Lilyan Chauvin
Known for: Acting
Born: August 6, 1925
Died: June 26, 2008
Place of birth: Paris, Île-de-France, France
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.
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Filmography
51 movies · 48 TV shows, newest first
3.1
The Passing
2011
5.3
Sublime
2007
6.8
Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film
2006
6.4
Ugly Betty
2006
8.0
Illusion Infinity
2004
8.0
Catch Me If You Can
2002
6.8
Duty Dating
2002
7.5
The Man Who Wasn't There
2001
6.8
Alias
2001
5.7
Missing Pieces
2001
3.3
Skeleton Woman
2000
7.6
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
6.2
Stanley's Gig
2000
8.5
Malcolm in the Middle
2000
5.9
Five Aces
1999
7.4
The Pretender
1996
5.6
Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings
1995
6.0
Tyson
1995
6.8
Earth 2
1994
8.4
Friends
1994
7.8
ER
1994
5.1
Attack of the 5 Ft. 2 Women
1994
9.0
Tonya & Nancy: The Inside Story
1994
7.0
Cafe Americain
1993
7.7
Frasier
1993
6.0
Saved by the Bell: The New Class
1993
8.4
The X-Files
1993
7.9
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993
5.5
No Place to Hide
1992
3.7
Round Trip to Heaven
1992
6.3
Universal Soldier
1992
5.5
Stormy Weathers
1992
7.3
For the Very First Time
1991
6.3
Predator 2
1990
6.0
Bad Influence
1990
5.5
Death Doll
1989
5.4
Listen to Me
1989
6.0
Baywatch
1989
5.8
Born in East L.A.
1987
4.4
Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2
1987
7.7
Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder
1987
5.9
Silent Night, Deadly Night
1984
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
1984
7.5
Masquerade
1983
5.0
The Junkman
1982
7.0
Beyond Reason
1982
5.5
Falcon Crest
1981
7.2
Darkroom
1981
7.3
Magnum, P.I.
1980
6.0
Private Benjamin
1980
4.0
Portrait of a Stripper
1979
6.9
Hart to Hart
1979
7.1
The Facts of Life
1979
7.0
Kaz
1978
9.0
Flying High
1978
7.0
Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women
1978
5.6
Child of Glass
1978
5.9
The Other Side of Midnight
1977
5.1
Victory at Entebbe
1976
5.3
Funny Lady
1975
7.0
Cool Million
1972
7.5
The Bob Newhart Show
1972
7.0
Once Upon a Dead Man
1971
6.0
The Mephisto Waltz
1971
7.2
McCloud
1970
7.0
To Rome with Love
1969
6.5
The Outcasts
1968
6.9
Yours, Mine and Ours
1968
6.8
Mannix
1967
7.6
Mission: Impossible
1966
6.0
Tickle Me
1965
7.0
Daniel Boone
19645.9
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
5.9
Two Weeks in Another Town
1962
4.4
Bloodlust!
1961
6.5
North to Alaska
1960
6.3
Walk Like a Dragon
1960
6.1
Adventures in Paradise
1959
8.3
The Peter Tchaikovsky Story
1959
5.7
One Step Beyond
1959
6.7
The Perfect Furlough
1958
6.4
King Creole
1958
5.2
Lost, Lonely and Vicious
1958
4.0
Harbor Command
1957
7.5
The Walter Winchell File
1957
7.0
Maverick
1957
7.7
Perry Mason
1957
6.9
Silk Stockings
1957
6.8
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957
5.6
Ten Thousand Bedrooms
1957
8.0
Panic!
1957
5.3
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
10.0
The Man Called X
1956
7.8
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
7.0
Omnibus
1952
6.7
Adventures of Superman
1952
8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
6.5
Dragnet
1951
5.4
Studio One
1948