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Lin Shaye
Lin Shaye

Lin Shaye

ActingBorn October 12, 1943 (age 82)Detroit, Michigan, USA

Biography

Lin Shaye (born October 12, 1943) is an American actress. In a career spanning over fifty years, Shaye has appeared in more than a hundred feature films. She is regarded as a scream queen due to her roles in various horror productions, which include the films Alone in the Dark (1982), A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), Critters (1986) and its sequel Critters 2: The Main Course (1988), Amityville: A New Generation (1993), Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994), Dead End (2003), 2001 Maniacs (2005) and its sequel 2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams (2010), Ouija (2014) and its prequel Ouija: Origin of Evil (2016), Tales of Halloween (2015), Abattoir (2016), The Final Wish (2018), Room for Rent (2019), The Grudge (2019), Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman (2021), and the Insidious film series (2010–2026). Shaye is also well known for her comedic roles in numerous films by the Farrelly brothers, including Dumb and Dumber (1994), Kingpin (1996), There's Something About Mary (1998), Detroit Rock City (1999), Me, Myself & Irene (2000), Stuck on You (2003), and The Three Stooges (2012). Description above from the Wikipedia article Lin Shaye, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

2026Movie
2026Movie
2025Movie
2025
Common Side Effects

as Sonia (voice)

TV
2023
Insidious: The Red Door

as Elise Rainier

Movie
2022
Remote

as Kane

Movie
2022Movie
2022Movie
2022
The Quarry: Movie Mode

as Lou/The Hag of Hackett's Quarry

Movie
2022Movie
2022
Pines

as Julie (voice)

Movie
2021TV
2021Movie
2020
The Call

as Edith Cranston

Movie
2020Movie
2020Movie
2020
The Voices

as The Vagabond

Movie
2020Movie
2020TV
2020
Dead Talk Live

as Self - Guest

TV
2020
Darkness Falls

as Angela Anderson

Movie
2019
The Grudge

as Faith Matheson

Movie
2019
Gothic Harvest

as Griselda

Movie
2019
Ambition

as Lady Bum

Movie
2019
Get Gone

as Mama

Movie
2019Movie
2019
The Final Wish

as Kate Hammond

Movie
2018Movie
2018Movie
2018
Insidious: The Last Key

as Elise Rainier

Movie
2017
All About the Money

as Mrs. Womack

Movie
2017Movie
2017
The Black Room

as Miss Black

Movie
2017
Grow House

as Mrs. Gilliam

Movie
2017
Mountain Top

as Muriel Miller

Movie
2016
Abattoir

as Allie

Movie
2016
Ouija: Origin of Evil

as Old Paulina Zander

Movie
2016Movie
2016
Director's Cut

as Captain Wheeler

Movie
2016
Texas Heart

as Mrs. Smith

Movie
2016Movie
2015
Tales of Halloween

as Lynn's Mother

Movie
2015Movie
2015
Insidious: Chapter 3

as Elise Rainier

Movie
2014
Grace

as Helen

Movie
2014
Ouija

as Paulina Zander

Movie
2014
Lost Time

as Mysterious Woman

Movie
2014
The Signal

as Mirabelle

Movie
2013Movie
2013
Big Ass Spider!

as Mrs. Jefferson

Movie
2013
Insidious: Chapter 2

as Elise Rainier

Movie
2013
Crazy Kind of Love

as Denise Mack

Movie
2013
Noobz

as Mrs. Theodore

Movie
2012
EastSiders

as Diane

TV
2012Movie
2012Movie
2012
FDR: American Badass!

as Eleanor Roosevelt

Movie
2012Movie
2012
Jewtopia

as Dr. Sutton

Movie
2012
The Three Stooges

as Nurse Crotchet

Movie
2012
Waffle Hut

as Jerrie Wolf

Movie
2011
Rosewood Lane

as Mrs. Hawthorne

Movie
2011
Chillerama

as Baglady / Nurse Maleva

Movie
2011
Insidious

as Elise Rainier

Movie
2011Movie
2011
Sedona

as Claire

Movie
2011Movie
2010Movie
2010
Next Stop Murder

as Detective Reeson

Movie
2010Movie
2010Movie
2010
Pickin' and Grinnin'

as Bonnie Johnson

Movie
2010Movie
2010
The Penthouse

as Frances

Movie
2010Movie
2010Movie
2009Movie
2009
Stuntmen

as Bumble Jackson

Movie
2009
American Cowslip

as Lou Anne

Movie
2009
My Sister's Keeper

as Nurse Adele

Movie
2008Movie
2008
Chronic Town

as Nurse

Movie
2008
Asylum

as String's Mother

Movie
2008
Killer Pad

as Marge

Movie
2007
Private Practice

as Mrs. Taylor

TV
2007
Chasing Robert

as Martha the Bookie

Movie
2007
The Election

as The Wife

Movie
2007
Homo Erectus

as Museum Guide

Movie
2007
Pledge This!

