🎬Lilyan Chauvin

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.

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Recent movies

#	Name	Character	Rating
1	Sublime (2007)	European Nurse		5
2	Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film (2006)	Self		7.5
3	Catch Me If You Can (2002) Oscars 2003	Mrs. Lavalier		8
4	The Man Who Wasn't There (2001) Oscars 2002	Medium		7.9
5	Tyson (1995)	Camille Ewald	-	-
6	Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings (1995)	Miss Osie		6.4
7	Attack of the 5 Ft. 2 Women (1994)	Coach	-	-
8	No Place to Hide (1992)	Mother Superior	-	-
9	Round Trip to Heaven (1992)	Chaperone	-	-
10	Universal Soldier (1992)	Mrs. John Devreux		5.8
11	Predator 2 (1990)	Irene Edwards		6.2
12	Bad Influence (1990)	Art Gallery Patron		4.5
13	Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2 (1987)	Mother Superior (archive footage)		4.8
14	Born in East L.A. (1987)	German Woman		7
15	Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984)	Mother Superior		6.7
16	The Junkman (1982)	French Reporter		5
17	Private Benjamin (1980)	Mrs. Trémont		6.5
18	The Other Side of Midnight (1977)	Mrs. Page	-	-
19	Funny Lady (1975)	Mademoiselle		5.3
20	Yours, Mine and Ours (1968)	French Actress on TV Screen		7.5
21	Tickle Me (1965)	Ronnie		7
22	Two Weeks in Another Town (1962)	Bar Girl (uncredited)		6
23	Bloodlust! (1961)	Sandra Balleau		2
24	King Creole (1958)	Catherine (uncredited)		7.3
25	Silk Stockings (1957)	Dancer Sonia (uncredited)		1