Actor
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 ...

Known For
Acting
2011 -- The Passing | Rebecca Naibert
2007 -- Sublime | European Nurse
2006 -- Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film | Self
2004 -- Illusion Infinity | Nurse
2002 -- Catch Me If You Can | Mrs. Lavalier
2002 -- Duty Dating | Dr. Hartley
2001 -- The Man Who Wasn't There | Medium
2000 -- Stanley's Gig | Grace
1999 -- Five Aces | Grandmother Kalliope
1995 -- Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings | Miss Osie
1995 -- Tyson | Camille Ewald
1994 -- Attack of the 5 Ft. 2 Women | Coach
1994 -- Tonya & Nancy: The Inside Story | Skating Judge
1992 -- No Place to Hide | Mother Superior
1992 -- Round Trip to Heaven | Chaperone
1992 -- Universal Soldier | Mrs. John Devreux
1992 -- Stormy Weathers | Mrs. Comden
1990 -- Predator 2 | Irene Edwards
1990 -- Bad Influence | Art Gallery Patron
1989 -- Death Doll | Madame Zerba
1989 -- Listen to Me |
1987 -- Born in East L.A. | German Woman
1987 -- Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2 | Mother Superior (archive footage)
1985 -- Beyond Reason | Nurse Johnson
1984 -- Silent Night, Deadly Night | Mother Superior
1982 -- The Junkman | French Reporter
1980 -- Private Benjamin | Mrs. Trémont
1979 -- Portrait of a Stripper | Yvette
1978 -- Flying High | Miss Simmons
1978 -- Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women | Louise
1978 -- Child of Glass | Madame Dumaine
1977 -- The Other Side of Midnight | Mrs. Page
1976 -- Victory at Entebbe | French Nun
1975 -- Funny Lady | Mademoiselle
1971 -- Once Upon a Dead Man | Madame Jarnac
1971 -- The Mephisto Waltz | Woman Writer
1968 -- Yours, Mine and Ours | French Actress on TV Screen
1965 -- Tickle Me | Ronnie
1962 -- Two Weeks in Another Town | Bar Girl (uncredited)
1961 -- Bloodlust! | Sandra Balleau
1960 -- North to Alaska | Jenny Lamont (uncredited)
1960 -- North to Alaska | Jenny Lamont
1960 -- Walk Like a Dragon | Mme. Lili Raide
1959 -- The Peter Tchaikovsky Story | Fanny Durbach
1958 -- King Creole | Catherine (uncredited)
1958 -- Lost, Lonely and Vicious | Tanya Pernaud
1957 -- Silk Stockings | Dancer Sonia (uncredited)
1957 -- Ten Thousand Bedrooms | Reporter (uncredited)
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