1. Lilyan Chauvin was a French-American actress, television host, director, writer, and acting teacher.
25 Facts About Lilyan Chauvin
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Lilyan Chauvin relocated to the United States in 1952 to pursue an acting career, and was initially cast in minor television parts before making her film debut in 1957.
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Lilyan Chauvin served as the Vice President of Women in Film council.
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Lilyan Chauvin died in Los Angeles in 2008 of complications resulting from congestive heart failure and breast cancer, the latter of which she battled for four decades.
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Lilyan Chauvin was born in Paris, Ile-de-France, France, to a French mother, Emilia Speltiens, and an Italian father, Pantion Pierre Zemoz.
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Lilyan Chauvin studied in Paris at the School of Cinema, and at the Jean-Louis Barrault School, in Paris.
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Lilyan Chauvin moved to New York City in 1952 and became a naturalized American citizen.
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Lilyan Chauvin studied with Uta Hagen and at the Actors Studio in New York.
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Lilyan Chauvin attended the Berlitz school of Languages and took in American movies every day to improve her English.
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Lilyan Chauvin began landing roles in New York television productions including TV's prestigious Studio One.
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Lilyan Chauvin made her film acting debut in Letter from Cairo, an episode of the long-running series Studio One.
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Lilyan Chauvin appeared in the Elvis Presley films King Creole and Tickle Me and the Barbra Streisand film Funny Lady.
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Lilyan Chauvin was a series regular on Days of Our Lives, Mission Impossible, General Hospital and Falcon Crest.
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Lilyan Chauvin's DGA directing credits include The Young and the Restless, But She Can Type, Celebration 75 and Windows of Heaven.
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Lilyan Chauvin directed productions of Last Summer at Bluefish Cove, Effigies, Seacliffe California, In My Minds Eye, The Happy Time and The Deepest Hunger.
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Some of Lilyan Chauvin's acting students were Raquel Welch, Suzanne Somers, Margie Haber, Carly Schroeder, Kin and Wil Shriner, Jennifer Runyon, Kevin Nealon and Rex Steven Sikes.
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Twice nominated for Emmy Awards, Lilyan Chauvin won the 1991 Angel Award for Hollywood Structured, which was co-produced by Lilyan Chauvin, Julie Johnson and Irene Lamothe.
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Lilyan Chauvin appeared weekly as the host on this cable program with, among others, Jacqueline Bisset, Linda Gray, Morey Amsterdam, Danny Glover, Henry Mancini, Anne Francis, Carmen Zapata and others.
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Lilyan Chauvin was on the Women's Steering Committee of the Directors Guild of America and had over 35 credits as a DGA Director since 1979.
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Lilyan Chauvin was a member of Screen Actors Guild, the Writers Guild of America, the American Federation of Television and Radio Artist and Equity.
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Lilyan Chauvin served on the organization's Board five times, twice as the Board's vice president.
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Lilyan Chauvin was married to Bernard Lilyan Chauvin, whom she divorced in Florida in 1953.
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Lilyan Chauvin retained his surname for the remainder of her career.
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Lilyan Chauvin died at her Studio City, Los Angeles home on 26 June 2008, aged 82.
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Lilyan Chauvin's death was attributed to complications from breast cancer and congestive heart disease.