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Lin Shaye

Acting 82 years old Detroit, Michigan, USA ★ 1.6
Born: October 12, 1943

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 (2020), Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman (2021), and the Insidious film series (2010–2023).

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).

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Filmography

Acting Credits (208)

Insidious: The Bleeding World
Insidious: The Bleeding World Elise Rainier 2026
Scared to Death
Scared to Death Max 2026
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies Self - (archive footage) 2025
1000 Women in Horror
1000 Women in Horror Self 2025
House of Abraham
House of Abraham 2025
Common Side Effects
Common Side Effects Sonia (voice) 2025
The Last Stand of Ellen Cole
The Last Stand of Ellen Cole Ellen 2024
Insidious: The Red Door
Insidious: The Red Door Elise Rainier 2023
Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story
Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story Self 2022
Remote
Remote Kane 2022
We Are Gathered Here Today
We Are Gathered Here Today Jean Cole 2022
Living with Chucky
Living with Chucky Self 2022
Frank and Penelope
Frank and Penelope Ophelia 2022
Pines
Pines Julie (voice) 2022
Behind the Monsters
Behind the Monsters Self 2021
Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman
Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman Mrs. Bundy 2021
The Call
The Call Edith Cranston 2020
The Horror Crowd
The Horror Crowd Self 2020
Max Reload and the Nether Blasters
Max Reload and the Nether Blasters Mrs. Wylder 2020
The Voices
The Voices The Vagabond 2020
Dreamkatcher
Dreamkatcher Ruth 2020
Penny Dreadful: City of Angels
Penny Dreadful: City of Angels Dottie Minter 2020
Dead Talk Live
Dead Talk Live Self - Guest 2020
Darkness Falls
Darkness Falls Angela Anderson 2020
The Grudge
The Grudge Faith Matheson 2019
Gothic Harvest
Gothic Harvest Griselda 2019
Ambition
Ambition Lady Bum 2019
Get Gone
Get Gone Mama 2019
Room for Rent
Room for Rent Joyce 2019
The Final Wish
The Final Wish Kate Hammond 2019
Herbert West: Reanimator
Herbert West: Reanimator Meredith 2018
The Main Course: The Making of Critters 2
The Main Course: The Making of Critters 2 Self 2018
They Bite!: The Making of Critters
They Bite!: The Making of Critters Self 2018
Eli Roth's History of Horror
Eli Roth's History of Horror Self 2018
Los Angeles Overnight
Los Angeles Overnight Cousins 2018
Insidious: The Last Key
Insidious: The Last Key Elise Rainier 2018
All About the Money
All About the Money Mrs. Womack 2017
Buster's Mal Heart
Buster's Mal Heart Pauline 2017
The Black Room
The Black Room Miss Black 2017
Grow House
Grow House Mrs. Gilliam 2017
Mountain Top
Mountain Top Muriel Miller 2017
Abattoir
Abattoir Allie 2016
Ouija: Origin of Evil
Ouija: Origin of Evil Old Paulina Zander 2016
The Midnight Man
The Midnight Man Anna 2016
Director's Cut
Director's Cut Captain Wheeler 2016
Texas Heart
Texas Heart Mrs. Smith 2016
Jack Goes Home
Jack Goes Home Teresa 2016
Tales of Halloween
Tales of Halloween Lynn's Mother 2015
Helen Keller vs. Nightwolves
Helen Keller vs. Nightwolves Helen Keller 2015
Insidious: Chapter 3
Insidious: Chapter 3 Elise Rainier 2015
Don Quixote: The Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha
Don Quixote: The Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha The Grand Lady 2015
Grace
Grace Helen 2014
Ouija
Ouija Paulina Zander 2014
Lost Time
Lost Time Mysterious Woman 2014
The Signal
The Signal Mirabelle 2014
All American Christmas Carol
All American Christmas Carol Barbara Belnap 2013
Big Ass Spider!
Big Ass Spider! Mrs. Jefferson 2013
Insidious: Chapter 2
Insidious: Chapter 2 Elise Rainier 2013
Crazy Kind of Love
Crazy Kind of Love Denise Mack 2013
Noobz
Noobz Mrs. Theodore 2013
EastSiders
