Acting
Lilyan Chauvin
Born Aug 6, 1925 · 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.
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Acting
The Passing
2011
Horror
Sublime
2007
Horror · Thriller
Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film
2006
Documentary · Horror
Ugly Betty
2006
Comedy · Drama
Illusion Infinity
2004
Drama
Catch Me If You Can
2002
Drama · Crime
Duty Dating
2002
Comedy · Romance
The Man Who Wasn't There
2001
Crime · Drama
Alias
2001
Action & Adventure · Drama
Missing Pieces
2001
Drama · TV Movie
Skeleton Woman
2000
Drama
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
Crime · Drama · Mystery
Stanley's Gig
2000
Drama · Music
Malcolm in the Middle
2000
Comedy
Five Aces
1999
Drama · Comedy
The Pretender
1996
Drama · Mystery · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings
1995
Horror · Fantasy · Thriller
Tyson
1995
Drama
Earth 2
1994
Sci-Fi & Fantasy · Drama
Friends
1994
Comedy
ER
1994
Drama
Attack of the 5 Ft. 2 Women
1994
Comedy
Tonya & Nancy: The Inside Story
1994
Drama · TV Movie
Cafe Americain
1993
Comedy
Frasier
1993
Comedy · Family
Saved by the Bell: The New Class
1993
Family · Comedy
The X-Files
1993
Mystery · Sci-Fi & Fantasy · Crime
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993
Sci-Fi & Fantasy · Action & Adventure · Drama
No Place to Hide
1992
Thriller
Round Trip to Heaven
1992
Comedy · Crime
Universal Soldier
1992
Thriller · Action · Science Fiction
Stormy Weathers
1992
Mystery · Crime · TV Movie
For the Very First Time
1991
Drama · Romance · TV Movie
Predator 2
1990
Science Fiction · Action · Thriller
Bad Influence
1990
Thriller · Crime
Death Doll
1989
Horror
Listen to Me
1989
Romance · Drama
Baywatch
1989
Action & Adventure · Drama · Crime
Born in East L.A.
1987
Comedy
Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2
1987
Comedy · Horror
Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder
1987
Drama · Mystery
Silent Night, Deadly Night
1984
Thriller · Horror
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Mystery · Crime · Drama
Masquerade
1983
Action & Adventure · Drama
The Junkman
1982
Crime · Action · Thriller
Beyond Reason
1982
Drama · Thriller
Falcon Crest
1981
Soap · Drama · Family
Darkroom
1981
Sci-Fi & Fantasy · Mystery · Drama
Magnum, P.I.
1980
Crime · Drama · Mystery
Private Benjamin
1980
Comedy
Portrait of a Stripper
1979
Drama · TV Movie
Hart to Hart
1979
Action & Adventure · Crime · Mystery
The Facts of Life
1979
Drama · Comedy
Kaz
1978
Crime · Drama
Flying High
1978
Comedy · Drama
Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women
1978
TV Movie · Drama
Child of Glass
1978
Drama · Family · Fantasy
The Other Side of Midnight
1977
Drama · Romance · Thriller
Victory at Entebbe
1976
Action · Drama · History
Funny Lady
1975
Comedy · Drama · Romance
Cool Million
1972
Drama · Crime
The Bob Newhart Show
1972
Comedy
Once Upon a Dead Man
1971
Mystery · TV Movie
The Mephisto Waltz
1971
Horror
McCloud
1970
Crime · Drama
To Rome with Love
1969
Comedy
The Outcasts
1968
Western · Action & Adventure
Yours, Mine and Ours
1968
Comedy
Mannix
1967
Action & Adventure · Crime · Mystery
Mission: Impossible
1966
Action & Adventure · Crime · Drama
Tickle Me
1965
Comedy · Music · Romance
Daniel Boone
1964
Action & Adventure · Western
Two Weeks in Another Town
1962
Drama
Bloodlust!
1961
Drama · Horror · Adventure
North to Alaska
1960
Western · Comedy · Romance
Walk Like a Dragon
1960
Western
Adventures in Paradise
1959
Action & Adventure · Drama
The Peter Tchaikovsky Story
1959
Music · History
One Step Beyond
1959
Mystery · Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
The Perfect Furlough
1958
Comedy · Romance
King Creole
1958
Drama · Music · Crime
Lost, Lonely and Vicious
1958
Drama
Harbor Command
1957
Drama
The Walter Winchell File
1957
Maverick
1957
Comedy · Western
Perry Mason
1957
Mystery · Drama · Crime
Silk Stockings
1957
Comedy · Romance
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957
Crime · Drama · Action & Adventure
Ten Thousand Bedrooms
1957
Comedy · Romance
Panic!
1957
Drama
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
Western
The Man Called X
1956
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
Mystery · Drama · Crime
Omnibus
1952
Talk
Adventures of Superman
1952
Action & Adventure · Sci-Fi & Fantasy · Drama
Dragnet
1951
Drama · Crime
Studio One
1948
Drama