Lin Shaye
Acting
Born: October 12, 1943 (age 82) · Detroit, Michigan, USA
Highest Rated
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.
Known for
Insidious
2011
Dumb and Dumber
1994
A Nightmare on Elm Street
1984
There's Something About Mary
1998
Insidious: Chapter 2
2013
Me, Myself & Irene
2000
Insidious: Chapter 3
2015
A Cinderella Story
2004
Insidious: The Last Key
2018
The Running Man
1987
Ouija
2014
Ouija: Origin of Evil
2016
Photos (1)
Movies (164)
Insidious: Out of the Further
Elise Rainier
Insidious
Elise Rainier
Insidious: The Red Door
Elise Rainier
Insidious: The Last Key
Elise Rainier
Insidious: Chapter 3
Elise Rainier
Insidious: Chapter 2
Elise Rainier
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Teacher
Dumb and Dumber
Mrs. Neugeboren
A Cinderella Story
Mrs. Wells
There's Something About Mary
Magda
Me, Myself & Irene
Mrs. Caleron
The Last Stand of Ellen Cole
Ellen
The Running Man
Propaganda Officer
Wes Craven's New Nightmare
Nurse with Pills
Ouija: Origin of Evil
Old Paulina Zander
Cellular
Exotic Car Driver
Frank and Penelope
Ophelia
Snakes on a Plane
Grace
Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd
Margie
Critters
Sally
My Sister's Keeper
Nurse Adele
The Grudge
Faith Matheson
Last Man Standing
The Madame
Ouija
Paulina Zander
The Three Stooges
Nurse Crotchet
The Signal
Mirabelle
Brewster's Millions
Journalist at Rally
The Hidden
Carol Miller
Barely Legal
Tequlia
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
Witness
Kingpin
Landlady
Critters 3
Sal (archive footage)
Boat Trip
Sonya the Coach
Dead End
Laura Harrington
Stuck on You
Makeup Babe
Critters 2
Sal
The Long Riders
Kate
The Midnight Man
Anna
2001 Maniacs
Granny Boone
Corrina, Corrina
Repeat Nanny
Pump Up the Volume
PTA Parent #3
Dreamkatcher
Ruth
A Good Old Fashioned Orgy
Dody
Buster's Mal Heart
Pauline
Detroit Rock City
Mrs. Bruce
Goin' South
Parasol Lady
Extreme Prejudice
Employment Office Clerk
Chillerama
Baglady / Nurse Maleva
Say It Isn't So
Nurse Bautista
Project: ALF
Waitress
Abattoir
Allie
Alone in the Dark
Receptionist at Haven
Take Me Home
Jill
Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman
Mrs. Bundy
Homo Erectus
Museum Guide
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
Rubber Rose Maid
The Call
Edith Cranston
The Temp
Rosemary
Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again
Nurse with Telegram
Pledge This!
Miss Prin
Mountain Top
Muriel Miller
Texas Heart
Mrs. Smith
Tales of Halloween
Lynn's Mother
My Demon Lover
Anemic Counter Girl
Rosewood Lane
Mrs. Hawthorne
Small Town Saturday Night
Phyllis Ryan
Nature of the Beast
Carol Powell
The Final Wish
Kate Hammond
Who's Your Daddy?
Ms. Harding
Drop Dead Sexy
Ma Muzzy
Amityville: A New Generation
Nurse Turner
Bachelor Party Vegas
Cassandra
Grace
Helen
Living Out Loud
Lisa's Nurse
The Black Room
Miss Black
Big Ass Spider!
Mrs. Jefferson
Asylum
String's Mother
Room for Rent
Joyce
Director's Cut
Captain Wheeler
Confessions of an Action Star
Samantha Jones
2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams
Granny Boone
Jewtopia
Dr. Sutton
Darkness Falls
Angela Anderson
The Penthouse
Frances
Three of Hearts
Operator
Wish You Were Dead
Jinny Macintosh
Crazy Kind of Love
Denise Mack
Book of Love
Mrs. Flynn
Sedona
Claire
Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, the Last Chapter
Inmate
Killer by Nature
Leona
House of Abraham
2025
The Hidden II
Carol Miller (archive footage)
Lost Time
Mysterious Woman
Chasing Robert
Martha the Bookie
Hate Crime
Kathleen Slansky
Brain Smasher... A Love Story
Make up Artist
Roadside Prophets
Celeste
Jack Goes Home
Teresa
Matchmaker Santa
Debbie
FDR: American Badass!
