Lilyan Chauvin
Acting
Born: 1925-08-06 in Paris, Île-de-France, France
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.
Known For
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Mrs. Aloyna Ivanovna
Friends
Grandma Tribbiani
The X-Files
Golda
Perry Mason
Matron
Frasier
Mama
Murder, She Wrote
Dispatcher
ER
Nurse Edna
Dragnet
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Vedek Yassim
Malcolm in the Middle
Marica
Mannix
Baywatch
Dr. Lester
Maverick
Sydney Sue Shipley
Mission: Impossible
Mrs. Beruch
The Facts of Life
Falcon Crest
Sister Jeannette
Magnum, P.I.
Maria
One Step Beyond
Francesca
Omnibus
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Hart to Hart
Catch Me If You Can
Mrs. Lavalier
Studio One
The Pretender
Mrs. Nikkos, the Greek Lady
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
Clara
Ugly Betty
Yolanda
Daniel Boone
Madame Simon
The Bob Newhart Show
Olga
Saved by the Bell: The New Class
Old Woman
Adventures of Superman
Alias
Signora Ventutti
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Sybil Delamont
McCloud
Predator 2
Irene Edwards
Adventures in Paradise
Foridita
Universal Soldier
Mrs. John Devreux
Earth 2
Katrina
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
Cafe Americain
Madame Dussolier
The Man Who Wasn't There
Medium