About

Known credits:
179
Birthday:
1943-10-12
Place of birth:
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Website:
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Lin Shaye

Overview

Lin attended the University of Michigan, where she was an Art History major, although acting in as many University productions as possible, including "Bye Bye Birdie" and "On The Town". After U of M, she attended Columbia University School of the Arts, and acquired a Master of Fine Arts degree in Acting. She stayed in New York upon graduation and worked in numerous off- and off-off- Broadway productions, as well as Lincoln Center and Broadway. She has studied with some of the finest: Uta Hagen, Stella Adler and Lee Strasberg. Lin is a lifetime member of the Actors Studio. She is also the younger sister of producer Robert Shaye.

Known for

Acting
2024 Scared to Death Actor Max N/A
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2023 Insidious: The Red Door Actor Elise Rainier 64
Fair
2022 Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story Actor Self 59
Average
2022 Remote Actor Kane N/A
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2022 We Are Gathered Here Today Actor Jean Cole 59
Average
2022 Living with Chucky Actor Self 59
Average
2022 Frank and Penelope Actor Ophelia 61
Fair
2022 Pines Actor Julie (voice) 59
Average
2021 Behind the Monsters Actor Self 68
Fair
2021 Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman Actor Mrs. Bundy 60
Fair
2020 The Call Actor Edith Cranston 57
Average
2020 The Horror Crowd Actor Herself 58
Average
2020 Max Reload and the Nether Blasters Actor Mrs. Wylder 59
Average
2020 The Voices Actor The Vagabond 58
Average
2020 Dreamkatcher Actor Ruth 57
Average
2020 Dead Talk Live Actor Self - Guest 70
Good
2020 Darkness Falls Actor Angela Anderson 58
Average
2019 The Grudge Actor Faith Matheson 55
Average
2019 Gothic Harvest Actor Griselda 58
Average
2019 Ambition Actor Lady Bum 59
Average
2019 Get Gone Actor Mama 59
Average
2019 Room for Rent Actor Joyce 59
Average
2019 The Final Wish Actor Kate Hammond 57
Average
2018 Herbert West: Reanimator Actor Meredith 59
Average
2018 The Main Course: The Making of Critters 2 Actor Self N/A
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2018 They Bite!: The Making of Critters Actor Self N/A
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2018 Los Angeles Overnight Actor Cousins 58
Average
2018 Insidious: The Last Key Actor Élise Rainier 62
Fair
2017 All About the Money Actor Mrs. Womack 58
Average
2017 Buster's Mal Heart Actor Pauline 60
Fair
2017 The Black Room Actor Miss Black 54
Average
2017 Grow House Actor Mrs. Gilliam 59
Average
2017 Mountain Top Actor Muriel Miller 59
Average
2016 Abattoir Actor Allie 55
Average
2016 Ouija: Origin of Evil Actor Old Paulina Zander 60
Fair
2016 The Midnight Man Actor Anna 58
Average
2016 Director's Cut Actor Captain Wheeler 59
Average
2016 Texas Heart Actor Mrs. Smith 59
Average
2016 Jack Goes Home Actor Teresa 58
Average
2015 Tales of Halloween Actor Lynn's Mother 58
Average
2015 Helen Keller vs. Nightwolves Actor Helen Keller 59
Average
2015 Insidious: Chapter 3 Actor Elise Rainier 62
Fair
2015 Don Quixote: The Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha Actor The Grand Lady 58
Average
2014 Grace Actor Helen 55
Average
2014 Ouija Actor Paulina Zander 52
Average
2014 Lost Time Actor Mysterious Woman 57
Average
2014 The Signal Actor Mirabelle 59
Average
2013 All American Christmas Carol Actor Barbara Belnap 58
Average
2013 Big Ass Spider! Actor Mrs. Jefferson 57
Average
2013 Insidious: Chapter 2 Actor Elise Rainier 66
