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.
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Full filmography
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000) as Mrs. Aloyna Ivanovna
- Friends (1994) as Grandma Tribbiani
- The X-Files (1993) as Golda
- Perry Mason (1957) as Matron
- Frasier (1993) as Mama
- ER (1994) as Nurse Edna
- Murder, She Wrote (1984) as Dispatcher
- Malcolm in the Middle (2000) as Marica
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993) as Vedek Yassim
- Maverick (1957) as Sydney Sue Shipley
- Falcon Crest (1981) as Sister Jeannette
- Dragnet (1951)
- Magnum, P.I. (1980) as Maria
- Mannix (1967)
- Baywatch (1989) as Dr. Lester
- The Facts of Life (1979)
- Mission: Impossible (1966) as Mrs. Beruch
- Daniel Boone (1964) as Madame Simon
- The Pretender (1996) as Mrs. Nikkos, the Greek Lady
- Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963)
- Hart to Hart (1979)
- Ugly Betty (2006) as Yolanda
- Studio One (1948)
- Catch Me If You Can (2002) as Mrs. Lavalier