Lilyan Chauvin
Acting
🎂 1925-08-06
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.
Cast credits(95)
Mrs. Aloyna Ivanovna
2000
Grandma Tribbiani
1994
Matron
1957
Mama
1993
Dispatcher
1984
Golda
1993
Marica
2000
Dr. Lester
1989
Maria
1980
Sydney Sue Shipley
1957
Vedek Yassim
1993
Nurse Edna
1994
1951
Sister Jeannette
1981
1967
Mrs. Beruch
1966
1979
1948
Madame Simon
1964
Mrs. Lavalier
2002
1963
Mrs. Nikkos, the Greek Lady
1996
1979
Yolanda
2006
1952
1970
Francesca
1959
Clara
1957
Sybil Delamont
1955
Irene Edwards
1990
1956
Old Woman
1993
1972
Foridita
1959
1952
French Actress on TV Screen
1968
Katrina
1994
Mrs. John Devreux
1992
1957
Signora Ventutti
2001
1978
1968
Miss Simmons
1978
Rebecca Naibert
2011
French Nun
1976
Medium
2001
Madame Jarnac
1971
Art Gallery Patron
1990
1957
Jenny Lamont
1960
Jenny Lamont (uncredited)
1960
Grandmother Kalliope
1999
Woman Writer
1971
Nurse Johnson
1985
Dancer Sonia (uncredited)
1957
Mother Superior
1992
European Nurse
2007
Camille Ewald
1995
Mme. Lili Raide
1960
1987
German Woman
1987
Grace
2000
Skating Judge
1994
Party guest
1972
1969
Madame Dussolier
1993
Mrs. Trémont
1980
Old Woman
1951
Mrs. Page
1977
Chaperone
1992
Catherine (uncredited)
1958
Mother Superior (archive footage)
1987
Miss Osie
1995
Sandra Balleau
1961
1956
Fanny Durbach
1959
Mademoiselle
1975
1957
Bar Girl (uncredited)
1962
Self
2006
Mrs. Comden
1992
Ronnie
1965
Nurse
2004
Reporter (uncredited)
1957
1989
French Reporter
1982
Yvette
1979
Mother Superior
1984
Coach
1994
Louise
1978
Madame Dumaine
1978
Serena
2001
Tanya Pernaud
1958
Dr. Hartley
2002
Madame Zerba
1989