Lilyan Chauvin
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
Irene Edwards
Predator 2
French Nun
Victory at Entebbe
European Nurse
Sublime
Mother Superior
Silent Night, Deadly Night
Miss Osie
Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings
Dancer Sonia (uncredited)
Silk Stockings
Catherine (uncredited)
King Creole
Mother Superior (archive footage)
Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2
Self
Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film
Tanya Pernaud
Lost, Lonely and Vicious
Mrs. Comden
Stormy Weathers
French Actress on TV Screen
Yours, Mine and Ours
Dr. Hartley
Duty Dating
Sandra Balleau
Bloodlust!
Miss Simmons
Flying High
Mrs. John Devreux
Universal Soldier
Camille Ewald
Tyson
Mrs. Trémont
Private Benjamin
Mother Superior
No Place To Hide
Yvette
Portrait of a Stripper
Grace
Stanley's Gig
Bar Girl (uncredited)
Two Weeks in Another Town
Mme. Lili Raide
Walk Like a Dragon
Woman Writer
The Mephisto Waltz
Listen to Me
Fanny Durbach
The Peter Tchaikovsky Story
German Woman
Born in East L.A.
Rebecca Naibert
The Passing
French Reporter
The Junkman
Art Gallery Patron
Bad Influence
Madame Zerba
Death Doll
Nurse Johnson
Beyond Reason
Chaperone
Round Trip to Heaven
Coach
Attack of the 5 Ft. 2 Women
Mrs. Lavalier
Catch Me If You Can
Mrs. Page
The Other Side of Midnight
Jenny Lamont
North to Alaska
Louise
Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women
Medium
The Man Who Wasn't There
Mademoiselle
Funny Lady
Jenny Lamont (uncredited)
North to Alaska
Madame Dumaine
Child of Glass
Reporter (uncredited)
Ten Thousand Bedrooms
Grandmother Kalliope
Five Aces
Nurse
Illusion Infinity
Ronnie
Tickle Me
Madame Jarnac
Once Upon a Dead Man
Skating Judge
Tonya & Nancy: The Inside Story
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
48
Gender
Female
Birthday
1925-08-06
Place of Birth
Paris, Île-de-France, France
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