
Cast
Lin Shaye
Acting
Cast
Lin Shaye
Known for
Acting
Born
1943-10-12
From
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Also known as Linda Shaye
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.

Insidious
as Elise Rainier

A Nightmare on Elm Street
as Teacher

Insidious: The Red Door
as Elise Rainier

A Cinderella Story
as Mrs. Wells

Dumb and Dumber
as Mrs. Neugeboren

Insidious: Chapter 3
as Elise Rainier

Insidious: Chapter 2
as Elise Rainier

Insidious: The Last Key
as Elise Rainier

There's Something About Mary
as Magda

The Running Man
as Propaganda Officer

Insidious: Out of the Further
as Elise Rainier

The Last Stand of Ellen Cole
as Ellen

Me, Myself & Irene
as Mrs. Caleron

Wes Craven's New Nightmare
as Nurse with Pills

Frank and Penelope
as Ophelia

Ouija
as Paulina Zander

Critters
as Sally

Snakes on a Plane
as Grace

Ouija: Origin of Evil
as Old Paulina Zander

The Signal
as Mirabelle

The Grudge
as Faith Matheson

2001 Maniacs
as Granny Boone

Last Man Standing
as The Madame

Boat Trip
as Sonya the Coach

Barely Legal
as Tequlia

Cellular
as Exotic Car Driver

The Three Stooges
as Nurse Crotchet

Kingpin
as Landlady

Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd
as Margie

My Sister's Keeper
as Nurse Adele

Dead End
as Laura Harrington

Critters 3
as Sal (archive footage)

Critters 2
as Sal

The Hidden
as Carol Miller

National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
as Witness

Stuck on You
as Makeup Babe

Brewster's Millions
as Journalist at Rally

Extreme Prejudice
as Employment Office Clerk

The Call
as Edith Cranston

The Long Riders
as Kate

Roadside Prophets
as Celeste

Homo Erectus
as Museum Guide

Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
as Self

Who's Your Daddy?
as Ms. Harding

Detroit Rock City
as Mrs. Bruce

Chillerama
as Baglady / Nurse Maleva

Pump Up the Volume
as PTA Parent #3

Corrina, Corrina
as Repeat Nanny

Grow House
as Mrs. Gilliam

Grace
as Helen

Goin' South
as Parasol Lady

Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
as Rubber Rose Maid

Abattoir
as Allie

The Black Room
as Miss Black

Tales of Halloween
as Lynn's Mother

Stuntmen
as Bumble Jackson

Slam Dance
as Librarian

Dreamkatcher
as Ruth

The Midnight Man
as Anna

Matchmaker Santa
as Debbie

Mountain Top
as Muriel Miller

Say It Isn't So
as Nurse Bautista

Asylum
as String's Mother

Alone in the Dark
as Receptionist at Haven

Trading Favors
as Darla

Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman
as Mrs. Bundy

Rosewood Lane
as Mrs. Hawthorne

A Good Old Fashioned Orgy
as Dody

Confessions of an Action Star
as Samantha Jones

Contagion
as Laura Crowley

Drop Dead Sexy
as Ma Muzzy

All About the Money
as Mrs. Womack

Noobz
as Mrs. Theodore

Pledge This!
as Miss Prin

Project: ALF
as Waitress

The Final Wish
as Kate Hammond

Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror
as Clara

Attention Shoppers
as Libby

FDR: American Badass!
as Eleanor Roosevelt

Crazy Kind of Love
as Denise Mack

Hate Crime
as Kathleen Slansky

Buster's Mal Heart
as Pauline

Living Out Loud
as Lisa's Nurse

Big Ass Spider!
as Mrs. Jefferson

Without Charlie

Director's Cut
as Captain Wheeler

Living with Chucky
as Self

Don Quixote: The Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha
as The Grand Lady

Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, the Last Chapter
as Inmate

Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story
as Self

Take Me Home
as Jill

Jewtopia
as Dr. Sutton

2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams
as Granny Boone

My Demon Lover
as Anemic Counter Girl

The Hillside Strangler
as Jenny Buono

The Temp
as Rosemary

Bachelor Party Vegas
as Cassandra

Killer Pad
as Marge

Amityville: A New Generation
as Nurse Turner

Darkness Falls
as Angela Anderson

Trial by Fire
as Phyliis Cardell

All American Christmas Carol
as Barbara Belnap

Stillwatch

Surf School
as Larry's Mom

In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance
as Foreman #2

Room for Rent
as Joyce

Starz Inside: In the Gutter
as Self

The Penthouse
as Frances

Brain Smasher... A Love Story
as Make up Artist

Three of Hearts
as Operator

Pines
as Julie (voice)

American Cowslip
as Lou Anne

Nature of the Beast
as Carol Powell

Breakfast with Einstein
as Miss Desmond

We Are Gathered Here Today
as Jean Cole

Wish You Were Dead
as Jinny Macintosh

Sketch Artist II: Hands That See
as Bonnie

Book of Love
as Mrs. Flynn

Small Town Saturday Night
as Phyllis Ryan

ManFast
as Marge

Max Reload and the Nether Blasters
as Mrs. Wylder

VideoDome Rent-O-Rama
as The Lush

Unbeatable Harold
as Jeannie

Farewell Mr. Kringle
as Zelda

Dark Moon Rising
as Sunny

They Bite!: The Making of Critters
as Self

Lucky Stiff
as Bratty Kid's Mom

Sex and the Married Woman
as Sandra

Hoboken Hollow
as Mrs. Brodrick

Killer by Nature
as Leona

Devoted
as Aunt Dottie

Why Me?

Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again
as Nurse with Telegram

Driftwood
as Nancy Forrester

Jack Goes Home
as Teresa

Mistress
as Woman Customer

The Seeding of Sarah Burns
as 2nd Nurse

The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal
as Freida

Next Stop Murder
as Detective Reeson

Sedona
as Claire

Goldberg - P.I.
as Violet

Scared to Death
as Max

The Bench

Pickin' and Grinnin'
as Bonnie Johnson

The Land of the Astronauts

3 Days of Normal
as May

Helen Keller vs. Nightwolves
as Helen Keller

Hester Street
as Whore

House of Abraham

Life's an Itch
as Gloria

Born Killers
as Willow

Summer Fantasy
as Woman on Beach

Doggie Heaven
as Woman

Texas Heart
as Mrs. Smith

The Almost Guys
as Repo Boss

A Cry for Love

The Voices
as The Vagabond

1000 Women in Horror
as Self

Chasing Robert
as Martha the Bookie

Down the P.C.H.
as Wendy O'Hara

Ambition
as Lady Bum

The Possession at Gladstone Manor
as Nurse

The Election
as The Wife

The Quarry: Movie Mode
as Lou/The Hag of Hackett's Quarry

Chronic Town
as Nurse

Lost Time
as Mysterious Woman

The Accidental Death of Joey by Sue
as Mrs. Rawlings

The Horror Crowd
as Self

Before Memory

Get Gone
as Mama

Mascotland

I Was a Teenage Werebear

Waffle Hut
as Jerrie Wolf

The Main Course: The Making of Critters 2
as Self

Carrier
as Joan Pierson

Dead of Nowhere 3D
as Meemaw

A Letter from My Father
as Elise

Los Angeles Overnight
as Cousins

Herbert West: Reanimator
as Meredith

A Secret Space
as Amy

Remote
as Kane

Gothic Harvest
as Griselda

The Old World
as The Aunt (voice)

Jackson's Hole
as Netter

Pure Venom: The Making of "Snakes on a Plane"
as Self