as Miss Prin

Movie
2006
Driftwood

as Nancy Forrester

Movie
2006
Surf School

as Larry's Mom

Movie
2006
Down the P.C.H.

as Wendy O'Hara

Movie
2006Movie
2006Movie
2006
Hoboken Hollow

as Mrs. Brodrick

Movie
2006Movie
2005TV
2005
My Name Is Earl

as Paul's Mom

TV
2005
2001 Maniacs

as Granny Boone

Movie
2005
Drop Dead Sexy

as Ma Muzzy

Movie
2005Movie
2005
Hate Crime

as Kathleen Slansky

Movie
2005
Born Killers

as Willow

Movie
2004Movie
2004
Cellular

as Exotic Car Driver

Movie
2004
A Cinderella Story

as Mrs. Wells

Movie
2004
The Almost Guys

as Repo Boss

Movie
2004
Who's Your Daddy?

as Ms. Harding

Movie
2003
Dead End

as Laura Harrington

Movie
2003
Stuck on You

as Makeup Babe

Movie
2003
Barely Legal

as Tequlia

Movie
2003
ManFast

as Marge

Movie
2002
Boat Trip

as Sonya the Coach

Movie
2002
Wish You Were Dead

as Jinny Macintosh

Movie
2002
Contagion

as Laura Crowley

Movie
2001Movie
2001
Crossing Jordan

as Leather Lauren

TV
2001
Say It Isn't So

as Nurse Bautista

Movie
2000Movie
2000
Me, Myself & Irene

as Mrs. Caleron

Movie
1999
Detroit Rock City

as Mrs. Bruce

Movie
1998
Becker

as Mrs. Cooper

TV
1998
Living Out Loud

as Lisa's Nurse

Movie
1998Movie
1997Movie
1996
Last Man Standing

as The Madame

Movie
1996
Arli$$

as Shurja

TV
1996
Kingpin

as Landlady

Movie
1996
Project: ALF

as Waitress

Movie
1995
Nature of the Beast

as Carol Powell

Movie
1995
Trial by Fire

as Phyliis Cardell

Movie
1994
Dumb and Dumber

as Mrs. Neugeboren

Movie
1994
Wes Craven's New Nightmare

as Nurse with Pills

Movie
1994
ER

as Margaret

TV
1994
My So-Called Life

as Parent #2

TV
1994
Corrina, Corrina

as Repeat Nanny

Movie
1994
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues

as Rubber Rose Maid

Movie
1993Movie
1993
Frasier

as Anne

TV
1993Movie
1993
Three of Hearts

as Operator

Movie
1993
The Temp

as Rosemary

Movie
1992Movie
1991
Critters 3

as Sal (archive footage)

Movie
1990
Pump Up the Volume

as PTA Parent #3

Movie
1990
Book of Love

as Mrs. Flynn

Movie
1989
Life Goes On

as Parent #2

TV
1988
Lucky Stiff

as Bratty Kid's Mom

Movie
1988Movie
1987
The Running Man

as Propaganda Officer

Movie
1987
The Hidden

as Carol Miller

Movie
1987
Mistress

as Woman Customer

Movie
1987
Slam Dance

as Librarian

Movie
1987
My Demon Lover

as Anemic Counter Girl

Movie
1987
Extreme Prejudice

as Employment Office Clerk

Movie
1987Movie
1986
Critters

as Sally

Movie
1985
The Twilight Zone

as Kate Simmons (segment "Chameleon")

TV
1985
Brewster's Millions

as Journalist at Rally

Movie
1984Movie
1984
Who's the Boss?

as Mrs. Padnick

TV
1984
Highway to Heaven

as Lila Barnes

TV
1984
Summer Fantasy

as Woman on Beach

Movie
1984Movie
1982
Alone in the Dark

as Receptionist at Haven

Movie
1982
Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again

as Nurse with Telegram

Movie
1982
Cagney & Lacey

as Secretary

TV
1981
Falcon Crest

as Smoking Female Prisoner

TV
1980Movie
1979Movie
1978
Goin' South

as Parasol Lady

Movie
1977Movie
1977Movie
1977
Eight Is Enough

as Band Member

TV
1975Movie
The Old World

as The Aunt (voice)

Movie
Carrier

as Joan Pierson

Movie
Movie
Devoted

as Aunt Dottie

Movie
Movie
Movie
Movie
Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayOctober 12, 1943
Place of BirthDetroit, Michigan, USA
Popularity2.3
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