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 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.

Known For

Sublime

Silent Night, Deadly Night

Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings

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

Lost, Lonely and Vicious

Filmography

2011 The Passing

as Rebecca Naibert

2007 Sublime

as European Nurse

2006 Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film

as Self

2006 Ugly Betty

as Yolanda

2004 Illusion Infinity

as Nurse

2002 Catch Me If You Can

as Mrs. Lavalier

2002 Duty Dating

as Dr. Hartley

2001 The Man Who Wasn't There

as Medium

2001 Alias

as Signora Ventutti

2001 Missing Pieces

as Serena

2000 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

as Mrs. Aloyna Ivanovna

2000 Stanley's Gig

as Grace

2000 Malcolm in the Middle

as Marica

1999 Five Aces

as Grandmother Kalliope

1996 The Pretender

as Mrs. Nikkos, the Greek Lady

1995 Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings

as Miss Osie

1995 Tyson

as Camille Ewald

1994 Earth 2

as Katrina

1994 Friends

as Grandma Tribbiani

1994 ER

as Nurse Edna