Lilyan Chauvin
ActingFrench 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
Catch Me If You Can
Mrs. Lavalier
Predator 2
Irene Edwards
Universal Soldier
Mrs. John Devreux
The Man Who Wasn't There
Medium
Yours, Mine and Ours
French Actress on TV Screen
Private Benjamin
Mrs. Trémont
Bad Influence
Art Gallery Patron
North to Alaska
Jenny Lamont
Silk Stockings
Dancer Sonia (uncredited)
Tyson
Camille Ewald
Filmography — Acting
Catch Me If You Can
Mrs. Lavalier
Predator 2
Irene Edwards
Universal Soldier
Mrs. John Devreux
The Man Who Wasn't There
Medium
Yours, Mine and Ours
French Actress on TV Screen
Private Benjamin
Mrs. Trémont
Bad Influence
Art Gallery Patron
North to Alaska
Jenny Lamont
Silk Stockings
Dancer Sonia (uncredited)
Tyson
Camille Ewald
Born in East L.A.
German Woman
Funny Lady
Mademoiselle
Victory at Entebbe
French Nun
Sublime
European Nurse
Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings
Miss Osie
King Creole
Catherine (uncredited)
Silent Night, Deadly Night
Mother Superior
Tickle Me
Ronnie
The Mephisto Waltz
Woman Writer
Listen to Me
The Other Side of Midnight
Mrs. Page
Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2
Mother Superior (archive footage)
Attack of the 5 Ft. 2 Women
Coach
Two Weeks in Another Town
Bar Girl (uncredited)
Five Aces
Grandmother Kalliope
Walk Like a Dragon
Mme. Lili Raide
Flying High
Miss Simmons
Round Trip to Heaven
Chaperone
Portrait of a Stripper
Yvette
The Passing
Rebecca Naibert
No Place to Hide
Mother Superior
Once Upon a Dead Man
Madame Jarnac
The Junkman
French Reporter
Bloodlust!
Sandra Balleau
Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film
Self
Tonya & Nancy: The Inside Story
Skating Judge
Stanley's Gig
Grace
Illusion Infinity
Nurse
Beyond Reason
Nurse Johnson
Missing Pieces
Serena
Ten Thousand Bedrooms
Reporter (uncredited)
Duty Dating
Dr. Hartley
Stormy Weathers
Mrs. Comden
Child of Glass
Madame Dumaine
Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women
Louise
Lost, Lonely and Vicious
Tanya Pernaud
Death Doll
Madame Zerba
The Peter Tchaikovsky Story
Fanny Durbach
Skeleton Woman
Bone Gatherer