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Lin Shaye

Lin Shaye

Acting

Born: October 12, 1943Detroit, Michigan, USA

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
Insidious: The Bleeding World

Insidious: The Bleeding World

Elise Rainier

2026
Scared to Death

Scared to Death

Max

2026
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies

Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies

Self - (archive footage)

2025
1000 Women in Horror

1000 Women in Horror

Self

2025
House of Abraham

House of Abraham

2025
The Last Stand of Ellen Cole

The Last Stand of Ellen Cole

Ellen

2024
Insidious: The Red Door

Insidious: The Red Door

Elise Rainier

2023
Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

Self

2022
Remote

Remote

Kane

2022
We Are Gathered Here Today

We Are Gathered Here Today

Jean Cole

2022
Living with Chucky

Living with Chucky

Self

2022
Frank and Penelope

Frank and Penelope

Ophelia

2022
Pines

Pines

Julie (voice)

2022
Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman

Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman

Mrs. Bundy

2021
The Call

The Call

Edith Cranston

2020
The Horror Crowd

The Horror Crowd

Self

2020
Max Reload and the Nether Blasters

Max Reload and the Nether Blasters

Mrs. Wylder

2020
The Voices

The Voices

The Vagabond

2020
Dreamkatcher

Dreamkatcher

Ruth

2020
Darkness Falls

Darkness Falls

Angela Anderson

2020
The Grudge

The Grudge

Faith Matheson

2019
Gothic Harvest

Gothic Harvest

Griselda

2019
Ambition

Ambition

Lady Bum

2019
Get Gone

Get Gone

Mama

2019
Room for Rent

Room for Rent

Joyce

2019
The Final Wish

The Final Wish

Kate Hammond

2019
Herbert West: Reanimator

Herbert West: Reanimator

Meredith

2018
They Bite!: The Making of Critters

They Bite!: The Making of Critters

Self

2018
The Main Course: The Making of Critters 2

The Main Course: The Making of Critters 2

Self

2018
Los Angeles Overnight

Los Angeles Overnight

Cousins

2018
Insidious: The Last Key

Insidious: The Last Key

Elise Rainier

2018
All About the Money

All About the Money

Mrs. Womack

2017
Buster's Mal Heart

Buster's Mal Heart

Pauline

2017
The Black Room

The Black Room

Miss Black

2017
Grow House

Grow House

Mrs. Gilliam

2017
Mountain Top

Mountain Top

Muriel Miller

2017
Abattoir

Abattoir

Allie

2016
Ouija: Origin of Evil

Ouija: Origin of Evil

Old Paulina Zander

2016
The Midnight Man

The Midnight Man

Anna

2016
Director's Cut

Director's Cut

Captain Wheeler

2016
Texas Heart

Texas Heart

Mrs. Smith

2016
Jack Goes Home

Jack Goes Home

Teresa

2016
Tales of Halloween

Tales of Halloween

Lynn's Mother

2015
Helen Keller vs. Nightwolves

Helen Keller vs. Nightwolves

Helen Keller

2015
Insidious: Chapter 3

Insidious: Chapter 3

Elise Rainier

2015
Don Quixote: The Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha

Don Quixote: The Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha

The Grand Lady

2015
Grace

Grace

Helen

2014
Ouija

Ouija

Paulina Zander

2014
Lost Time

Lost Time

Mysterious Woman

2014
The Signal

The Signal

Mirabelle

2014
All American Christmas Carol

All American Christmas Carol

Barbara Belnap

2013
Big Ass Spider!

Big Ass Spider!

Mrs. Jefferson

2013
Insidious: Chapter 2

Insidious: Chapter 2

Elise Rainier

2013
Crazy Kind of Love

Crazy Kind of Love

Denise Mack

2013
Noobz

Noobz

Mrs. Theodore

2013
Life's an Itch

Life's an Itch

Gloria

2012
Matchmaker Santa

Matchmaker Santa

Debbie

2012
FDR: American Badass!

FDR: American Badass!

Eleanor Roosevelt

2012
3 Days of Normal

3 Days of Normal

May

2012
Jewtopia

Jewtopia

Dr. Sutton

2012
The Three Stooges

The Three Stooges

Nurse Crotchet

2012
Waffle Hut

Waffle Hut

Jerrie Wolf

2012
Rosewood Lane

Rosewood Lane

Mrs. Hawthorne

2011
Chillerama

Chillerama

Baglady / Nurse Maleva

2011
A Good Old Fashioned Orgy

A Good Old Fashioned Orgy

Dody

2011
I Was a Teenage Werebear

I Was a Teenage Werebear

2011
Insidious

Insidious

Elise Rainier

2011
Take Me Home

Take Me Home

Jill

2011
Sedona

Sedona

Claire

2011
Goldberg - P.I.

Goldberg - P.I.

