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Lilyan Chauvin

Aug 06, 1925 - Jun 26, 2008 (82 years old) in Paris, Île-de-France, France

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.

Known For

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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Mrs. Aloyna Ivanovna
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The X-Files
Golda
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Friends
Grandma Tribbiani
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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Vedek Yassim
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Frasier
Mama
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Malcolm in the Middle
Marica
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The Facts of Life
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Perry Mason
Matron
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Dragnet
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Magnum, P.I.
Maria

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