Lilyan Chauvin
Born in Paris, Île-de-France, France — Aug 06 1925• Died Jun 26 2008
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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 abou…
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Lilyan Chauvin's Credits
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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Mrs. Aloyna Ivanovna
Friends
Grandma Tribbiani
The X-Files
Golda
Frasier
Mama
Baywatch
Dr. Lester
Perry Mason
Matron
Murder, She Wrote
Dispatcher
Malcolm in the Middle
Marica
Falcon Crest
Sister Jeannette
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Vedek Yassim
Mannix
ER
Nurse Edna
Magnum, P.I.
Maria
Mission: Impossible
Mrs. Beruch
Dragnet
Maverick
Sydney Sue Shipley
Hart to Hart
The Pretender
Mrs. Nikkos, the Greek Lady
The Facts of Life
Ugly Betty
Yolanda
Studio One
Daniel Boone
Madame Simon
McCloud
The Bob Newhart Show
Saved by the Bell: The New Class
Old Woman
Adventures in Paradise
Foridita
Adventures of Superman
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
Clara
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Sybil Delamont
One Step Beyond
Francesca
Catch Me If You Can
Mrs. Lavalier
Earth 2
Katrina
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
Alias
Signora Ventutti
Predator 2
Irene Edwards
Panic!
Kaz
The Outcasts
Masquerade
Dept. Store Customer
The Walter Winchell File
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Old Woman
Harbor Command
Universal Soldier
Mrs. John Devreux
Cool Million
Party guest
Cafe Americain
Madame Dussolier
Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder
The Man Called X
To Rome with Love
The Man Who Wasn't There
Medium
Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women
Louise
Listen to Me
The Other Side of Midnight
Mrs. Page
Sublime
European Nurse
North to Alaska
Jenny Lamont
Tickle Me
Ronnie
Yours, Mine and Ours
French Actress on TV Screen
Silent Night, Deadly Night
Mother Superior
King Creole
Catherine (uncredited)
Tyson
Camille Ewald
Funny Lady
Mademoiselle
Born in East L.A.
German Woman
Missing Pieces
Serena
Private Benjamin
Mrs. Trémont
Silk Stockings
Dancer Sonia (uncredited)
Bad Influence
Art Gallery Patron
The Mephisto Waltz
Woman Writer
Attack of the 5 Ft. 2 Women
Coach
Ten Thousand Bedrooms
Reporter (uncredited)
Victory at Entebbe
French Nun
Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2
Mother Superior (archive footage)
Five Aces
Grandmother Kalliope
Flying High
Miss Simmons
Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings
Miss Osie
Two Weeks in Another Town
Bar Girl (uncredited)
No Place to Hide
Mother Superior
Tonya & Nancy: The Inside Story
Skating Judge
Walk Like a Dragon
Mme. Lili Raide
Beyond Reason
Nurse Johnson
Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film
Self
The Passing
Rebecca Naibert
Stanley's Gig
Grace
Portrait of a Stripper
Yvette
Skeleton Woman
Bone Gatherer
Round Trip to Heaven
Chaperone
Death Doll
Madame Zerba
Stormy Weathers
Mrs. Comden
Duty Dating
Dr. Hartley
Child of Glass
Madame Dumaine
Once Upon a Dead Man
Madame Jarnac
Bloodlust!
Sandra Balleau
The Peter Tchaikovsky Story
Fanny Durbach
Illusion Infinity
Nurse
The Junkman
French Reporter
Lost, Lonely and Vicious
Tanya Pernaud