Lin Shaye

Acting

Lin Shaye

Born October 12, 1943Detroit, Michigan, USA207 credits

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

Filmography

Common Side Effects
2025Common Side Effects
as Sonia (voice)TV
Insidious: The Red Door
2023Insidious: The Red Door
as Elise RainierMovie
Remote
2022Remote
as KaneMovie
Frank and Penelope
2022Frank and Penelope
as OpheliaMovie
Pines
2022Pines
as Julie (voice)Movie
The Call
2020The Call
as Edith CranstonMovie
The Voices
2020The Voices
as The VagabondMovie
Dreamkatcher
2020Dreamkatcher
as RuthMovie
Dead Talk Live
2020Dead Talk Live
as Self - GuestTV
Darkness Falls
2020Darkness Falls
as Angela AndersonMovie
The Grudge
2019The Grudge
as Faith MathesonMovie
Gothic Harvest
2019Gothic Harvest
as GriseldaMovie
Ambition
2019Ambition
as Lady BumMovie
Get Gone
2019Get Gone
as MamaMovie
Room for Rent
2019Room for Rent
as JoyceMovie
The Final Wish
2019The Final Wish
as Kate HammondMovie
Insidious: The Last Key
2018Insidious: The Last Key
as Elise RainierMovie
All About the Money
2017All About the Money
as Mrs. WomackMovie
Buster's Mal Heart
2017Buster's Mal Heart
as PaulineMovie
The Black Room
2017The Black Room
as Miss BlackMovie
Grow House
2017Grow House
as Mrs. GilliamMovie
Mountain Top
2017Mountain Top
as Muriel MillerMovie
Abattoir
2016Abattoir
as AllieMovie
Ouija: Origin of Evil
2016Ouija: Origin of Evil
as Old Paulina ZanderMovie
Director's Cut
2016Director's Cut
as Captain WheelerMovie
Texas Heart
2016Texas Heart
as Mrs. SmithMovie
Jack Goes Home
2016Jack Goes Home
as TeresaMovie
Tales of Halloween
2015Tales of Halloween
as Lynn's MotherMovie
Insidious: Chapter 3
2015Insidious: Chapter 3
as Elise RainierMovie
Grace
2014Grace
as HelenMovie
Ouija
2014Ouija
as Paulina ZanderMovie
Lost Time
2014Lost Time
as Mysterious WomanMovie
The Signal
2014The Signal
as MirabelleMovie
All American Christmas Carol
2013All American Christmas Carol
as Barbara BelnapMovie
Big Ass Spider!
2013Big Ass Spider!
as Mrs. JeffersonMovie
Insidious: Chapter 2
2013Insidious: Chapter 2
as Elise RainierMovie
Crazy Kind of Love
2013Crazy Kind of Love
as Denise MackMovie
Noobz
2013Noobz
as Mrs. TheodoreMovie
EastSiders
2012EastSiders
as DianeTV
Life's an Itch
2012Life's an Itch
as GloriaMovie
Matchmaker Santa
2012Matchmaker Santa
as DebbieMovie
FDR: American Badass!
2012FDR: American Badass!
as Eleanor RooseveltMovie
Jewtopia
2012Jewtopia
as Dr. SuttonMovie
The Three Stooges
2012The Three Stooges
as Nurse CrotchetMovie
Waffle Hut
2012Waffle Hut
as Jerrie WolfMovie
Rosewood Lane
2011Rosewood Lane
as Mrs. HawthorneMovie
Chillerama
2011Chillerama
as Baglady / Nurse MalevaMovie
Insidious
2011Insidious
as Elise RainierMovie
Take Me Home
2011Take Me Home
as JillMovie
Sedona
2011Sedona
as ClaireMovie
Goldberg - P.I.
2011Goldberg - P.I.
as VioletMovie
Next Stop Murder
2010Next Stop Murder
as Detective ReesonMovie
Small Town Saturday Night
2010Small Town Saturday Night
as Phyllis RyanMovie
P
2010Pickin' and Grinnin'
as Bonnie JohnsonMovie
The Penthouse
2010The Penthouse
as FrancesMovie
Stuntmen
2009Stuntmen
as Bumble JacksonMovie
American Cowslip
2009American Cowslip
as Lou AnneMovie
My Sister's Keeper
2009My Sister's Keeper
as Nurse AdeleMovie
Doggie Heaven
2008Doggie Heaven
as WomanMovie
Chronic Town
2008Chronic Town
as NurseMovie
Asylum
2008Asylum
as String's MotherMovie
Killer Pad
2008Killer Pad
as MargeMovie
Private Practice
2007Private Practice
as Mrs. TaylorTV
Chasing Robert
2007Chasing Robert
as Martha the BookieMovie
The Election
2007The Election
as The WifeMovie
Homo Erectus
2007Homo Erectus
as Museum GuideMovie
Pledge This!
2007Pledge This!
as Miss PrinMovie
Driftwood
2006Driftwood
as Nancy ForresterMovie
Surf School
2006Surf School
as Larry's MomMovie
D
2006Down the P.C.H.
as Wendy O'HaraMovie
Bachelor Party Vegas
2006Bachelor Party Vegas
as CassandraMovie
Hoboken Hollow
2006Hoboken Hollow
as Mrs. BrodrickMovie
Unbeatable Harold
2006Unbeatable Harold
as JeannieMovie
My Name Is Earl
2005My Name Is Earl