EastSiders Diane 2012
Life's an Itch
Life's an Itch Gloria 2012
Matchmaker Santa
Matchmaker Santa Debbie 2012
FDR: American Badass!
FDR: American Badass! Eleanor Roosevelt 2012
3 Days of Normal
3 Days of Normal May 2012
Jewtopia
Jewtopia Dr. Sutton 2012
The Three Stooges
The Three Stooges Nurse Crotchet 2012
Waffle Hut
Waffle Hut Jerrie Wolf 2012
Rosewood Lane
Rosewood Lane Mrs. Hawthorne 2011
Chillerama
Chillerama Baglady / Nurse Maleva 2011
A Good Old Fashioned Orgy
A Good Old Fashioned Orgy Dody 2011
I Was a Teenage Werebear
I Was a Teenage Werebear 2011
Insidious
Insidious Elise Rainier 2011
Take Me Home
Take Me Home Jill 2011
Sedona
Sedona Claire 2011
Goldberg - P.I.
Goldberg - P.I. Violet 2011
Farewell Mr. Kringle
Farewell Mr. Kringle Zelda 2010
The Land of the Astronauts
The Land of the Astronauts 2010
Next Stop Murder
Next Stop Murder Detective Reeson 2010
The Accidental Death of Joey by Sue
The Accidental Death of Joey by Sue Mrs. Rawlings 2010
Small Town Saturday Night
Small Town Saturday Night Phyllis Ryan 2010
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy Self 2010
Pickin' and Grinnin'
Pickin' and Grinnin' Bonnie Johnson 2010
2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams
2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams Granny Boone 2010
The Penthouse
The Penthouse Frances 2010
Killer by Nature
Killer by Nature Leona 2010
VideoDome Rent-O-Rama
VideoDome Rent-O-Rama The Lush 2010
Dark Moon Rising
Dark Moon Rising Sunny 2009
Stuntmen
Stuntmen Bumble Jackson 2009
American Cowslip
American Cowslip Lou Anne 2009
My Sister's Keeper
My Sister's Keeper Nurse Adele 2009
Doggie Heaven
Doggie Heaven Woman 2008
Starz Inside: In the Gutter
Starz Inside: In the Gutter Self 2008
Chronic Town
Chronic Town Nurse 2008
Asylum
Asylum String's Mother 2008
Killer Pad
Killer Pad Marge 2008
Private Practice
Private Practice Mrs. Taylor 2007
Chasing Robert
Chasing Robert Martha the Bookie 2007
The Election
The Election The Wife 2007
Homo Erectus
Homo Erectus Museum Guide 2007
Pledge This!
Pledge This! Miss Prin 2007
Driftwood
Driftwood Nancy Forrester 2006
Surf School
Surf School Larry's Mom 2006
Surf School
Surf School Larry's mom 2006
Down the P.C.H.
Down the P.C.H. Wendy O'Hara 2006
Snakes on a Plane
Snakes on a Plane Grace 2006
Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror
Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror Clara 2006
Bachelor Party Vegas
Bachelor Party Vegas Cassandra 2006
Hoboken Hollow
Hoboken Hollow Mrs. Brodrick 2006
Unbeatable Harold
Unbeatable Harold Jeannie 2006
Made in Hollywood
Made in Hollywood Self 2005
My Name Is Earl
My Name Is Earl Paul's Mom 2005
2001 Maniacs
2001 Maniacs Granny Boone 2005
Drop Dead Sexy
Drop Dead Sexy Ma Muzzy 2005
Confessions of an Action Star
Confessions of an Action Star Samantha Jones 2005
Hate Crime
Hate Crime Kathleen Slansky 2005
Born Killers
Born Killers Willow 2005
The Hillside Strangler
The Hillside Strangler Jenny Buono 2004
Cellular
Cellular Exotic Car Driver 2004
A Cinderella Story
A Cinderella Story Mrs. Wells 2004
The Almost Guys
The Almost Guys Repo Boss 2004
Who's Your Daddy?
Who's Your Daddy? Ms. Harding 2004
Dead End
Dead End Laura Harrington 2003
Stuck on You
Stuck on You Makeup Babe 2003
Barely Legal
Barely Legal Tequlia 2003
Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd
Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd Margie 2003
ManFast
ManFast Marge 2003
Boat Trip
Boat Trip Sonya the Coach 2002
Wish You Were Dead
Wish You Were Dead Jinny Macintosh 2002
Contagion
Contagion Laura Crowley 2002
A Letter from My Father
A Letter from My Father Elise 2001
Crossing Jordan
Crossing Jordan Leather Lauren 2001
Say It Isn't So
Say It Isn't So Nurse Bautista 2001
Without Charlie
Without Charlie 2001
Attention Shoppers
Attention Shoppers Libby 2000
Me, Myself & Irene
Me, Myself & Irene Mrs. Caleron 2000
