Lilyan Chauvin
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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
Credits
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
as Mrs. Lavalier
Predator 2 (1990)
as Irene Edwards
Universal Soldier (1992)
as Mrs. John Devreux
The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)
as Medium
King Creole (1958)
as Catherine (uncredited)
Bad Influence (1990)
as Art Gallery Patron
Private Benjamin (1980)
as Mrs. Trémont
Yours, Mine and Ours (1968)
as French Actress on TV Screen
Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984)
as Mother Superior
The Other Side of Midnight (1977)
as Mrs. Page
North to Alaska (1960)
as Jenny Lamont
Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2 (1987)
as Mother Superior (archive footage)
Funny Lady (1975)
as Mademoiselle
Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings (1995)
as Miss Osie
Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film (2006)
as Self
Two Weeks in Another Town (1962)
as Bar Girl (uncredited)
Sublime (2007)
as European Nurse
Silk Stockings (1957)
as Dancer Sonia (uncredited)
Tickle Me (1965)
as Ronnie
Attack of the 5 Ft. 2 Women (1994)
as Coach
Born in East L.A. (1987)
as German Woman
No Place to Hide (1992)
as Mother Superior
Tyson (1995)
as Camille Ewald
Victory at Entebbe (1976)
as French Nun
Walk Like a Dragon (1960)
as Mme. Lili Raide
Listen to Me (1989)
Actor
For the Very First Time (1991)
as Sister Eugenia
The Perfect Furlough (1958)
as French Nurse
The Mephisto Waltz (1971)
as Woman Writer
Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women (1978)
as Louise
Death Doll (1989)
as Madame Zerba
Ten Thousand Bedrooms (1957)
as Reporter (uncredited)
Portrait of a Stripper (1979)
as Yvette
Round Trip to Heaven (1992)
as Chaperone
Child of Glass (1978)
as Madame Dumaine
Once Upon a Dead Man (1971)
as Madame Jarnac
Tonya & Nancy: The Inside Story (1994)
as Skating Judge
The Peter Tchaikovsky Story (1959)
as Fanny Durbach
Five Aces (1999)
as Grandmother Kalliope
The Junkman (1982)
as French Reporter
Stormy Weathers (1992)
as Mrs. Comden
Missing Pieces (2001)
as Serena
Illusion Infinity (2004)
as Nurse
Beyond Reason (1982)
as Nurse Johnson
Lost, Lonely and Vicious (1958)
as Tanya Pernaud
Stanley's Gig (2000)
as Grace
Flying High (1978)
as Miss Simmons
Bloodlust! (1961)
as Sandra Balleau
The Passing (2011)
as Rebecca Naibert
Duty Dating (2002)
as Dr. Hartley
Skeleton Woman (2000)
as Bone Gatherer