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.
51 movies · 48 shows
The Passing
2011·3.1
Sublime
2007·5.3
Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film
2006·6.8
Illusion Infinity
2004·8.0
Catch Me If You Can
2002·8.0
Duty Dating
2002·6.8
The Man Who Wasn't There
2001·7.5
Missing Pieces
2001·5.7
Skeleton Woman
2000·3.3
Stanley's Gig
2000·6.2
Five Aces
1999·5.8
Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings
1995·5.6
Tyson
1995·6.0
Attack of the 5 Ft. 2 Women
1994·5.1
Tonya & Nancy: The Inside Story
1994·9.0
No Place to Hide
1992·5.5
Round Trip to Heaven
1992·3.7
Universal Soldier
1992·6.3
Stormy Weathers
1992·5.5
For the Very First Time
1991·7.3
Predator 2
1990·6.3
Bad Influence
1990·6.0
Death Doll
1989·5.5
Listen to Me
1989·5.4
Born in East L.A.
1987·5.8
Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2
1987·4.4
Silent Night, Deadly Night
1984·5.9
The Junkman
1982·5.2
Beyond Reason
1982·7.0
Private Benjamin
1980·5.9
Portrait of a Stripper
1979·3.5
Flying High
1978·9.0
Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women
1978·7.0
Child of Glass
1978·5.5
The Other Side of Midnight
1977·6.1
Victory at Entebbe
1976·5.1
Funny Lady
1975·5.3
Once Upon a Dead Man
1971·7.0
The Mephisto Waltz
1971·6.0
Yours, Mine and Ours
1968·6.9
Tickle Me
1965·6.0
Two Weeks in Another Town
1962·5.9
Bloodlust!
1961·4.4
North to Alaska
1960·6.5
Walk Like a Dragon
1960·6.3
The Peter Tchaikovsky Story
1959·8.5
The Perfect Furlough
1958·6.8
King Creole
1958·6.4
Lost, Lonely and Vicious
1958·5.2
Silk Stockings
1957·6.8
Ten Thousand Bedrooms
1957·5.6