
Lilyan Chauvin
Acting
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Acting Credits
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
Filmography

The Passing
2011
as Rebecca Naibert

Sublime
2007
as European Nurse

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

Ugly Betty
2006
as Yolanda

Illusion Infinity
2004
as Nurse

Duty Dating
2002
as Dr. Hartley

Catch Me If You Can
2002
as Mrs. Lavalier

The Man Who Wasn't There
2001
as Medium

Missing Pieces
2001
as Serena

Alias
2001
as Signora Ventutti

Stanley's Gig
2000
as Grace

Skeleton Woman
2000
as Bone Gatherer

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
as Mrs. Aloyna Ivanovna

Malcolm in the Middle
2000
as Marica

Five Aces
1999
as Grandmother Kalliope

The Pretender
1996
as Mrs. Nikkos, the Greek Lady

Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings
1995
as Miss Osie

Tyson
1995
as Camille Ewald

Attack of the 5 Ft. 2 Women
1994
as Coach

Tonya & Nancy: The Inside Story
1994
as Skating Judge

Friends
1994
as Grandma Tribbiani

ER
1994
as Nurse Edna

Earth 2
1994
as Katrina

Saved by the Bell: The New Class
1993
as Old Woman

The X-Files
1993
as Golda

Frasier
1993
as Mama

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993
as Vedek Yassim

Cafe Americain
1993
as Madame Dussolier

Stormy Weathers
1992
as Mrs. Comden

Universal Soldier
1992
as Mrs. John Devreux

No Place to Hide
1992
as Mother Superior

Round Trip to Heaven
1992
as Chaperone

For the Very First Time
1991
as Sister Eugenia

Predator 2
1990
as Irene Edwards

Bad Influence
1990
as Art Gallery Patron

Listen to Me
1989

Death Doll
1989
as Madame Zerba

Baywatch
1989
as Dr. Lester

Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2
1987
as Mother Superior (archive footage)

Born in East L.A.
1987
as German Woman

Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder
1987

Silent Night, Deadly Night
1984
as Mother Superior

Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Dispatcher

Masquerade
1983
as Dept. Store Customer

The Junkman
1982
as French Reporter

Beyond Reason
1982
as Nurse Johnson

Falcon Crest
1981
as Sister Jeannette

Darkroom
1981
as Madame LeClerc

Private Benjamin
1980
as Mrs. Trémont

Magnum, P.I.
1980
as Maria

Portrait of a Stripper
1979
as Yvette

The Facts of Life
1979

Hart to Hart
1979

Flying High
1978
as Miss Simmons

Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women
1978
as Louise

Child of Glass
1978
as Madame Dumaine

Kaz
1978

The Other Side of Midnight
1977
as Mrs. Page

Victory at Entebbe
1976
as French Nun

Funny Lady
1975
as Mademoiselle

The Bob Newhart Show
1972
as Olga

Cool Million
1972
as Party guest

The Mephisto Waltz
1971
as Woman Writer

Once Upon a Dead Man
1971
as Madame Jarnac

McCloud
1970

To Rome with Love
1969

Yours, Mine and Ours
1968
as French Actress on TV Screen

The Outcasts
1968

Mannix
1967

Mission: Impossible
1966
as Mrs. Beruch

Tickle Me
1965
as Ronnie

Daniel Boone
1964
as Madame Simon
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963

Two Weeks in Another Town
1962
as Bar Girl (uncredited)

Bloodlust!
1961
as Sandra Balleau

Walk Like a Dragon
1960
as Mme. Lili Raide

North to Alaska
1960
as Jenny Lamont

North to Alaska
1960
as Jenny Lamont (uncredited)

The Peter Tchaikovsky Story
1959
as Fanny Durbach

One Step Beyond
1959
as Francesca

Adventures in Paradise
1959
as Foridita

King Creole
1958
as Catherine (uncredited)

Lost, Lonely and Vicious
1958
as Tanya Pernaud

The Perfect Furlough
1958
as French Nurse

Silk Stockings
1957
as Dancer Sonia (uncredited)

Ten Thousand Bedrooms
1957
as Reporter (uncredited)

Perry Mason
1957
as Matron

Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957
as Clara

The Walter Winchell File
1957

Panic!
1957

Harbor Command
1957

Maverick
1957
as Sydney Sue Shipley

The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956

The Man Called X
1956

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Sybil Delamont

Omnibus
1952

Adventures of Superman
1952

Dragnet
1951

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Old Woman

Studio One
1948