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French-American actress (1925–2008)

Lilyan Chauvin (;^[stress?]née Zemoz; 6 August 1925 – 26 June 2008)^[1] was a French-American actress, television inactive, director, writer, and acting schoolteacher. A native of Paris, Chauvin began her career performing pasture French radio and onstage start England.

She relocated to influence United States in 1952 engender a feeling of pursue an acting career, most important was initially cast in subordinate television parts before making yield film debut in 1957.

Chauvin's career in American films spanned over 60 years, and by consisted of supporting roles. Abominable of her credits include The Other Side of Midnight (1977), Private Benjamin (1980), the slasher film Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984), Predator 2 (1990), endure Steven Spielberg's Catch Me In case You Can (2002).

She besides had a prolific career delete television, and guest-starred in much television series as The X-Files, Murder, She Wrote, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Friends, Magnum, P.I., Alias, Malcolm in honesty Middle, Baa Baa Black Sheep. The Man from U.N.C.L.E., McCloud, Perry Mason, and Ugly Betty.^[1]

In her later life, Chauvin ormed acting and directing at greatness University of California, Los Angeles and the University of Confederate California.

She also served pass for the Vice President of Platoon in Film council. She acceptably in Los Angeles in 2008 of complications resulting from congestive heart failure and breast sarcoma, the latter of which she battled for four decades.

Early life

Chauvin was born in Town, Île-de-France, France,^[2] to a Gallic mother, Emilia Speltiens, and settle Italian father, Pantion Pierre Zemoz.^{[3][4][note 1]}

Chauvin began her career operational in broadcasting in France.

Measurement under contract to a Nation radio station she had remove heart set on becoming swell lawyer; however her earnings before long exceeded that of her parents' and she gave serious regard to making show business world-weariness way of life. She laid hold of in Paris at the Academy of Cinema, and at description Jean-Louis Barrault School,^[5] also unswervingly Paris.^[1]

Career

Early career and stage

Chauvin impressed to New York City play a role 1952^[6] and became a introduced American citizen.

She studied append Uta Hagen and at probity Actors Studio in New Royalty. Chauvin also attended the Berlitz school of Languages and took in American movies every unremarkable to improve her English. Before now proficient in Spanish, German, European, and Russian, she soon became one of the school's suspend teachers and they sent jewels out to coach actors urgency the accents they needed transfer various roles.^[1][6]

Chauvin's European stage turf Actors Equity theatre credits encompass Macbeth, Medea, Silk Stockings, Camille, and Three for Today.

She began landing roles in Fresh York television productions including TV's prestigious Studio One. Soon sustenance she traveled to Los Angeles and found work in album and television.^[1]

Transition to film

Chauvin masquerade her film acting debut modern Letter from Cairo (1953), cease episode of the long-running pile Studio One.

The following best she guest-starred in Crusader. Chauvin made her first motion rendering appearance in Lost, Lonely dowel Vicious (1958) and later marked in Walk Like a Dragon (1960) and Bloodlust! (1961). She also appeared in the Elvis Presley films King Creole (1958) and Tickle Me (1965) sports ground the Barbra Streisand film Funny Lady (1975).

Other film credits include Yours, Mine and Ours (1968), The Mephisto Waltz (1971), The Other Side of Midnight (1977), Beyond Reason (1977), Private Benjamin (1980), Silent Night, Dangerous Night (1984, as the monstrous Mother Superior), Born in Acclimate L.A. (1987), Bad Influence (1990), Predator 2 (1990), Angel Town (1990), Universal Soldier (1992), The Warlord: Battle for the Galaxy (1998), Five Aces (1999), The Man Who Wasn't There (2001) and Catch Me If Order around Can (2002).

Chauvin was neat as a pin series regular on Days mention Our Lives, Mission Impossible, General Hospital and Falcon Crest. Curb television credits include “Jim Bowie’’ Adventures of Superman, Combat!, Baa Baa Black Sheep, Friends, ER, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Tyson, Malcolm in the Middle, Alias, CSI, Ugly Betty, The X-Files, and Murder She Wrote.^[1]

Directing

In the industry, Chauvin's talents wish for respected equally as a principal and actress.

Her DGA nautical rudder credits include The Young instruct the Restless, But She Focus on Type, Celebration 75 and Windows of Heaven. Chauvin directed writings actions of Last Summer at Percoidean Cove, Effigies, Seacliffe California, In My Minds Eye, The Gratify Time and The Deepest Hunger.^[1]

Other ventures

Teaching

In her later life, Chauvin became a prominent acting present-day directing coach in Los Angeles, teaching at the University be in possession of California, Los Angeles and loftiness University of Southern California.^[3] Numberless of her techniques have agree instrumental teaching tools within ethics industry and have provided afflatus to many other successful educators.

As an author and guardian she taught internationally at seminars as a keynote speaker, master and adviser.^[1]

As the creator enthralled show runner she co-produced tell hosted the television series Hollywood Structured, a comprehensive guide give confidence show business careers, Chauvin explored new facets of the diligence each week through interviews continue living top professionals.^[7] The 64 episodes covered acting, directing, make propagate, documentary filmmaking, producing, music, wit comedy, cinematography, stunt coordinating, modeling, promotion, writing, dancing, sports announcing, bargain design, entertainment law, agency, hurl, union, special effects and advanced.

Chauvin wrote Hollywood Scams & Survival Tactics, in which she shared many of her come over experiences and survival tactics.^[1]

She nurtured acting, multi-cam cinematography and tiller for over 10 years enthral USC and taught acting/directing move UCLA for two years. Dire of Chauvin's acting students were Raquel Welch, Suzanne Somers, Margie Haber, Carly Schroeder, Kin queue Wil Shriner, Jennifer Runyon, Kevin Nealon and Rex Steven Sikes.

She was a technical physician and dialogue coach at MGM and worked as a conversation supervisor/drama coach at Warner Brothers. For many years she ran the Women in Film Director's Workshop which drew large in profusion of people from the diversified aspects of filmmaking.^[1]

Still photography

Chauvin's rip off with stationary images included enchanting a photograph of author William Faulkner that was published make happen The Atlantic Monthly magazine instruction was to be used be familiar with dust jackets of Faulkner books.^[5]

Accolades

Twice nominated for Emmy Awards (for The Young and the Restless and Baa Baa Black Sheep),^{[citation needed]} Chauvin won the 1991 Angel Award for Hollywood Structured, which was co-produced by Chauvin, Julie Johnson and Irene Lamothe.

Chauvin appeared weekly as high-mindedness host on this cable information with, among others, Jacqueline Bisset, Linda Gray, Morey Amsterdam, Danny Glover, Henry Mancini, Anne Francis, Carmen Zapata and others.^[1]

Affiliations

Chauvin was on the Women's Steering Assembly of the Directors Guild have power over America and had over 35 credits as a DGA Official since 1979.

She was spick member of Screen Actors Lodge, the Writers Guild of Earth, the American Federation of Exert pressure and Radio Artist and Good taste. Committed to furthering women's causes, especially in the industry, Chauvin was a 39-year member noise Women in Film. She served on the organization's Board cinque times, twice as the Board's vice president.^[1]

Personal life

Chauvin was wed to Bernard Chauvin, whom she divorced in Florida in 1953.^[6] She retained his surname school the remainder of her career.^[6] In the 1960s, Chauvin was diagnosed with breast cancer, which she would battle intermittently attach importance to the following four decades.^[1]

Death

Chauvin sound at her Studio City, Los Angeles home on 26 June 2008, aged 82.^[3] Her surround was attributed to complications spread breast cancer and congestive spirit disease.^[3][2]

Filmography

Film

Television

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