Catch Me If You Can2002
As Mrs. Lavalier
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Lilyan Chauvin
Born
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 (51)
Predator 21990
As Irene Edwards
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Universal Soldier1992
As Mrs. John Devreux
TMDb 6.4 / 10
The Man Who Wasn't There2001
As Medium
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Funny Lady1975
As Mademoiselle
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Yours, Mine and Ours1968
As French Actress on TV Screen
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Bad Influence1990
As Art Gallery Patron
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Private Benjamin1980
As Mrs. Trémont
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Other Side of Midnight1977
As Mrs. Page
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Silent Night, Deadly Night1984
As Mother Superior
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Sublime2007
As European Nurse
TMDb 5.3 / 10
King Creole1958
As Catherine (uncredited)
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Two Weeks in Another Town1962
As Bar Girl (uncredited)
TMDb 5.9 / 10
North to Alaska1960
As Jenny Lamont, Jenny Lamont (uncredited)
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings1995
As Miss Osie
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Silk Stockings1957
As Dancer Sonia (uncredited)
TMDb 6.9 / 10
No Place to Hide1992
As Mother Superior
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 21987
As Mother Superior (archive footage)
TMDb 4.4 / 10
Attack of the 5 Ft. 2 Women1994
As Coach
TMDb 5.1 / 10
Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film2006
As Self
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Victory at Entebbe1976
As French Nun
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Tyson1995
As Camille Ewald
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Listen to Me1989
TMDb 5.4 / 10
The Perfect Furlough1958
As French Nurse
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Born in East L.A.1987
As German Woman
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Tickle Me1965
As Ronnie
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Mephisto Waltz1971
As Woman Writer
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Tonya & Nancy: The Inside Story1994
As Skating Judge
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Round Trip to Heaven1992
As Chaperone
TMDb 3.7 / 10
Walk Like a Dragon1960
As Mme. Lili Raide
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women1978
As Louise
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Ten Thousand Bedrooms1957
As Reporter (uncredited)
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Missing Pieces2001
As Serena
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Portrait of a Stripper1979
As Yvette
TMDb 4.0 / 10
The Peter Tchaikovsky Story1959
As Fanny Durbach
TMDb 8.3 / 10
Once Upon a Dead Man1971
As Madame Jarnac
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Five Aces1999
As Grandmother Kalliope
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Flying High1978
As Miss Simmons
TMDb 9.0 / 10
The Junkman1982
As French Reporter
TMDb 5.0 / 10
For the Very First Time1991
As Sister Eugenia
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Death Doll1989
As Madame Zerba
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Illusion Infinity2004
As Nurse
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Child of Glass1978
As Madame Dumaine
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Stormy Weathers1992
As Mrs. Comden
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Stanley's Gig2000
As Grace
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Bloodlust!1961
As Sandra Balleau
TMDb 4.4 / 10
Beyond Reason1982
As Nurse Johnson
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Lost, Lonely and Vicious1958
As Tanya Pernaud
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Skeleton Woman2000
As Bone Gatherer
TMDb 3.3 / 10
The Passing2011
As Rebecca Naibert
TMDb 3.1 / 10
Duty Dating2002
As Dr. Hartley
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Filmography and biography: TMDb