Lilyan Chauvin Movies, TV Shows, and Filmography

Lilyan Chauvin

Lilyan Chauvin

Acting

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 Movies

Acting

Predator 2 movie poster
MOVIE

Predator 2

6.3(3.8K)
Predator 2
Irene Edwards
Victory at Entebbe movie poster
MOVIE

Victory at Entebbe

5.1(0.0K)
Victory at Entebbe
French Nun
Sublime movie poster
MOVIE

Sublime

5.3(0.1K)
Sublime
European Nurse
Silent Night, Deadly Night movie poster
MOVIE

Silent Night, Deadly Night

5.9(0.4K)
Silent Night, Deadly Night
Mother Superior
Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings movie poster
MOVIE

Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings

5.6(0.2K)
Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings
Miss Osie
Silk Stockings movie poster
MOVIE

Silk Stockings

6.8(0.1K)
Silk Stockings
Dancer Sonia (uncredited)
King Creole movie poster
MOVIE

King Creole

6.4(0.1K)
King Creole
Catherine (uncredited)
Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2 movie poster
MOVIE

Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2

4.4(0.2K)
Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2
Mother Superior (archive footage)
Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film movie poster
MOVIE

Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film

6.8(0.1K)
Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film
Self
Lost, Lonely and Vicious movie poster
MOVIE

Lost, Lonely and Vicious

5.2(0.0K)
Lost, Lonely and Vicious
Tanya Pernaud

Gallery

Lilyan Chauvin portrait