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