Lilyan Chauvin
Known for: Acting
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
Series
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Mrs. Aloyna Ivanovna
2000
Series
Friends
Grandma Tribbiani
1994
Series
Frasier
Mama
1993
Series
Perry Mason
Matron
1957
Series
The X-Files
Golda
1993
Series
Murder, She Wrote
Dispatcher
1984
Series
ER
Nurse Edna
1994
Series
Malcolm in the Middle
Marica
2000
Series
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Vedek Yassim
1993
Series
Magnum, P.I.
Maria
1980
Series
Falcon Crest
Sister Jeannette
1981
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
Series
Mission: Impossible
Mrs. Beruch
1966
Series
Mannix
1967
Series
Dragnet
1951
Series
The Facts of Life
1979
Series
Maverick
Sydney Sue Shipley
1957
Series
Baywatch
Dr. Lester
1989
Series
Hart to Hart
1979
Series
Daniel Boone
Madame Simon
1964
Series
The Pretender
Mrs. Nikkos, the Greek Lady
1996
Series
Studio One
1948
Film
Catch Me If You Can
Mrs. Lavalier
2002
Series
Ugly Betty
Yolanda
2006
Series
Adventures of Superman
1952
Series
The Bob Newhart Show
Olga
1972
Series
One Step Beyond
Francesca
1959
Series
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
Clara
1957
Series
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Sybil Delamont
1955
Series
McCloud
1970
Series
Saved by the Bell: The New Class
Old Woman
1993
Film
Predator 2
Irene Edwards
1990
Series
Adventures in Paradise
Foridita
1959
Series
Omnibus
1952
Series
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
Film
Universal Soldier
Mrs. John Devreux
1992
Series
Alias
Signora Ventutti
2001
Series
Cafe Americain
Madame Dussolier
1993
Series
Earth 2
Katrina
1994
Series
Masquerade
Dept. Store Customer
1983
Series
To Rome with Love
1969
Film
The Man Who Wasn't There
Medium
2001
Series
The Walter Winchell File
1957
Series
The Outcasts
1968
Series
Darkroom
Madame LeClerc
1981
Series
Harbor Command
1957
Series
Panic!
1957
Film
Private Benjamin
Mrs. Trémont
1980
Series
Kaz
1978
Series
The Man Called X
1956
Film
Yours, Mine and Ours
French Actress on TV Screen
1968
Series
Cool Million
Party guest
1972
Film
Bad Influence
Art Gallery Patron
1990
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Old Woman
1951
Film
North to Alaska
Jenny Lamont
1960
Film
North to Alaska
Jenny Lamont (uncredited)
1960
Film
Silk Stockings
Dancer Sonia (uncredited)
1957
Film
Victory at Entebbe
French Nun
1976
Film
Tickle Me
Ronnie
1965
Film
The Other Side of Midnight
Mrs. Page
1977
Film
King Creole
Catherine (uncredited)
1958
Film
Funny Lady
Mademoiselle
1975
Film
Silent Night, Deadly Night
Mother Superior
1984
Series
Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder
1987
Film
Sublime
European Nurse
2007
Film
Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings
Miss Osie
1995
Film
The Mephisto Waltz
Woman Writer
1971
Film
Listen to Me
1989
Film
Tyson
Camille Ewald
1995
Film
Born in East L.A.
German Woman
1987
Film
Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2
Mother Superior (archive footage)
1987
Film
Two Weeks in Another Town
Bar Girl (uncredited)
1962
Film
Ten Thousand Bedrooms
Reporter (uncredited)
1957
Film
The Perfect Furlough
French Nurse
1958
Film
The Junkman
French Reporter
1982
Film
No Place to Hide
Mother Superior
1992
Film
Attack of the 5 Ft. 2 Women
Coach
1994
Film
Five Aces
Grandmother Kalliope
1999
Film
Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film
Self
2006
Film
Bloodlust!
Sandra Balleau
1961
Film
Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women
Louise
1978
Film
Missing Pieces
Serena
2001
Film
Child of Glass
Madame Dumaine
1978
Film
Stormy Weathers
Mrs. Comden
1992
Film
Walk Like a Dragon
Mme. Lili Raide
1960
Film
Death Doll
Madame Zerba
1989
Film
Flying High
Miss Simmons
1978
Film
Portrait of a Stripper
Yvette
1979
Film
Round Trip to Heaven
Chaperone
1992
Film
Once Upon a Dead Man
Madame Jarnac
1971
Film
For the Very First Time
Sister Eugenia
1991
Film
Stanley's Gig
Grace
2000
Film
Tonya & Nancy: The Inside Story
Skating Judge
1994
Film
The Passing
Rebecca Naibert
2011
Film
Duty Dating
Dr. Hartley
2002
Film
Beyond Reason
Nurse Johnson
1982
Film
Illusion Infinity
Nurse
2004
Film
The Peter Tchaikovsky Story
Fanny Durbach
1959
Film
Skeleton Woman
Bone Gatherer
2000
Film
Lost, Lonely and Vicious
Tanya Pernaud
1958