Lin Shaye
Actor·b. 1943·Detroit, Michigan, USA
67 horror 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).
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Actor67 films
Insidious: Out of the Further
Elise Rainier
Scared to Death
Max
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
Self - (archive footage)
1000 Women in Horror
Self
House of Abraham
Insidious: The Red Door
Elise Rainier
Remote
Kane
Living with Chucky
Self
Pines
Julie (voice)
The Call
Edith Cranston
The Horror Crowd
Self
The Voices
The Vagabond
Dreamkatcher
Ruth
The Grudge
Faith Matheson
Gothic Harvest
Griselda
Ambition
Lady Bum
Get Gone
Mama
Room for Rent
Joyce
The Final Wish
Kate Hammond
Herbert West: Reanimator
Meredith
Insidious: The Last Key
Elise Rainier
The Black Room
Miss Black
Abattoir
Allie
Ouija: Origin of Evil
Old Paulina Zander
The Midnight Man
Anna
Director's Cut
Captain Wheeler
Jack Goes Home
Teresa
Tales of Halloween
Lynn's Mother
Helen Keller vs. Nightwolves
Helen Keller
Insidious: Chapter 3
Elise Rainier
Grace
Helen
Ouija
Paulina Zander
Lost Time
Mysterious Woman
Big Ass Spider!
Mrs. Jefferson
Insidious: Chapter 2
Elise Rainier
Rosewood Lane
Mrs. Hawthorne
Chillerama
Baglady / Nurse Maleva
I Was a Teenage Werebear
Insidious
Elise Rainier
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
Self
2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams
Granny Boone
VideoDome Rent-O-Rama
The Lush
Dark Moon Rising
Sunny
Asylum
String's Mother
Killer Pad
Marge
Driftwood
Nancy Forrester
Snakes on a Plane
Grace
Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror
Clara
Hoboken Hollow
Mrs. Brodrick
2001 Maniacs
Granny Boone
The Hillside Strangler
Jenny Buono
Dead End
Laura Harrington
Nature of the Beast
Carol Powell
Wes Craven's New Nightmare
Nurse with Pills
Amityville: A New Generation
Nurse Turner
The Temp
Rosemary
Critters 3
Sal (archive footage)
Lucky Stiff
Bratty Kid's Mom
Critters 2
Sal
The Running Man
Propaganda Officer
The Hidden
Carol Miller
My Demon Lover
Anemic Counter Girl
Stillwatch
Critters
Sally
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Teacher
Alone in the Dark
Receptionist at Haven
Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again
Nurse with Telegram
Producer4 films
Scared to Death
Executive Producer
House of Abraham
Executive Producer
Dreamkatcher
Executive Producer
Room for Rent
Co-Producer