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Known For
Acting
Birthday
August 6, 1925
Died
June 26, 2008
Place of Birth
Paris, Île-de-France, France
Lilyan Chauvin
0.7 Popularity
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
2.3
Rebecca Naibert
The Passing
2011
5.3
European Nurse
Sublime
2007
6.8
Self
Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film
2006
6.4
Yolanda
Ugly Betty
2006
0.0
Nurse
Illusion Infinity
2004
8.0
Mrs. Lavalier
Catch Me If You Can
2002
6.0
Dr. Hartley
Duty Dating
2002
7.5
Medium
The Man Who Wasn't There
2001
6.8
Signora Ventutti
Alias
2001
5.6
Serena
Missing Pieces
2001
Credits
The Passing
as Rebecca Naibert
2011
2.3
Sublime
as European Nurse
2007
5.3
Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film
as Self
2006
6.8
Ugly Betty
as Yolanda
2006
6.4
Illusion Infinity
as Nurse
2004
0.0
Catch Me If You Can
as Mrs. Lavalier
2002
8.0
Duty Dating
as Dr. Hartley
2002
6.0
The Man Who Wasn't There
as Medium
2001
7.5
Alias
as Signora Ventutti
2001
6.8
Missing Pieces
as Serena
2001
5.6
Skeleton Woman
as Bone Gatherer
2000
1.0
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Mrs. Aloyna Ivanovna
2000
7.6
🎬
Stanley's Gig
as Grace
2000
5.8
Malcolm in the Middle
as Marica
2000
8.5
Five Aces
as Grandmother Kalliope
1999
5.7
The Pretender
as Mrs. Nikkos, the Greek Lady
1996
7.3
Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings
as Miss Osie
1995
5.5
Tyson
as Camille Ewald
1995
6.0
Earth 2
as Katrina
1994
6.8
Friends
as Grandma Tribbiani
1994
8.4
ER
as Nurse Edna
1994
7.8
Attack of the 5 Ft. 2 Women
as Coach
1994
4.4
Tonya & Nancy: The Inside Story
as Skating Judge
1994
10.0
Cafe Americain
as Madame Dussolier
1993
6.3
Frasier
as Mama
1993
7.7
Saved by the Bell: The New Class
as Old Woman
1993
5.9
The X-Files
as Golda
1993
8.4
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
as Vedek Yassim
1993
7.9
No Place to Hide
as Mother Superior
1992
5.3
Round Trip to Heaven
as Chaperone
1992
3.1
Universal Soldier
as Mrs. John Devreux
1992
6.3
Stormy Weathers
as Mrs. Comden
1992
4.7
Predator 2
as Irene Edwards
1990
6.3
Bad Influence
as Art Gallery Patron
1990
6.0
Death Doll
as Madame Zerba
1989
5.0
Listen to Me
1989
5.3
Baywatch
as Dr. Lester
1989
6.0
Born in East L.A.
as German Woman
1987
5.8
Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2
as Mother Superior (archive footage)
1987
4.4
Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder
1987
6.5
Silent Night, Deadly Night
as Mother Superior
1984
5.9
Murder, She Wrote
as Dispatcher
1984
7.5
The Junkman
as French Reporter
1982
5.0
Beyond Reason
as Nurse Johnson
1982
0.0
Falcon Crest
as Sister Jeannette
1981
5.5
Magnum, P.I.
as Maria
1980
7.3
Private Benjamin
as Mrs. Trémont
1980
6.0
Portrait of a Stripper
as Yvette
1979
2.0
Hart to Hart
1979
6.9
The Facts of Life
1979
7.1
Kaz
1978
5.0
Flying High
as Miss Simmons
1978
0.0
Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women
as Louise
1978
5.0
Child of Glass
as Madame Dumaine
1978
5.4
The Other Side of Midnight
as Mrs. Page
1977
5.9
Victory at Entebbe
as French Nun
1976
5.0
Funny Lady
as Mademoiselle
1975
5.2
Cool Million
as Party guest
1972
5.0
The Bob Newhart Show
1972
7.5
Once Upon a Dead Man
as Madame Jarnac
1971
7.0
The Mephisto Waltz
as Woman Writer
1971
5.9
McCloud
1970
7.1
To Rome with Love
1969
5.0
The Outcasts
1968
5.3
Yours, Mine and Ours
as French Actress on TV Screen
1968
6.9
Mannix
1967
6.7
Mission: Impossible
as Mrs. Beruch
1966
7.6
Tickle Me
as Ronnie
1965
5.9
Daniel Boone
as Madame Simon
1964
7.0
🎬
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
5.7
Two Weeks in Another Town
as Bar Girl (uncredited)
1962
5.9
Bloodlust!
as Sandra Balleau
1961
4.3
North to Alaska
as Jenny Lamont
1960
6.5
North to Alaska
as Jenny Lamont (uncredited)
1960
6.5
Walk Like a Dragon
as Mme. Lili Raide
1960
5.0
Adventures in Paradise
as Foridita
1959
5.7
The Peter Tchaikovsky Story
as Fanny Durbach
1959
7.0
One Step Beyond
as Francesca
1959
5.6
King Creole
as Catherine (uncredited)
1958
6.3
Lost, Lonely and Vicious
as Tanya Pernaud
1958
4.8
Harbor Command
1957
4.0
The Walter Winchell File
1957
5.0
Maverick
as Sydney Sue Shipley
1957
6.9
Perry Mason
as Matron
1957
7.7
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
as Clara
1957
6.2
Silk Stockings
as Dancer Sonia (uncredited)
1957
6.7
Ten Thousand Bedrooms
as Reporter (uncredited)
1957
5.0
Panic!
1957
0.0
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
5.0
The Man Called X
1956
0.0
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Sybil Delamont
1955
7.8
Omnibus
1952
6.0
Adventures of Superman
1952
6.6
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Old Woman
1951
8.6
Dragnet
1951
6.4
Studio One
1948
5.0