Fair
2013 Crazy Kind of Love Actor Denise Mack 58
Average
2013 Noobz Actor Mrs. Theodore 59
Average
2012 Life's an Itch Actor Gloria 58
Average
2012 Matchmaker Santa Actor Debbie 58
Average
2012 FDR: American Badass! Actor Eleanor Roosevelt 58
Average
2012 3 Days of Normal Actor May 58
Average
2012 Jewtopia Actor Dr. Sutton 57
Average
2012 The Three Stooges Actor Nurse Crotchet 58
Average
2012 Waffle Hut Actor Jerrie Wolf N/A
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2011 Rosewood Lane Actor Mrs. Hawthorne 57
Average
2011 Chillerama Actor Baglady / Nurse Maleva 58
Average
2011 A Good Old Fashioned Orgy Actor Dody 58
Average
2011 I Was a Teenage Werebear Actor 59
Average
2011 Insidious Actor Elise Rainier 68
Fair
2011 Take Me Home Actor Jill 60
Fair
2011 Sedona Actor Claire 59
Average
2011 Goldberg - P.I. Actor Violet N/A
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2010 Farewell Mr. Kringle Actor Zelda 59
Average
2010 Black Limousine Actor 59
Average
2010 Next Stop Murder Actor Detective Reeson 59
Average
2010 2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams Actor Granny Boone 56
Average
2010 Small Town Saturday Night Actor Phyllis Ryan 58
Average
2010 Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy Actor Self 63
Fair
2010 Pickin' and Grinnin' Actor Bonnie Johnson N/A
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2010 The Penthouse Actor Frances 58
Average
2010 Killer by Nature Actor Leona 58
Average
2010 VideoDome Rent-O-Rama Actor The Lush N/A
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2009 Dark Moon Rising Actor Sunny 58
Average
2009 Stuntmen Actor Bumble Jackson 59
Average
2009 American Cowslip Actor Lou Anne 58
Average
2009 My Sister's Keeper Actor Nurse Adele 70
Good
2008 Doggie Heaven Actor Woman 58
Average
2008 Starz Inside: In the Gutter Actor Self 59
Average
2008 Chronic Town Actor Nurse 59
Average
2008 Asylum Actor String's Mother 56
Average
2008 Killer Pad Actor Marge 57
Average
2007 Chasing Robert Actor Martha the Bookie N/A
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2007 The Election Actor The Wife 59
Average
2007 Homo Erectus Actor Museum Guide 57
Average
2006 Pledge This! Actor Miss Prin 53
Average
2006 Driftwood Actor Nancy Forrester 58
Average
2006 Down the P.C.H. Actor Wendy O'Hara 58
Average
2006 Surf School Actor Larry's mom 50
Average
2006 Snakes on a Plane Actor Grace 55
Average
2006 Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror Actor Clara 57
Average
2006 Bachelor Party Vegas Actor Cassandra 57
Average
2006 Hoboken Hollow Actor Mrs. Brodrick 58
Average
2006 Unbeatable Harold Actor Jeannie 58
Average
2005 2001 Maniacs Actor Granny Boone 57
Average
2005 Drop Dead Sexy Actor Ma Muzzy 58
Average
2005 Confessions of an Action Star Actor Samantha Jones 58
Average
2005 Hate Crime Actor Kathleen Slansky 59
Average
2005 Born Killers Actor Willow 58
Average
2004 The Hillside Strangler Actor Jenny Buono 58
Average
2004 Cellular Actor Exotic Car Driver 62
Fair
2004 A Cinderella Story Actor Mrs. Wells 65
Fair
2004 The Almost Guys Actor Repo Boss 59
Average
2004 Who's Your Daddy? Actor Ms. Harding 57
Average
2003 Dead End Actor Laura Harrington 61
Fair
2003 Stuck on You Actor Makeup Babe 55
Average
2003 Barely Legal Actor Tequlia 59
Average
2003 Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd Actor Margie 48
Bad
2002 Boat Trip Actor Sonya the Coach 55
Average
2002 Wish You Were Dead Actor Jinny Macintosh 59
Average
2002 Contagion Actor Laura Crowley 58
Average
2001 A Letter from My Father Actor Elise N/A
