Lilyan Chauvin
Acting
Born August 6, 1925 · Paris, Île-de-France, France
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 b…
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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Friends
Perry Mason
ER
The X-Files
Frasier
Murder, She Wrote
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Dragnet
Malcolm in the Middle
Maverick
The Facts of Life
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Magnum, P.I.
Mannix
Falcon Crest
Mission: Impossible
Baywatch
Studio One
Daniel Boone
Hart to Hart
Adventures of Superman
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
Ugly Betty
One Step Beyond
The Bob Newhart Show
The Pretender
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Catch Me If You Can
Saved by the Bell: The New Class
Omnibus
Adventures in Paradise
McCloud
Predator 2
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
Alias
Earth 2
Harbor Command
Cafe Americain
The Walter Winchell File