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 Dammes mother, and Steven Spielbergs Catch Me If You Can (2002) with Tom Hanks and Leonardo DiCaprio.

All movies available from Lilyan Chauvin

Poster movie Predator 2

Predator 2

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Poster movie Victory at Entebbe

Victory at Entebbe

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Poster movie Sublime

Sublime

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Poster movie Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings

Pumpkinhead II: Blood Win

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Poster movie Universal Soldier

Universal Soldier

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Poster movie Tyson

Tyson

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Poster movie Private Benjamin

Private Benjamin

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Poster movie Portrait of a Stripper

Portrait of a Stripper

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Poster movie Walk Like a Dragon

Walk Like a Dragon

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Poster movie Bad Influence

Bad Influence

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Poster movie Attack of the 5 Ft. 2 Women

Attack of the 5 Ft. 2 Wom

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Poster movie Catch Me If You Can

Catch Me If You Can

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Poster movie North to Alaska

North to Alaska

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Poster movie The Man Who Wasn't There

The Man Who Wasn't There

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Poster movie Funny Lady

Funny Lady

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Poster movie North to Alaska

North to Alaska

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Poster movie Tickle Me

Tickle Me

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Poster movie Saved by the Bell: The New Class

Saved by the Bell: The Ne

Tv series
Poster movie Perry Mason

Perry Mason

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Poster movie Ugly Betty

Ugly Betty

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Poster movie Baywatch

Baywatch

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Poster movie Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame

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Poster movie ER

ER

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Poster movie One Step Beyond

One Step Beyond

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Poster movie Richard Diamond, Private Detective

Richard Diamond, Private

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Poster movie The X-Files

The X-Files

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Poster movie Frasier

Frasier

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Poster movie Earth 2

Earth 2

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Poster movie Cool Million

Cool Million

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Movies unavailable from Lilyan Chauvin

Silent Night, Deadly Night

Mother Superior

Movie 1984

Silk Stockings

Dancer Sonia (uncredited)

Movie 1957

King Creole

Catherine (uncredited)

Movie 1958

Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2

Mother Superior (archive footage)

Movie 1987

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

Self

Movie 2006

Lost, Lonely and Vicious

Tanya Pernaud

Movie 1958

Stormy Weathers

Mrs. Comden

Movie 1992

Yours, Mine and Ours

French Actress on TV Screen

Movie 1968

Duty Dating

Dr. Hartley

Movie 2002

Bloodlust!

Sandra Balleau

Movie 1961

Flying High

Miss Simmons

Movie 1978

No Place To Hide

Mother Superior

Movie 1992

Stanley's Gig

Grace

Movie 2000

Two Weeks in Another Town

Bar Girl (uncredited)

Movie 1962

The Mephisto Waltz

Woman Writer

Movie 1971

Listen to Me

Movie 1989

The Peter Tchaikovsky Story

Fanny Durbach

Movie 1959

Born in East L.A.

German Woman

Movie 1987

The Passing

Rebecca Naibert

Movie 2011

The Junkman

French Reporter

Movie 1982

Round Trip to Heaven

Chaperone

Movie 1992

Death Doll

Madame Zerba

Movie 1989

Beyond Reason

Nurse Johnson

Movie 1985

The Other Side of Midnight

Mrs. Page

Movie 1977

Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women

Louise

Movie 1978

Child of Glass

Madame Dumaine

Movie 1978

Ten Thousand Bedrooms

Reporter (uncredited)

Movie 1957

Five Aces

Grandmother Kalliope

Movie 1999

Illusion Infinity

Nurse

Movie 2004

Once Upon a Dead Man

Madame Jarnac

Movie 1971

Tonya & Nancy: The Inside Story

Skating Judge

Movie 1994

Tv series unavailable from Lilyan Chauvin

Falcon Crest

Sister Jeannette

Tv 1981

Magnum, P.I.

Tv 1980

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Mrs. Aloyna Ivanovna

Tv 2000

The Facts of Life

Tv 1979

Alias

Signora Ventutti

Tv 2001

Friends

Grandma Tribbiani

Tv 1994

The Pretender

Mrs. Nikkos, the Greek Lady

Tv 1996

The Bob Newhart Show

Tv 1972

Malcolm in the Middle

Marica

Tv 2000

Kaz

Tv 1978

Omnibus

Tv 1952

Mannix

Tv 1967

Hart to Hart

Tv 1979

Dragnet

Tv 1951

Studio One

Tv 1948

Mission: Impossible

Mrs. Beruch

Tv 1966

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Sybil Delamont

Tv 1955

To Rome with Love

Tv 1969

The Outcasts

Tv 1968

Daniel Boone

Madame Simon

Tv 1964

McCloud

Tv 1970

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

Tv 1963

Adventures of Superman

Tv 1952

Adventures in Paradise

Foridita

Tv 1959

The Adventures of Jim Bowie

Tv 1956

The Walter Winchell File

Tv 1957

Panic!

Tv 1957

The Man Called X

Tv 1956

Harbor Command

Tv 1957

Maverick

Sydney Sue Shipley

Tv 1957

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Vedek Yassim

Tv 1993

Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder

Tv 1987

Murder, She Wrote

Dispatcher

Tv 1984

Cafe Americain

Madame Dussolier

Tv 1993