Actor | Producer
French character actress Lilyan Chauvin may be one of those actors or actresses whose face you know without knowing t...
Catch Me If You Can
... 2002
The Mephisto Waltz
... 1971
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.
The Taste of Things
... 2023
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
... 2024
Son of Rambow
... 2007
House of the Dead
... 2003
The Cement Garden
... 1993
The Good Girl
... 2002
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
... 2012
The Old Way
... 2023
Poltergeist
... 1982