Lin Shaye
Actor
Born October 12, 1943 in Detroit, Michigan, USA
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).
Filmography
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Insidious: Out of the Further
Elise Rainier
The Old World
The Aunt (voice)
Before Memory
Jackson's Hole
Netter
Mascotland
Thread: An Insidious Tale
Elise Rainier
Scared to Death
Max
1000 Women in Horror
Self
House of Abraham
Common Side Effects
Sonia (voice)
The Last Stand of Ellen Cole
Ellen
Insidious: The Red Door
Elise Rainier
Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story
Self
Remote
Kane
We Are Gathered Here Today
Jean Cole
Living with Chucky
Self
The Quarry: Movie Mode
Constance Hackett
Frank and Penelope
Ophelia
Pines
Julie (voice)
Behind the Monsters
Self
Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman
Mrs. Bundy
The Call
Edith Cranston
The Horror Crowd
Self
Max Reload and the Nether Blasters
Mrs. Wylder
The Voices
The Vagabond
Dreamkatcher
Ruth
Penny Dreadful: City of Angels
Dottie Minter
Dead Talk Live
Self - Guest
Darkness Falls
Angela Anderson
The Grudge
Faith Matheson
Gothic Harvest
Griselda
Ambition
Lady Bum
Get Gone
Mama
Room for Rent
Joyce
The Final Wish
Kate Hammond
Herbert West: Reanimator
Meredith
The Main Course: The Making of Critters 2
Self
They Bite!: The Making of Critters
Self
Eli Roth's History of Horror
Self
Los Angeles Overnight
Cousins
Insidious: The Last Key
Elise Rainier
All About the Money
Mrs. Womack
Buster's Mal Heart
Pauline
The Black Room
Miss Black
Grow House
Mrs. Gilliam
Mountain Top
Muriel Miller
Abattoir
Allie
Ouija: Origin of Evil
Old Paulina Zander
The Midnight Man
Anna
Director's Cut
Captain Wheeler
Texas Heart
Mrs. Smith
Jack Goes Home
Teresa
Tales of Halloween
Lynn's Mother
Helen Keller vs. Nightwolves
Helen Keller
Insidious: Chapter 3
Elise Rainier
Don Quixote: The Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha
The Grand Lady
Grace
Helen
Ouija
Paulina Zander
Lost Time
Mysterious Woman
The Signal
Mirabelle
All American Christmas Carol
Barbara Belnap
Big Ass Spider!
Mrs. Jefferson
Insidious: Chapter 2
Elise Rainier
Crazy Kind of Love
Denise Mack
Noobz
Mrs. Theodore
Insidious: Spectral Sightings
Elise
EastSiders
Diane
Life's an Itch
Gloria
Matchmaker Santa
Debbie
FDR: American Badass!
Eleanor Roosevelt
3 Days of Normal
May
Jewtopia
Dr. Sutton
The Three Stooges
Nurse Crotchet
Waffle Hut
Jerrie Wolf
Rosewood Lane
Mrs. Hawthorne
Chillerama
Baglady / Nurse Maleva
A Good Old Fashioned Orgy
Dody
I Was a Teenage Werebear
Insidious
Elise Rainier
Take Me Home
Jill
Sedona
Claire
Goldberg - P.I.
Violet
Farewell Mr. Kringle
Zelda
The Land of the Astronauts
Next Stop Murder
Detective Reeson
The Accidental Death of Joey by Sue
Mrs. Rawlings
Small Town Saturday Night
Phyllis Ryan
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
Self
2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams
Granny Boone
The Penthouse
Frances
Killer by Nature
Leona
VideoDome Rent-O-Rama
The Lush
Dark Moon Rising
Sunny
Stuntmen
Bumble Jackson
American Cowslip
Lou Anne
My Sister's Keeper
Nurse Adele
Doggie Heaven
Woman
Starz Inside: In the Gutter
Self
Chronic Town
Nurse
Asylum
String's Mother
Killer Pad
Marge
Private Practice
Mrs. Taylor
Chasing Robert
Martha the Bookie
The Election
The Wife
Homo Erectus
Museum Guide
Pledge This!
