As a producer and director, she won the 1991 "Angel Award" for the program "Hollywood Structured," as host of the weekly cable TV program.
Battled breast cancer for four decades.
Born in Paris, her mother, Emilia Speltiens Zemoz, was French, and her father, Pantion Pierre Zemoz, was Italian.
Discovered in New York by actress Judith Anderson.
Former vice-president of Women in Film, she was a 39-year member and served on the Board five times.
Is fluent in French and has done some ADR voice work and dialog for some foreign actors.
Last name pronounced "Cho-Ven".
Lilyan was an animal and nature advocate for many years and was an active supporter of the Wilderness Society.
Other than her native French, she was proficient in Spanish, German, Italian and Russian.
Some of her former acting students include Raquel Welch, Suzanne Somers, Kin Shriner, Kevin Nealon and Wil Shriner.
Taught acting privately and as both University of Southern California (USC) and University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA).
Was a Technical Advisor/Dialogue Coach at MGM and worked as a Dialogue Supervisor and Drama coach at Warner Brothers. She taught French to many actors including Lauren Hutton and Richard Gere in American Gigolo (1980).
Was on the Women's Steering Committee of the Director's Guild of America (DGA).
Working in broadcasting in France in her early years, she moved to New York on her 21st birthday and became a US citizen. She studied with Uta Hagen and at the Actors Studio in New York. Chauvin also attended the Berlitz school of Languages and took in American movies nearly every day to improve her English.