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.
Filmography
all 87
TV Shows 45
Movies 42
self 1
Writer 1
The Passing (2011)
Sublime (2007)
Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film (2006)
Ugly Betty (2006)
Illusion Infinity (2004)
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
Duty Dating (2002)
The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)
Alias (2001)
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000)
Malcolm in the Middle (2000)
Five Aces (1999)
The Pretender (1996)
Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings (1995)
Tyson (1995)
Earth 2 (1994)
Friends (1994)
ER (1994)
Attack of the 5 Ft. 2 Women (1994)
Cafe Americain (1993)
Frasier (1993)
Saved by the Bell: The New Class (1993)
The X-Files (1993)
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993)
No Place To Hide (1992)
Round Trip to Heaven (1992)
Universal Soldier (1992)
Stormy Weathers (1992)
Predator 2 (1990)
Bad Influence (1990)
Baywatch (1989)
Death Doll (1989)
Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2 (1987)
Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder (1987)
Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984)
Masquerade (1983)
The Junkman (1982)
Falcon Crest (1981)
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Private Benjamin (1980)
Portrait of a Stripper (1979)
Hart to Hart (1979)
The Facts of Life (1979)
Kaz (1978)
Flying High (1978)
Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women (1978)
Child of Glass (1978)
The Other Side of Midnight (1977)
Beyond Reason (1977)
Victory at Entebbe (1976)
Funny Lady (1975)
The Bob Newhart Show (1972)
The Mephisto Waltz (1971)
McCloud (1970)
To Rome with Love (1969)
The Outcasts (1968)
Yours, Mine and Ours (1968)
Mannix (1967)
Mission: Impossible (1966)
Tickle Me (1965)
Daniel Boone (1964)
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963)
Two Weeks in Another Town (1962)
Bloodlust! (1961)
North to Alaska (1960)
Walk Like a Dragon (1960)
Adventures in Paradise (1959)
The Peter Tchaikovsky Story (1959)
One Step Beyond (1959)
King Creole (1958)
Lost, Lonely and Vicious (1958)
Harbor Command (1957)
The Walter Winchell File (1957)
Maverick (1957)
Perry Mason (1957)
Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1957)
Silk Stockings (1957)
Ten Thousand Bedrooms (1957)
Panic! (1957)
The Adventures of Jim Bowie (1956)
Man Called X (1956)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)
Omnibus (1952)
Adventures of Superman (1952)
Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
Dragnet (1951)
Studio One (1948)
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GenderFemale
Birthday1925-08-06
Deathday2008-06-26 (82 years old)
Birth NameLiliane Zemoz
Birth Place14th arrondissement of Paris, France
CitizenshipsFrance
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