Born 1925-08-06 – Died 2008-06-26
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.
Filmography
97 credits
Predator 2
Movie • 1990
Irene Edwards
Victory at Entebbe
Movie • 1976
French Nun
Sublime
Movie • 2007
European Nurse
Silent Night, Deadly Night
Movie • 1984
Mother Superior
Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings
Movie • 1995
Miss Osie
Silk Stockings
Movie • 1957
Dancer Sonia (uncredited)
King Creole
Movie • 1958
Catherine (uncredited)
Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2
Movie • 1987
Mother Superior (archive footage)
Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film
Movie • 2006
Self
Lost, Lonely and Vicious
Movie • 1958
Tanya Pernaud
Stormy Weathers
Movie • 1992
Mrs. Comden
Yours, Mine and Ours
Movie • 1968
French Actress on TV Screen
Duty Dating
Movie • 2002
Dr. Hartley
Bloodlust!
Movie • 1961
Sandra Balleau
Flying High
Movie • 1978
Miss Simmons
Universal Soldier
Movie • 1992
Mrs. John Devreux
Tyson
Movie • 1995
Camille Ewald
Private Benjamin
Movie • 1980
Mrs. Trémont
No Place to Hide
Movie • 1992
Mother Superior
Portrait of a Stripper
Movie • 1979
Yvette
Stanley's Gig
Movie • 2000
Grace
Two Weeks in Another Town
Movie • 1962
Bar Girl (uncredited)
Walk Like a Dragon
Movie • 1960
Mme. Lili Raide
The Mephisto Waltz
Movie • 1971
Woman Writer
Listen to Me
Movie • 1989
The Peter Tchaikovsky Story
Movie • 1959
Fanny Durbach
Born in East L.A.
Movie • 1987
German Woman
The Passing
Movie • 2011
Rebecca Naibert
The Junkman
Movie • 1982
French Reporter
Bad Influence
Movie • 1990
Art Gallery Patron
Death Doll
Movie • 1989
Madame Zerba
Beyond Reason
Movie • 1982
Nurse Johnson
Round Trip to Heaven
Movie • 1992
Chaperone
Attack of the 5 Ft. 2 Women
Movie • 1994
Coach
Catch Me If You Can
Movie • 2002
Mrs. Lavalier
The Other Side of Midnight
Movie • 1977
Mrs. Page
North to Alaska
Movie • 1960
Jenny Lamont
Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women
Movie • 1978
Louise
The Man Who Wasn't There
Movie • 2001
Medium
Funny Lady
Movie • 1975
Mademoiselle
North to Alaska
Movie • 1960
Jenny Lamont (uncredited)
Child of Glass
Movie • 1978
Madame Dumaine
Ten Thousand Bedrooms
Movie • 1957
Reporter (uncredited)
Five Aces
Movie • 1999
Grandmother Kalliope
Illusion Infinity
Movie • 2004
Nurse
Tickle Me
Movie • 1965
Ronnie
Once Upon a Dead Man
Movie • 1971
Madame Jarnac
Tonya & Nancy: The Inside Story
Movie • 1994
Skating Judge
Missing Pieces
Movie • 2001
Serena
Skeleton Woman
Movie • 2000
Bone Gatherer
Falcon Crest
TV • 1981
Sister Jeannette
Magnum, P.I.
TV • 1980
Maria
Saved by the Bell: The New Class
TV • 1993
Old Woman
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TV • 2000
Mrs. Aloyna Ivanovna
The Facts of Life
TV • 1979
Alias
TV • 2001
Signora Ventutti
Friends
TV • 1994
Grandma Tribbiani
The Pretender
TV • 1996
Mrs. Nikkos, the Greek Lady
The Bob Newhart Show
TV • 1972
Malcolm in the Middle
TV • 2000
Marica
Kaz
TV • 1978
Omnibus
TV • 1952
Mannix
TV • 1967
Hart to Hart
TV • 1979
Dragnet
TV • 1951
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Matron
Studio One
TV • 1948
Mission: Impossible
TV • 1966
Mrs. Beruch
Ugly Betty
TV • 2006
Yolanda
Baywatch
TV • 1989
Dr. Lester
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Old Woman
ER
TV • 1994
Nurse Edna
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV • 1955
Sybil Delamont
To Rome with Love
TV • 1969
The Outcasts
TV • 1968
Daniel Boone
TV • 1964
Madame Simon
McCloud
TV • 1970
One Step Beyond
TV • 1959
Francesca
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
TV • 1957
Clara
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
TV • 1963
Adventures of Superman
TV • 1952
Adventures in Paradise
TV • 1959
Foridita
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
TV • 1956
The Walter Winchell File
TV • 1957
Panic!
TV • 1957
The Man Called X
TV • 1956
Harbor Command
TV • 1957
The X-Files
TV • 1993
Golda
Maverick
TV • 1957
Sydney Sue Shipley
Frasier
TV • 1993
Mama
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
TV • 1993
Vedek Yassim
Earth 2
TV • 1994
Katrina
Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder
TV • 1987
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Dispatcher
Cafe Americain
TV • 1993
Madame Dussolier
Cool Million
TV • 1972
Party guest
Masquerade
TV • 1983
Dept. Store Customer