Lilyan Chauvin

Acting

Born Aug 06, 1925

From Paris, Île-de-France, France

Died Jun 26, 2008

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.

Lilyan Chauvin

Known For

Catch Me If You Can

Predator 2

Universal Soldier

The Man Who Wasn't There

Yours, Mine and Ours

Private Benjamin

Bad Influence

North to Alaska

Silk Stockings

Tyson

Filmography — Acting

Catch Me If You Can

Predator 2

Universal Soldier

The Man Who Wasn't There

Yours, Mine and Ours

Private Benjamin

Bad Influence

North to Alaska

Silk Stockings

Tyson

Born in East L.A.

Funny Lady

Victory at Entebbe

Sublime

Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings

King Creole

Silent Night, Deadly Night

Tickle Me

The Mephisto Waltz

Listen to Me

The Other Side of Midnight

Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2

Attack of the 5 Ft. 2 Women

Two Weeks in Another Town

Five Aces

Walk Like a Dragon

Flying High

Round Trip to Heaven

Portrait of a Stripper

The Passing

No Place to Hide

Once Upon a Dead Man

The Junkman

Bloodlust!

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

Tonya & Nancy: The Inside Story

Stanley's Gig

Illusion Infinity

Beyond Reason

Missing Pieces

Ten Thousand Bedrooms

Duty Dating

Stormy Weathers

Child of Glass

Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women

Lost, Lonely and Vicious

Death Doll

The Peter Tchaikovsky Story

Skeleton Woman