as Paul's MomTV
2001 Maniacs
20052001 Maniacs
as Granny BooneMovie
Drop Dead Sexy
2005Drop Dead Sexy
as Ma MuzzyMovie
Confessions of an Action Star
2005Confessions of an Action Star
as Samantha JonesMovie
Hate Crime
2005Hate Crime
as Kathleen SlanskyMovie
Born Killers
2005Born Killers
as WillowMovie
The Hillside Strangler
2004The Hillside Strangler
as Jenny BuonoMovie
Cellular
2004Cellular
as Exotic Car DriverMovie
A Cinderella Story
2004A Cinderella Story
as Mrs. WellsMovie
The Almost Guys
2004The Almost Guys
as Repo BossMovie
Who's Your Daddy?
2004Who's Your Daddy?
as Ms. HardingMovie
Dead End
2003Dead End
as Laura HarringtonMovie
Stuck on You
2003Stuck on You
as Makeup BabeMovie
Barely Legal
2003Barely Legal
as TequliaMovie
ManFast
2003ManFast
as MargeMovie
Boat Trip
2002Boat Trip
as Sonya the CoachMovie
Wish You Were Dead
2002Wish You Were Dead
as Jinny MacintoshMovie
Contagion
2002Contagion
as Laura CrowleyMovie
Crossing Jordan
2001Crossing Jordan
as Leather LaurenTV
Say It Isn't So
2001Say It Isn't So
as Nurse BautistaMovie
Me, Myself & Irene
2000Me, Myself & Irene
as Mrs. CaleronMovie
Detroit Rock City
1999Detroit Rock City
as Mrs. BruceMovie
Becker
1998Becker
as Mrs. CooperTV
Living Out Loud
1998Living Out Loud
as Lisa's NurseMovie
Breakfast with Einstein
1998Breakfast with Einstein
as Miss DesmondMovie
Trading Favors
1997Trading Favors
as DarlaMovie
Last Man Standing
1996Last Man Standing
as The MadameMovie
Arli$$
1996Arli$$
as ShurjaTV
Kingpin
1996Kingpin
as LandladyMovie
Project: ALF
1996Project: ALF
as WaitressMovie
Nature of the Beast
1995Nature of the Beast
as Carol PowellMovie
Trial by Fire
1995Trial by Fire
as Phyliis CardellMovie
Dumb and Dumber
1994Dumb and Dumber
as Mrs. NeugeborenMovie
Wes Craven's New Nightmare
1994Wes Craven's New Nightmare
as Nurse with PillsMovie
ER
1994ER
as MargaretTV
My So-Called Life
1994My So-Called Life
as Parent #2TV
Corrina, Corrina
1994Corrina, Corrina
as Repeat NannyMovie
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
1994Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
as Rubber Rose MaidMovie
Brain Smasher... A Love Story
1993Brain Smasher... A Love Story
as Make up ArtistMovie
Frasier
1993Frasier
as AnneTV
Three of Hearts
1993Three of Hearts
as OperatorMovie
The Temp
1993The Temp
as RosemaryMovie
Roadside Prophets
1992Roadside Prophets
as CelesteMovie
Critters 3
1991Critters 3
as Sal (archive footage)Movie
Pump Up the Volume
1990Pump Up the Volume
as PTA Parent #3Movie
Book of Love
1990Book of Love
as Mrs. FlynnMovie
Life Goes On
1989Life Goes On
as Parent #2TV
Lucky Stiff
1988Lucky Stiff
as Bratty Kid's MomMovie
Critters 2
1988Critters 2
as SalMovie
The Running Man
1987The Running Man
as Propaganda OfficerMovie
The Hidden
1987The Hidden
as Carol MillerMovie
Mistress
1987Mistress
as Woman CustomerMovie
Slam Dance
1987Slam Dance
as LibrarianMovie
My Demon Lover
1987My Demon Lover
as Anemic Counter GirlMovie
Extreme Prejudice
1987Extreme Prejudice
as Employment Office ClerkMovie
Critters
1986Critters
as SallyMovie
The Twilight Zone
1985The Twilight Zone
as Kate Simmons (segment "Chameleon")TV
Brewster's Millions
1985Brewster's Millions
as Journalist at RallyMovie
Who's the Boss?
1984Who's the Boss?
as Mrs. PadnickTV
Highway to Heaven
1984Highway to Heaven
as Lila BarnesTV
Summer Fantasy
1984Summer Fantasy
as Woman on BeachMovie
Alone in the Dark
1982Alone in the Dark
as Receptionist at HavenMovie
Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again
1982Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again
as Nurse with TelegramMovie
Cagney & Lacey
1982Cagney & Lacey
as SecretaryTV
Falcon Crest
1981Falcon Crest
as Smoking Female PrisonerTV
Goin' South
1978Goin' South
as Parasol LadyMovie
Eight Is Enough
1977Eight Is Enough
as Band MemberTV
Hester Street
1975Hester Street
as WhoreMovie
The Old World
The Old World
as The Aunt (voice)Movie
C
Carrier
as Joan PiersonMovie
D
Devoted
as Aunt DottieMovie
Jackson's Hole
Jackson's Hole
as NetterMovie