Lilyan Chauvin

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1925-08-06 (83 years old)

Deathday

2008-06-26

Place of Birth

Paris, Île-de-France, France

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...

Acting

1990

Predator 2

as Irene Edwards

1976

Victory at Entebbe

as French Nun

2007

Sublime

as European Nurse

1984

Silent Night, Deadly Night

as Mother Superior

1957

Silk Stockings

as Dancer Sonia (uncredited)

1958

King Creole

as Catherine (uncredited)

1987

Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2

as Mother Superior (archive footage)

1958

Lost, Lonely and Vicious

as Tanya Pernaud

1992

Stormy Weathers

as Mrs. Comden

1968

Yours, Mine and Ours

as French Actress on TV Screen

2002

Duty Dating

as Dr. Hartley

1961

Bloodlust!

as Sandra Balleau

1978

Flying High

as Miss Simmons

1992

Universal Soldier

as Mrs. John Devreux

1995

Tyson

as Camille Ewald

1980

Private Benjamin

as Mrs. Trémont

1992

No Place to Hide

as Mother Superior

2000

1962

Two Weeks in Another Town

as Bar Girl (uncredited)

1960

Walk Like a Dragon

as Mme. Lili Raide

1971

The Mephisto Waltz

as Woman Writer

1959

1987

Born in East L.A.

as German Woman

2011

The Passing

as Rebecca Naibert

1982

The Junkman

as French Reporter

1990

Bad Influence

as Art Gallery Patron

1992

1989

Death Doll

as Madame Zerba

1985

Beyond Reason

as Nurse Johnson

2002

Catch Me If You Can

as Mrs. Lavalier

1960

North to Alaska

as Jenny Lamont

1975

Funny Lady

as Mademoiselle

1960

North to Alaska

as Jenny Lamont (uncredited)

1978

Child of Glass

as Madame Dumaine

1957

Ten Thousand Bedrooms

as Reporter (uncredited)

1999

Five Aces

as Grandmother Kalliope

2004

1965

Tickle Me

as Ronnie

1971

Once Upon a Dead Man

as Madame Jarnac

2001

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