Lilyan Chauvin
Acting
Born: 1925-08-06 in 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
Catch Me If You Can
Mrs. Lavalier
Friends
Grandma Tribbiani
Malcolm in the Middle
Marica
Predator 2
Irene Edwards
The X-Files
Golda
Universal Soldier
Mrs. John Devreux
The Man Who Wasn't There
Medium
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Mrs. Aloyna Ivanovna
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Vedek Yassim
ER
Nurse Edna
Frasier
Mama
Alias
Signora Ventutti
Baywatch
Dr. Lester
Murder, She Wrote
Dispatcher
Magnum, P.I.
Maria
Silent Night, Deadly Night
Mother Superior
Private Benjamin
Mrs. Trémont
Mission: Impossible
Mrs. Beruch
Ugly Betty
Yolanda
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Sybil Delamont
The Pretender
Mrs. Nikkos, the Greek Lady
Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings
Miss Osie
Bad Influence
Art Gallery Patron
Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2
Mother Superior (archive footage)
Yours, Mine and Ours
French Actress on TV Screen
North to Alaska
Jenny Lamont
North to Alaska
Jenny Lamont (uncredited)
Perry Mason
Matron
Hart to Hart
Sublime
European Nurse
Born in East L.A.
German Woman
King Creole
Catherine (uncredited)
The Facts of Life
Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film
Self
Earth 2
Katrina
The Mephisto Waltz
Woman Writer
Funny Lady
Mademoiselle
Falcon Crest
Sister Jeannette
The Bob Newhart Show
Olga
Silk Stockings
Dancer Sonia (uncredited)