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2001 Say It Isn't So Actor Nurse Bautista 56
Average
2001 Without Charlie Actor N/A
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2000 Attention Shoppers Actor Libby 58
Average
2000 Me, Myself & Irene Actor Mrs. Caleron 65
Fair
1999 Detroit Rock City Actor Mrs. Bruce 62
Fair
1998 Living Out Loud Actor Lisa's Nurse 58
Average
1998 There's Something About Mary Actor Magda 65
Fair
1998 Breakfast with Einstein Actor Miss Desmond 58
Average
1997 Trading Favors Actor Darla 58
Average
1996 Last Man Standing Actor The Madame 61
Fair
1996 Kingpin Actor Landlady 62
Fair
1996 Project: ALF Actor Waitress 58
Average
1995 Nature of the Beast Actor Carol Powell 59
Average
1995 Trial by Fire Actor Phyliis Cardell 58
Average
1995 Sketch Artist II: Hands That See Actor Bonnie 58
Average
1994 Dumb and Dumber Actor Mrs. Neugeboren 65
Fair
1994 Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, the Last Chapter Actor Inmate 58
Average
1994 New Nightmare Actor Nurse with Pills 62
Fair
1994 Corrina, Corrina Actor Repeat Nanny 62
Fair
1994 Even Cowgirls Get the Blues Actor Rubber Rose Maid 55
Average
1994 In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance Actor Foreman #2 59
Average
1993 Brain Smasher... A Love Story Actor Make up Artist 58
Average
1993 Amityville: A New Generation Actor Nurse Turner 56
Average
1993 Three of Hearts Actor Operator 58
Average
1993 The Temp Actor Rosemary 57
Average
1993 National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 Actor Witness 59
Average
1992 Roadside Prophets Actor Celeste 58
Average
1991 Critters 3 Actor Sal (archive footage) 56
Average
1990 Pump Up the Volume Actor PTA Parent #3 63
Fair
1990 Book of Love Actor Mrs. Flynn 58
Average
1988 Lucky Stiff Actor Bratty Kid's Mom 58
Average
1988 Critters 2 Actor Sally 60
Fair
1987 The Running Man Actor Propaganda Officer 63
Fair
1987 The Hidden Actor Carol Miller 63
Fair
1987 Mistress Actor Woman Customer 58
Average
1987 Slam Dance Actor Librarian 58
Average
1987 My Demon Lover Actor Anemic Counter Girl 58
Average
1987 Extreme Prejudice Actor Employment Office Clerk 59
Average
1987 Stillwatch Actor 59
Average
1986 Critters Actor Sally 62
Fair
1985 Brewster's Millions Actor Journalist at Rally 62
Fair
1984 A Nightmare on Elm Street Actor Teacher 71
Good
1984 Summer Fantasy Actor Woman on Beach 59
Average
1984 Why Me? Actor 58
Average
1982 Alone in the Dark Actor Receptionist at Haven 58
Average
1982 Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again Actor Nurse with Telegram 58
Average
1980 A Cry for Love Actor N/A
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1980 The Long Riders Actor Kate 61
Fair
1979 The Seeding of Sarah Burns Actor 2nd Nurse 59
Average
1979 The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal Actor Freida 58
Average
1978 Goin' South Actor Parasol Lady 58
Average
1977 A Secret Space Actor Amy N/A
N/A
1977 Sex and the Married Woman Actor Sandra 58
Average
1975 Hester Street Actor Whore 59
Average
Carrier Actor Joan Pierson N/A
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Dead of Nowhere 3D Actor Meemaw N/A
N/A
Killing Winston Jones Actor Madeline Jones 60
Fair
Before Memory Actor 59
Average
The Old World Actor The Aunt (voice) N/A
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The Possession at Gladstone Manor Actor Nurse N/A
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Production
2024 Scared to Death Production Executive Producer N/A
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2020 Dreamkatcher Production Executive Producer 57
Average
2019 Room for Rent Production Co-Producer 59
Average