Acting
Lilyan Chauvin
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.
Filmography
The Passing
Film · 2011
Sublime
Film · 2007
Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film
Film · 2006
Ugly Betty
Series · 2006
Illusion Infinity
Film · 2004
Duty Dating
Film · 2002
Catch Me If You Can
Film · 2002
The Man Who Wasn't There
Film · 2001
Missing Pieces
Film · 2001
Alias
Series · 2001
Stanley's Gig
Film · 2000
Skeleton Woman
Film · 2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Series · 2000
Malcolm in the Middle
Series · 2000
Five Aces
Film · 1999
The Pretender
Series · 1996
Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings
Film · 1995
Tyson
Film · 1995
Attack of the 5 Ft. 2 Women
Film · 1994
Tonya & Nancy: The Inside Story
Film · 1994
Friends
Series · 1994
ER
Series · 1994
Earth 2
Series · 1994
Saved by the Bell: The New Class
Series · 1993
The X-Files
Series · 1993
Frasier
Series · 1993
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Series · 1993
Cafe Americain
Series · 1993
Stormy Weathers
Film · 1992
Universal Soldier
Film · 1992
No Place to Hide
Film · 1992
Round Trip to Heaven
Film · 1992
For the Very First Time
Film · 1991
Predator 2
Film · 1990
Bad Influence
Film · 1990
Listen to Me
Film · 1989
Death Doll
Film · 1989
Baywatch
Series · 1989
Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2
Film · 1987
Born in East L.A.
Film · 1987
Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder
Series · 1987
Silent Night, Deadly Night
Film · 1984
Murder, She Wrote
Series · 1984
Masquerade
Series · 1983
The Junkman
Film · 1982
Beyond Reason
Film · 1982
Falcon Crest
Series · 1981
Darkroom
Series · 1981
Private Benjamin
Film · 1980
Magnum, P.I.
Series · 1980
Portrait of a Stripper
Film · 1979
The Facts of Life
Series · 1979
Hart to Hart
Series · 1979
Flying High
Film · 1978
Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women
Film · 1978
Child of Glass
Film · 1978
Kaz
Series · 1978
The Other Side of Midnight
Film · 1977
Victory at Entebbe
Film · 1976
Funny Lady
Film · 1975
The Bob Newhart Show
Series · 1972
Cool Million
Series · 1972
The Mephisto Waltz
Film · 1971
Once Upon a Dead Man
Film · 1971
McCloud
Series · 1970
To Rome with Love
Series · 1969
Yours, Mine and Ours
Film · 1968
The Outcasts
Series · 1968
Mannix
Series · 1967
Mission: Impossible
Series · 1966
Tickle Me
Film · 1965
Daniel Boone
Series · 1964
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Series · 1963
Two Weeks in Another Town
Film · 1962
Bloodlust!
Film · 1961
Walk Like a Dragon
Film · 1960
North to Alaska
Film · 1960
North to Alaska
Film · 1960
The Peter Tchaikovsky Story
Film · 1959
One Step Beyond
Series · 1959
Adventures in Paradise
Series · 1959
King Creole
Film · 1958
Lost, Lonely and Vicious
Film · 1958
The Perfect Furlough
Film · 1958
Silk Stockings
Film · 1957
Ten Thousand Bedrooms
Film · 1957
Perry Mason
Series · 1957
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
Series · 1957
The Walter Winchell File
Series · 1957
Panic!
Series · 1957
Harbor Command
Series · 1957
Maverick
Series · 1957
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
Series · 1956
The Man Called X
Series · 1956
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Series · 1955
Omnibus
Series · 1952
Adventures of Superman
Series · 1952
Dragnet
Series · 1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Series · 1951
Studio One
Series · 1948