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

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Friends

Perry Mason

The X-Files

ER

Frasier

Murder, She Wrote

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

All Movies (50)

• The Passing2011 · as Rebecca Naibert
• Sublime2007 · as European Nurse
• Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film2006 · as Self
• Illusion Infinity2004 · as Nurse
• Catch Me If You Can2002 · as Mrs. Lavalier
• Duty Dating2002 · as Dr. Hartley
• The Man Who Wasn't There2001 · as Medium
• Missing Pieces2001 · as Serena
• Skeleton Woman2000 · as Bone Gatherer
• Stanley's Gig2000 · as Grace
• Five Aces1999 · as Grandmother Kalliope
• Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings1995 · as Miss Osie
• Tyson1995 · as Camille Ewald
• Attack of the 5 Ft. 2 Women1994 · as Coach
• Tonya & Nancy: The Inside Story1994 · as Skating Judge
• No Place to Hide1992 · as Mother Superior
• Round Trip to Heaven1992 · as Chaperone
• Universal Soldier1992 · as Mrs. John Devreux
• Stormy Weathers1992 · as Mrs. Comden
• Predator 21990 · as Irene Edwards
• Bad Influence1990 · as Art Gallery Patron
• Death Doll1989 · as Madame Zerba
• Listen to Me1989
• Born in East L.A.1987 · as German Woman
• Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 21987 · as Mother Superior (archive footage)
• Silent Night, Deadly Night1984 · as Mother Superior
• The Junkman1982 · as French Reporter
• Beyond Reason1982 · as Nurse Johnson
• Private Benjamin1980 · as Mrs. Trémont
• Portrait of a Stripper1979 · as Yvette
• Flying High1978 · as Miss Simmons
• Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women1978 · as Louise
• Child of Glass1978 · as Madame Dumaine
• The Other Side of Midnight1977 · as Mrs. Page
• Victory at Entebbe1976 · as French Nun
• Funny Lady1975 · as Mademoiselle
• Once Upon a Dead Man1971 · as Madame Jarnac
• The Mephisto Waltz1971 · as Woman Writer
• Yours, Mine and Ours1968 · as French Actress on TV Screen
• Tickle Me1965 · as Ronnie
• Two Weeks in Another Town1962 · as Bar Girl (uncredited)
• Bloodlust!1961 · as Sandra Balleau
• North to Alaska1960 · as Jenny Lamont
• North to Alaska1960 · as Jenny Lamont (uncredited)
• Walk Like a Dragon1960 · as Mme. Lili Raide
• The Peter Tchaikovsky Story1959 · as Fanny Durbach
• King Creole1958 · as Catherine (uncredited)
• Lost, Lonely and Vicious1958 · as Tanya Pernaud
• Silk Stockings1957 · as Dancer Sonia (uncredited)
• Ten Thousand Bedrooms1957 · as Reporter (uncredited)

All TV Shows (48)

• Ugly Betty2006 · as Yolanda
• Alias2001 · as Signora Ventutti
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation2000 · as Mrs. Aloyna Ivanovna
• Malcolm in the Middle2000 · as Marica
• The Pretender1996 · as Mrs. Nikkos, the Greek Lady
• Earth 21994 · as Katrina
• Friends1994 · as Grandma Tribbiani
• ER1994 · as Nurse Edna
• Cafe Americain1993 · as Madame Dussolier
• Frasier1993 · as Mama
• Saved by the Bell: The New Class1993 · as Old Woman
• The X-Files1993 · as Golda
• Star Trek: Deep Space Nine1993 · as Vedek Yassim
• Baywatch1989 · as Dr. Lester
• Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder1987
• Murder, She Wrote1984 · as Dispatcher
• Masquerade1983 · as Dept. Store Customer
• Falcon Crest1981 · as Sister Jeannette
• Darkroom1981 · as Madame LeClerc
• Magnum, P.I.1980 · as Maria
• Hart to Hart1979
• The Facts of Life1979
• Kaz1978
• Cool Million1972 · as Party guest
• The Bob Newhart Show1972 · as Olga
• McCloud1970
• To Rome with Love1969
• The Outcasts1968
• Mannix1967
• Mission: Impossible1966 · as Mrs. Beruch
• Daniel Boone1964 · as Madame Simon
• Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre1963
• Adventures in Paradise1959 · as Foridita
• One Step Beyond1959 · as Francesca
• Harbor Command1957
• The Walter Winchell File1957
• Maverick1957 · as Sydney Sue Shipley
• Perry Mason1957 · as Matron
• Richard Diamond, Private Detective1957 · as Clara
• Panic!1957
• The Adventures of Jim Bowie1956
• The Man Called X1956
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents1955 · as Sybil Delamont
• Omnibus1952
• Adventures of Superman1952
• Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Old Woman
• Dragnet1951
• Studio One1948