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