Miss Prin
Snakes on a Plane: Meet the Reptiles
Self
Snakes on a Set: Behind the Scenes
Self
The Snake Pit: On the Set of 'Snakes on a Plane'
Self
Driftwood
Nancy Forrester
Surf School
Larry's Mom
Down the P.C.H.
Wendy O'Hara
Snakes on a Plane
Grace
Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror
Clara
Bachelor Party Vegas
Cassandra
Hoboken Hollow
Mrs. Brodrick
Pure Venom: The Making of Snakes on a Plane
Self
Unbeatable Harold
Jeannie
Made in Hollywood
Self
My Name Is Earl
Paul's Mom
2001 Maniacs
Granny Boone
Drop Dead Sexy
Ma Muzzy
Confessions of an Action Star
Samantha Jones
Hate Crime
Kathleen Slansky
Born Killers
Willow
The Hillside Strangler
Jenny Buono
Cellular
Exotic Car Driver
A Cinderella Story
Mrs. Wells
The Almost Guys
Repo Boss
Who's Your Daddy?
Ms. Harding
Dead End
Laura Harrington
Stuck on You
Makeup Babe
Barely Legal
Tequlia
Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd
Margie
ManFast
Marge
Boat Trip
Sonya the Coach
Wish You Were Dead
Jinny Macintosh
Contagion
Laura Crowley
Crossing Jordan
Leather Lauren
Say It Isn't So
Nurse Bautista
Attention Shoppers
Libby
Me, Myself & Irene
Mrs. Caleron
Detroit Rock City
Mrs. Bruce
Becker
Mrs. Cooper
Living Out Loud
Lisa's Nurse
There's Something About Mary
Magda
Breakfast with Einstein
Miss Desmond
Perversions of Science
Nurse
Trading Favors
Darla
Last Man Standing
The Madame
Arli$$
Shurja
Kingpin
Landlady
Project: ALF
Waitress
Nature of the Beast
Carol Powell
Trial by Fire
Phyliis Cardell
Sketch Artist II: Hands That See
Bonnie
Dumb and Dumber
Mrs. Neugeboren
Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, the Last Chapter
Inmate
Wes Craven's New Nightmare
Nurse with Pills
ER
Margaret
My So-Called Life
Parent #2
Corrina, Corrina
Repeat Nanny
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
Rubber Rose Maid
In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance
Foreman #2
Brain Smasher... A Love Story
Make up Artist
Frasier
Anne
Amityville: A New Generation
Nurse Turner
Three of Hearts
Operator
The Temp
Rosemary
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
Witness
Roadside Prophets
Celeste
Critters 3
Sal (archive footage)
Pump Up the Volume
PTA Parent #3
Book of Love
Mrs. Flynn
Life Goes On
Parent #2
Lucky Stiff
Bratty Kid's Mom
Critters 2
Sal
The Running Man
Propaganda Officer
The Hidden
Carol Miller
Mistress
Woman Customer
Slam Dance
Librarian
My Demon Lover
Anemic Counter Girl
Extreme Prejudice
Employment Office Clerk
Stillwatch
Critters
Sally
The Twilight Zone
Kate Simmons (segment "Chameleon")
Brewster's Millions
Journalist at Rally
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Teacher
Who's the Boss?
Mrs. Padnick
Highway to Heaven
Lila Barnes
Summer Fantasy
Woman on Beach
Why Me?
Alone in the Dark
Receptionist at Haven
Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again
Nurse with Telegram
Cagney & Lacey
Secretary
Falcon Crest
Smoking Female Prisoner
The Long Riders
Kate
The Seeding of Sarah Burns
2nd Nurse
The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal
Freida
Goin' South
Parasol Lady
A Secret Space
Amy
Sex and the Married Woman
Sandra
Eight Is Enough
Band Member
Hester Street
Whore