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