Eleanor Roosevelt
Pines
Julie (voice)
Slam Dance
Librarian
Hoboken Hollow
Mrs. Brodrick
All About the Money
Mrs. Womack
Breakfast with Einstein
Miss Desmond
The Quarry: Movie Mode
Constance Hackett
Don Quixote: The Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha
The Grand Lady
In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance
Foreman #2
Stuntmen
Bumble Jackson
The Voices
The Vagabond
Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror
Clara
American Cowslip
Lou Anne
Contagion
Laura Crowley
Next Stop Murder
Detective Reeson
Born Killers
Willow
Sex and the Married Woman
Sandra
Trial by Fire
Phyliis Cardell
I Was a Teenage Werebear
2011
Driftwood
Nancy Forrester
Doggie Heaven
Woman
Trading Favors
Darla
The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal
Freida
Killer Pad
Marge
Sketch Artist II: Hands That See
Bonnie
Stillwatch
1987
Lucky Stiff
Bratty Kid's Mom
Mistress
Woman Customer
The Hillside Strangler
Jenny Buono
Unbeatable Harold
Jeannie
Life's an Itch
Gloria
The Land of the Astronauts
2010
Grow House
Mrs. Gilliam
Surf School
Larry's Mom
Why Me?
1984
Helen Keller vs. Nightwolves
Helen Keller
All American Christmas Carol
Barbara Belnap
Gothic Harvest
Griselda
Dark Moon Rising
Sunny
Scared to Death
Max
Waffle Hut
Jerrie Wolf
Los Angeles Overnight
Cousins
Farewell Mr. Kringle
Zelda
Hester Street
Whore
Herbert West: Reanimator
Meredith
Down the P.C.H.
Wendy O'Hara
ManFast
Marge
The Almost Guys
Repo Boss
Ambition
Lady Bum
Max Reload and the Nether Blasters
Mrs. Wylder
Summer Fantasy
Woman on Beach
Attention Shoppers
Libby
3 Days of Normal
May
We Are Gathered Here Today
Jean Cole
Chronic Town
Nurse
Noobz
Mrs. Theodore
The Seeding of Sarah Burns
2nd Nurse
VideoDome Rent-O-Rama
The Lush
The Election
The Wife
Remote
Kane
Goldberg - P.I.
Violet
Get Gone
Mama
A Secret Space
Amy
The Accidental Death of Joey by Sue
Mrs. Rawlings
TV Shows (20)
Frasier
Anne · 1 eps
ER
Margaret · 1 eps
Crossing Jordan
Leather Lauren · 1 eps
Falcon Crest
Smoking Female Prisoner · 1 eps
Private Practice
Mrs. Taylor · 1 eps
My Name Is Earl
Paul's Mom · 1 eps
Highway to Heaven
Lila Barnes · 1 eps
Cagney & Lacey
Secretary · 1 eps
Who's the Boss?
Mrs. Padnick · 1 eps
The Twilight Zone
Kate Simmons (segment "Chameleon") · 1 eps
Common Side Effects
Sonia (voice) · 3 eps
Arli$$
Shurja · 1 eps
Becker
Mrs. Cooper · 1 eps
Life Goes On
Parent #2 · 1 eps
Eight Is Enough
Band Member · 1 eps
Penny Dreadful: City of Angels
Dottie Minter · 6 eps
My So-Called Life
Parent #2 · 1 eps
Perversions of Science
Nurse · 1 eps
EastSiders
Diane · 1 eps
Insidious: Spectral Sightings
Elise · 3 eps
Self / Appearances (16)
Made in Hollywood
Self · 1 eps
Eli Roth's History of Horror
Self · 1 eps
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
Self
Dead Talk Live
Self - Guest · 2 eps
Behind the Monsters
Self · 6 eps
Living with Chucky
Self
Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story
Self
Snakes on a Plane: Meet the Reptiles
Self
Pure Venom: The Making of Snakes on a Plane
Self
Starz Inside: In the Gutter
Self
1000 Women in Horror
Self
Snakes on a Set: Behind the Scenes
Self
The Snake Pit: On the Set of 'Snakes on a Plane'
Self
The Horror Crowd
Self
The Main Course: The Making of Critters 2
Self
They Bite!: The Making of Critters
Self
