Lilyan Chauvin
Acting
- Born:
- 1925-08-06
- Died:
- 2008-06-26
- 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
Filmography
The Passing
Sublime
Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film
Ugly Betty
Illusion Infinity
Catch Me If You Can
Duty Dating
The Man Who Wasn't There
Alias
Missing Pieces
Skeleton Woman
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Stanley's Gig
Malcolm in the Middle
Five Aces
The Pretender
Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings
Tyson
Earth 2
Friends
ER
Attack of the 5 Ft. 2 Women
Tonya & Nancy: The Inside Story
Cafe Americain
Frasier
Saved by the Bell: The New Class
The X-Files
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
No Place to Hide
Round Trip to Heaven
Universal Soldier
Stormy Weathers
For the Very First Time
Predator 2
Bad Influence
Death Doll
Listen to Me
Baywatch
Born in East L.A.
Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2
Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder
Silent Night, Deadly Night
Murder, She Wrote
Masquerade
The Junkman
Beyond Reason
Falcon Crest
Darkroom
Magnum, P.I.
Private Benjamin
Portrait of a Stripper
Hart to Hart
The Facts of Life
Kaz
Flying High
Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women
Child of Glass
The Other Side of Midnight
Victory at Entebbe
Funny Lady
Cool Million
The Bob Newhart Show
Once Upon a Dead Man
The Mephisto Waltz
McCloud
To Rome with Love
The Outcasts
Yours, Mine and Ours
Mannix
Mission: Impossible
Tickle Me
Daniel Boone
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Two Weeks in Another Town
Bloodlust!
North to Alaska
Walk Like a Dragon
Adventures in Paradise
The Peter Tchaikovsky Story
One Step Beyond
The Perfect Furlough
King Creole
Lost, Lonely and Vicious
Harbor Command
The Walter Winchell File
Maverick
Perry Mason
Silk Stockings
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
Ten Thousand Bedrooms
Panic!
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
The Man Called X
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Omnibus
Adventures of Superman
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Dragnet
Studio One