Lilyan Chauvin (born Lilyan Zemoz; August 6, 1925 – June 26, 2008) was a French-American actress, director, writer, host, author, teacher, private coach, and former Vice President of Women in Film. In Silent Night, Deadly Night, she portrayed Mother Superior. (She portrayed a different Mother Superior in 1992's crime-thriller No Place To Hide; this may or may not have been intended as stunt-casting.)