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
Complete Filmography
The Passing
2011
as Rebecca Naibert
The three Naibert children, in their teens and early twenties, inherit a vast estate from their grandmother Rebecca. But unknown to them, the family i...
Sublime
2007
as European Nurse
Admitted to Mt. Abaddon Hospital for a routine procedure, George Grieves discovers that his condition is much more serious and complicated than origin...
Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film
2006
as Self
This historical and critical look at slasher films, which includes dozens of clips, begins with Halloween, Friday the 13th, and Prom Night. The films'...
Illusion Infinity
2004
as Nurse
Patricia Paradise, a successful Las Vegas singer, is married to a Vegas Casino Mogul. Having made sacrifices for her career and her husbands business ...
Catch Me If You Can
2002
as Mrs. Lavalier
A true story about Frank Abagnale Jr. who, before his 19th birthday, successfully conned millions of dollars worth of checks as a Pan Am pilot, doctor...
Duty Dating
2002
as Dr. Hartley
Clarice, the perfectionist stylist of Dwellings magazine, decides after many romantic dates never got her further then a second date to follow her edi...
The Man Who Wasn't There
2001
as Medium
A tale of murder, crime and punishment set in the summer of 1949. Ed Crane, a barber in a small California town, is dissatisfied with his life, but hi...
Missing Pieces
2001
as Serena
Atticus (James Coburn) goes to the small Mexican town where his estranged son (Paul Kersey) was a resident to discover how he died.
Stanley's Gig
2000
as Grace
An emotionally dysfunctional ukulele minstrel lands a gig at a nursing home where he strikes up an unlikely relationship with an ancient jazz chanteus...
Five Aces
1999
as Grandmother Kalliope
Chris Martin has a problem: his impending marriage. Like any other man about to enter into the holy vows of matrimony, Chris has begun to second guess...
Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings
1995
as Miss Osie
Thrill-seeking teenagers resurrect a demon from his grave and a bloody rampage for revenge begins.
Tyson
1995
as Camille Ewald
The story of Mike Tyson. From his early days as a 12 year old amateur with a powerful punch, to the undisputed title of "Heavyweight Champion of the W...
Attack of the 5 Ft. 2 Women
1994
as Coach
Spoof-miester, Julie Brown does a musical send-up of Tonya Harding and Lorena Bobbit's debutante debacles
Tonya & Nancy: The Inside Story
1994
as Skating Judge
Based on the true story of Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan, rivals for the USA Olympic Ice Skating team. When Kerrigan is savagely attacked, people b...
No Place to Hide
1992
as Mother Superior
Detective Joe Garvey is called in to a mysterious case: a ballerina has been slayed on stage during a performance, it seems she didn't even fight. At ...
Round Trip to Heaven
1992
as Chaperone
Since Larry works at a garage, he gets to use one of the Rolls Royces. There is only one problem, there is a briefcase full of money in the trunk. So ...
Universal Soldier
1992
as Mrs. John Devreux
An American soldier who had been killed during the Vietnam War is revived 25 years later by the military as a semi-android, UniSols, a high-tech soldi...
Stormy Weathers
1992
as Mrs. Comden
Shepherd is the detective hired by an aristocratic Italian to locate a relative and thereby solve an ancient inheritance problem. As she sinks into th...
Predator 2
1990
as Irene Edwards
A police chief in the war-torn streets of Los Angeles discovers that an extraterrestrial creature is hunting down residents - and that he is the next ...
Bad Influence
1990
as Art Gallery Patron
Wimpy young executive Michael is about to get pulverized by a jealous boyfriend in a bar when a handsome, mysterious stranger steps in—and then disapp...
Death Doll
1989
as Madame Zerba
A woman is stalked by a killer who is obsessed with leaving dolls at the scene of the crime.
Listen to Me
1989
It was the best time of their lives. A kid from Oklahoma. An immigrant's daughter. A senator's son, a society girl, and a college professor with a dre...
Born in East L.A.
1987
as German Woman
Rudy, an American of Hispanic descent, whose south-of-the-border looks show him no mercy during an immigration raid in a migrant worker factory. As hi...
Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2
1987
as Mother Superior (archive footage)
Ricky is released from a mental hospital, taking with him the memory of his brother Billy's death and embarking on a journey of relentless revenge.
Beyond Reason
1985
as Nurse Johnson
An unconventional psychiatrist slowly begins to question his own sanity.