Detroit Rock City
Detroit Rock City Mrs. Bruce 1999
Becker
Becker Mrs. Cooper 1998
Living Out Loud
Living Out Loud Lisa's Nurse 1998
There's Something About Mary
There's Something About Mary Magda 1998
Breakfast with Einstein
Breakfast with Einstein Miss Desmond 1998
Perversions of Science
Perversions of Science Nurse 1997
Trading Favors
Trading Favors Darla 1997
Last Man Standing
Last Man Standing The Madame 1996
Arli$$
Arli$$ Shurja 1996
Kingpin
Kingpin Landlady 1996
Project: ALF
Project: ALF Waitress 1996
Nature of the Beast
Nature of the Beast Carol Powell 1995
Trial by Fire
Trial by Fire Phyliis Cardell 1995
Sketch Artist II: Hands That See
Sketch Artist II: Hands That See Bonnie 1995
Dumb and Dumber
Dumb and Dumber Mrs. Neugeboren 1994
Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, the Last Chapter
Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, the Last Chapter Inmate 1994
New Nightmare
New Nightmare Nurse with Pills 1994
ER
ER Margaret 1994
My So-Called Life
My So-Called Life Parent #2 1994
Corrina, Corrina
Corrina, Corrina Repeat Nanny 1994
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues Rubber Rose Maid 1994
In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance
In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance Foreman #2 1994
Brain Smasher... A Love Story
Brain Smasher... A Love Story Make up Artist 1993
Amityville: A New Generation
Amityville: A New Generation Nurse Turner 1993
Frasier
Frasier Anne 1993
Three of Hearts
Three of Hearts Operator 1993
The Temp
The Temp Rosemary 1993
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 Witness 1993
Roadside Prophets
Roadside Prophets Celeste 1992
Critters 3
Critters 3 Sal (archive footage) 1991
Pump Up the Volume
Pump Up the Volume PTA Parent #3 1990
Book of Love
Book of Love Mrs. Flynn 1990
Life Goes On
Life Goes On Parent #2 1989
Lucky Stiff
Lucky Stiff Bratty Kid's Mom 1988
Critters 2
Critters 2 Sal 1988
The Running Man
The Running Man Propaganda Officer 1987
The Hidden
The Hidden Carol Miller 1987
Mistress
Mistress Woman Customer 1987
Slam Dance
Slam Dance Librarian 1987
My Demon Lover
My Demon Lover Anemic Counter Girl 1987
Extreme Prejudice
Extreme Prejudice Employment Office Clerk 1987
Stillwatch
Stillwatch 1987
Critters
Critters Sally 1986
The Twilight Zone
The Twilight Zone Kate Simmons (segment "Chameleon") 1985
Brewster's Millions
Brewster's Millions Journalist at Rally 1985
A Nightmare on Elm Street
A Nightmare on Elm Street Teacher 1984
Who's the Boss?
Who's the Boss? Mrs. Padnick 1984
Highway to Heaven
Highway to Heaven Lila Barnes 1984
Summer Fantasy
Summer Fantasy Woman on Beach 1984
Why Me?
Why Me? 1984
Alone in the Dark
Alone in the Dark Receptionist at Haven 1982
Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again
Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again Nurse with Telegram 1982
Cagney & Lacey
Cagney & Lacey Secretary 1982
Falcon Crest
Falcon Crest Smoking Female Prisoner 1981
A Cry for Love
A Cry for Love 1980
The Long Riders
The Long Riders Kate 1980
The Seeding of Sarah Burns
The Seeding of Sarah Burns 2nd Nurse 1979
The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal
The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal Freida 1979
Goin' South
Goin' South Parasol Lady 1978
A Secret Space
A Secret Space Amy 1977
Sex and the Married Woman
Sex and the Married Woman Sandra 1977
Eight Is Enough
Eight Is Enough Band Member 1977
Hester Street
Hester Street Whore 1975
The Old World
The Old World The Aunt (voice)
Carrier
Carrier Joan Pierson
The Possession at Gladstone Manor
The Possession at Gladstone Manor Nurse
Dead of Nowhere 3D
Dead of Nowhere 3D Meemaw
Before Memory
Before Memory
Devoted
Devoted Aunt Dottie
The Bench
The Bench
Jackson's Hole
Jackson's Hole Netter
Mascotland
Mascotland

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