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