About
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...
Known for
CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationSeries • 2000
FriendsSeries • 1994
The X-FilesSeries • 1993
FrasierSeries • 1993
Perry MasonSeries • 1957
Star Trek: Deep Space NineSeries • 1993
ERSeries • 1994
Malcolm in the MiddleSeries • 2000
Falcon CrestSeries • 1981
Murder, She WroteSeries • 1984
Magnum, P.I.Series • 1980
MannixSeries • 1967
BaywatchSeries • 1989
Mission: ImpossibleSeries • 1966
MaverickSeries • 1957
DragnetSeries • 1951
Studio OneSeries • 1948
Hart to HartSeries • 1979
The Facts of LifeSeries • 1979
The PretenderSeries • 1996
Daniel BooneSeries • 1964
Ugly BettySeries • 2006
One Step BeyondSeries • 1959
The Bob Newhart ShowSeries • 1972