Silent Night, Deadly Night
1984
as Mother Superior
Billy Chapman, who was traumatized by his parents' Christmas Eve murder, then brutalized by sadistic orphanage nuns, grows up to dress as jolly St. Ni...
The Junkman
1982
as French Reporter
As film-maker Harlan Hollis drives to a James Dean festival, he's unaware that killers are tracking his every move. The fast and furious race to avoid...
Private Benjamin
1980
as Mrs. Trémont
A sheltered young high society woman joins the US Army on a whim and finds herself in a more difficult situation than she ever expected.
Portrait of a Stripper
1979
as Yvette
A young widow, supporting herself and her pre-teen son by performing as a nightclub dancer, finds the place turned into a strip joint and learns that ...
Flying High
1978
as Miss Simmons
In this pilot film to the subsequent short-lived series, three attractive young women -- Marcy Bower, Pam Bellagio, and Lisa Benton -- succeed in qual...
Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women
1978
as Louise
The life and times of the flamboyant showman who built his legendary Follies around beautiful women -- as told by the women in his life.
Child of Glass
1978
as Madame Dumaine
Alexander Armsworth and his family move to an authentic antebellum mansion which once was owned by a river pirate. Alexander is drawn into a century-o...
The Other Side of Midnight
1977
as Mrs. Page
When French beauty Noelle Page falls in love with American pilot Larry Douglas, she believes he'll marry her. Instead, he returns to the U.S and marri...
Victory at Entebbe
1976
as French Nun
The film is based on an actual event: Operation Entebbe and the freeing of Israeli hostages at Entebbe Airport (now Entebbe International Airport) in ...
Funny Lady
1975
as Mademoiselle
Famous singer Fanny Brice has divorced her first husband Nicky Arnstein. During the Great Depression she has trouble finding work as an artist, but me...
Once Upon a Dead Man
1971
as Madame Jarnac
The wife of a San Francisco police commissioner drags him into a charity auction theft, which leads to a murder.
The Mephisto Waltz
1971
as Woman Writer
A frustrated pianist himself, music journalist Myles Clarkson is thrilled to interview virtuoso Duncan Ely. Duncan, however, is terminally ill and not...
Yours, Mine and Ours
1968
as French Actress on TV Screen
When a widower with ten children marries a widow with eight, can the twenty of them ever come together as one big happy family?
Tickle Me
1965
as Ronnie
A singing rodeo rider hires on at an expensive all-women dude ranch and beauty spa. He falls for a pretty fitness trainer who is constantly threatened...
Two Weeks in Another Town
1962
as Bar Girl (uncredited)
After spending three years in an asylum, a washed-up actor views a minor assignment from his old director in Rome as a chance for personal and profess...
Bloodlust!
1961
as Sandra Balleau
Two couples are on a boating trip when they come across an uncharted island. The four investigate and find themselves in the clutches of Dr. Albert Ba...
North to Alaska
1960
as Jenny Lamont
After striking gold in Alaska, the romantic George sends his womanizing partner Sam to bring his fiancée up from Seattle. When Sam finds that she has ...
North to Alaska
1960
as Jenny Lamont (uncredited)
After striking gold in Alaska, the romantic George sends his womanizing partner Sam to bring his fiancée up from Seattle. When Sam finds that she has ...
Walk Like a Dragon
1960
as Mme. Lili Raide
California, 1870s. The cowboy Lincoln 'Linc' Bartlett finds out there's a slave auction of Chinese women in San Francisco and he intervenes and purcha...
The Peter Tchaikovsky Story
1959
as Fanny Durbach
The story of young Tchaikovsky through the premiere of his "Sleeping Beauty" ballet.
King Creole
1958
as Catherine (uncredited)
Danny Fisher, young delinquent, flunks out of high school. He quits his job as a busboy in a nightclub, and one night he gets the chance to perform. S...
Lost, Lonely and Vicious
1958
as Tanya Pernaud
Rising young male movie star, bizarrely preoccupied with death and involved with his older-woman dramatic coach, meets an innocent sweet-young-thing.
Silk Stockings
1957
as Dancer Sonia (uncredited)
After three bumbling Soviet agents fail in their mission to retrieve a straying Soviet composer from Paris, the beautiful, ultra-serious Ninotchka is ...
Ten Thousand Bedrooms
1957
as Reporter (uncredited)
In this musical-comedy, Dean Martin plays an American hotel mogul who becomes smitten with a young Italian woman (Anna Maria Alberghetti) when buying ...