Gender

Female

Birthday, Age

1925 August 06 (99 years old)

Place of Birth

Paris, Île-de-France, France

Date of Death

2008-06-26

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

Actress ( 1 )

Catch Me If You Can Mrs. Lavalier

Full Filmography

Predator 2

as Irene Edwards

Movie • 1990-11-21

Victory at Entebbe

as French Nun

Movie • 1976-12-22

Sublime

as European Nurse

Movie • 2007-06-15

Silent Night, Deadly Night

as Mother Superior

Movie • 1984-11-09

Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings

as Miss Osie

Movie • 1995-10-20

Silk Stockings

as Dancer Sonia (uncredited)

Movie • 1957-06-28

King Creole

as Catherine (uncredited)

Movie • 1958-07-02

Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2

as Mother Superior (archive footage)

Movie • 1987-04-10

Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film

as Self

Movie • 2006-10-13

Lost, Lonely and Vicious

as Tanya Pernaud

Movie • 1958-01-01

Stormy Weathers

as Mrs. Comden

Movie • 1992-05-04

Yours, Mine and Ours

as French Actress on TV Screen

Movie • 1968-04-24

Duty Dating

as Dr. Hartley

Movie • 2002-02-22

Bloodlust!

as Sandra Balleau

Movie • 1961-09-13

Flying High

as Miss Simmons

Movie • 1978-08-28

Universal Soldier

as Mrs. John Devreux

Movie • 1992-07-10

Tyson

as Camille Ewald

Movie • 1995-04-29

Private Benjamin

as Mrs. Trémont

Movie • 1980-10-06

No Place to Hide

as Mother Superior

Movie • 1992-11-06

Portrait of a Stripper

as Yvette

Movie • 1979-10-02

Stanley's Gig

as Grace

Movie • 2000-06-19

Two Weeks in Another Town

as Bar Girl (uncredited)

Movie • 1962-08-17

Walk Like a Dragon

as Mme. Lili Raide

Movie • 1960-06-01

The Mephisto Waltz

as Woman Writer

Movie • 1971-04-09

Listen to Me

Movie • 1989-05-05

The Peter Tchaikovsky Story

as Fanny Durbach

Movie • 1959-01-30

Born in East L.A.

as German Woman

Movie • 1987-08-21

The Passing

as Rebecca Naibert

Movie • 2011-05-20

The Junkman

as French Reporter

Movie • 1982-08-28

Bad Influence

as Art Gallery Patron

Movie • 1990-03-09

Death Doll

as Madame Zerba

Movie • 1989-09-01

Beyond Reason

as Nurse Johnson

Movie • 1985-09-26

Round Trip to Heaven

as Chaperone

Movie • 1992-09-02

Attack of the 5 Ft. 2 Women

as Coach

Movie • 1994-09-08

Catch Me If You Can

as Mrs. Lavalier

Movie • 2002-12-16

The Other Side of Midnight

as Mrs. Page

Movie • 1977-06-08

North to Alaska

as Jenny Lamont

Movie • 1960-11-07

Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women

as Louise

Movie • 1978-05-21

The Man Who Wasn't There

as Medium

Movie • 2001-10-26

Funny Lady

as Mademoiselle

Movie • 1975-03-15

North to Alaska

as Jenny Lamont (uncredited)

Movie • 1960-11-07

Child of Glass

as Madame Dumaine

Movie • 1978-05-14

Ten Thousand Bedrooms

as Reporter (uncredited)

Movie • 1957-04-03

Five Aces

as Grandmother Kalliope

Movie • 1999-05-28

Illusion Infinity

as Nurse

Movie • 2004-01-01

Tickle Me

as Ronnie

Movie • 1965-06-30

Once Upon a Dead Man

as Madame Jarnac

Movie • 1971-09-17

Tonya & Nancy: The Inside Story

as Skating Judge

Movie • 1994-04-30

Missing Pieces

as Serena

Movie • 2001-01-01

Falcon Crest

as Sister Jeannette

Tv • 1981-12-04

Magnum, P.I.

as Maria

Tv • 1980-12-11

Saved by the Bell: The New Class

as Old Woman

Tv • 1993-09-11

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

as Mrs. Aloyna Ivanovna

Tv • 2000-10-06

The Facts of Life

Tv • 1979-08-24

Alias

as Signora Ventutti

Tv • 2001-09-30

Friends

as Grandma Tribbiani

Tv • 1994-09-22

The Pretender

as Mrs. Nikkos, the Greek Lady

Tv • 1996-09-19

The Bob Newhart Show

Tv • 1972-09-16

Malcolm in the Middle

as Marica

Tv • 2000-01-09

Kaz

Tv • 1978-09-10

Omnibus

Tv • 1952-11-09

Mannix

Tv • 1967-09-16

Dragnet

Tv • 1951-12-16

Hart to Hart

Tv • 1979-09-22

Perry Mason

as Matron

Tv • 1957-09-21

Studio One

Tv • 1948-11-07

Mission: Impossible

as Mrs. Beruch

Tv • 1966-09-17

Ugly Betty

as Yolanda

Tv • 2006-09-28

Baywatch

as Dr. Lester

Tv • 1989-04-23

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Old Woman

Tv • 1951-12-24

ER

as Nurse Edna

Tv • 1994-09-19

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Sybil Delamont

Tv • 1955-10-02

To Rome with Love

Tv • 1969-09-28

The Outcasts

Tv • 1968-09-23

Daniel Boone

as Madame Simon

Tv • 1964-09-24

McCloud

Tv • 1970-02-17

One Step Beyond

as Francesca

Tv • 1959-01-20

Richard Diamond, Private Detective

as Clara

Tv • 1957-07-01

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

Tv • 1963-10-04

Adventures of Superman

Tv • 1952-09-19

Adventures in Paradise

as Foridita

Tv • 1959-10-05

The Adventures of Jim Bowie

Tv • 1956-09-07

The Walter Winchell File

Tv • 1957-10-02

Panic!

Tv • 1957-03-05

The Man Called X

Tv • 1956-01-27

Harbor Command

Tv • 1957-10-11

The X-Files

as Golda

Tv • 1993-09-10

Maverick

as Sydney Sue Shipley

Tv • 1957-09-22

Frasier

as Mama

Tv • 1993-09-16

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

as Vedek Yassim

Tv • 1993-01-03

Earth 2

as Katrina

Tv • 1994-11-06

Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder

Tv • 1987-03-22

Murder, She Wrote

as Dispatcher

Tv • 1984-09-30

Cafe Americain

as Madame Dussolier

Tv • 1993-09-18

Cool Million

as Party guest

Tv • 1972-10-28