Violet

2011
Farewell Mr. Kringle

Farewell Mr. Kringle

Zelda

2010
The Land of the Astronauts

The Land of the Astronauts

2010
Next Stop Murder

Next Stop Murder

Detective Reeson

2010
The Accidental Death of Joey by Sue

The Accidental Death of Joey by Sue

Mrs. Rawlings

2010
Small Town Saturday Night

Small Town Saturday Night

Phyllis Ryan

2010
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy

Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy

Self

2010

Pickin' and Grinnin'

Bonnie Johnson

2010
2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams

2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams

Granny Boone

2010
The Penthouse

The Penthouse

Frances

2010
VideoDome Rent-O-Rama

VideoDome Rent-O-Rama

The Lush

2010
Killer by Nature

Killer by Nature

Leona

2010
Dark Moon Rising

Dark Moon Rising

Sunny

2009
Stuntmen

Stuntmen

Bumble Jackson

2009
American Cowslip

American Cowslip

Lou Anne

2009
My Sister's Keeper

My Sister's Keeper

Nurse Adele

2009
Doggie Heaven

Doggie Heaven

Woman

2008

Starz Inside: In the Gutter

Self

2008
Chronic Town

Chronic Town

Nurse

2008
Asylum

Asylum

String's Mother

2008
Killer Pad

Killer Pad

Marge

2008
Chasing Robert

Chasing Robert

Martha the Bookie

2007
The Election

The Election

The Wife

2007
Homo Erectus

Homo Erectus

Museum Guide

2007
Pledge This!

Pledge This!

Miss Prin

2007
Driftwood

Driftwood

Nancy Forrester

2006

Down the P.C.H.

Wendy O'Hara

2006
Surf School

Surf School

Larry's Mom

2006
Snakes on a Plane

Snakes on a Plane

Grace

2006
Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror

Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror

Clara

2006
Bachelor Party Vegas

Bachelor Party Vegas

Cassandra

2006
Hoboken Hollow

Hoboken Hollow

Mrs. Brodrick

2006
Unbeatable Harold

Unbeatable Harold

Jeannie

2006
2001 Maniacs

2001 Maniacs

Granny Boone

2005
Drop Dead Sexy

Drop Dead Sexy

Ma Muzzy

2005
Confessions of an Action Star

Confessions of an Action Star

Samantha Jones

2005
Hate Crime

Hate Crime

Kathleen Slansky

2005
Born Killers

Born Killers

Willow

2005
The Hillside Strangler

The Hillside Strangler

Jenny Buono

2004
Cellular

Cellular

Exotic Car Driver

2004
A Cinderella Story

A Cinderella Story

Mrs. Wells

2004
The Almost Guys

The Almost Guys

Repo Boss

2004
Who's Your Daddy?

Who's Your Daddy?

Ms. Harding

2004
Dead End

Dead End

Laura Harrington

2003
Stuck on You

Stuck on You

Makeup Babe

2003
Barely Legal

Barely Legal

Tequlia

2003
Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd

Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd

Margie

2003
ManFast

ManFast

Marge

2003
Boat Trip

Boat Trip

Sonya the Coach

2002
Wish You Were Dead

Wish You Were Dead

Jinny Macintosh

2002
Contagion

Contagion

Laura Crowley

2002

A Letter from My Father

Elise

2001
Say It Isn't So

Say It Isn't So

Nurse Bautista

2001

Without Charlie

2001
Attention Shoppers

Attention Shoppers

Libby

2000
Me, Myself & Irene

Me, Myself & Irene

Mrs. Caleron

2000
Detroit Rock City

Detroit Rock City

Mrs. Bruce

1999
Living Out Loud

Living Out Loud

Lisa's Nurse

1998
There's Something About Mary

There's Something About Mary

Magda

1998
Breakfast with Einstein

Breakfast with Einstein

Miss Desmond

1998
Trading Favors

Trading Favors

Darla

1997
Last Man Standing

Last Man Standing

The Madame

1996
Kingpin

Kingpin

Landlady

1996
Project: ALF

Project: ALF

Waitress

1996
Nature of the Beast

Nature of the Beast

Carol Powell

1995
Trial by Fire

Trial by Fire

Phyliis Cardell

1995
Sketch Artist II: Hands That See

Sketch Artist II: Hands That See

Bonnie

1995
Dumb and Dumber

Dumb and Dumber

Mrs. Neugeboren

1994
Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, the Last Chapter

Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, the Last Chapter

Inmate

1994
Wes Craven's New Nightmare

Wes Craven's New Nightmare

Nurse with Pills

1994
Corrina, Corrina

Corrina, Corrina

Repeat Nanny

1994
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues

Even Cowgirls Get the Blues

Rubber Rose Maid

1994
In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance

In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance

Foreman #2

1994
Brain Smasher... A Love Story

Brain Smasher... A Love Story

Make up Artist

1993
Amityville: A New Generation

Amityville: A New Generation

Nurse Turner

1993
Three of Hearts

Three of Hearts

Operator

1993
The Temp

The Temp

Rosemary

1993
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1

National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1

Witness

1993
Roadside Prophets

Roadside Prophets

Celeste

1992
Critters 3

Critters 3

Sal (archive footage)

1991
Pump Up the Volume

Pump Up the Volume

PTA Parent #3

1990
Book of Love

Book of Love

Mrs. Flynn

1990
Lucky Stiff

Lucky Stiff

Bratty Kid's Mom

1988
Critters 2

Critters 2

Sal

1988
The Running Man

The Running Man

Propaganda Officer

1987
The Hidden

The Hidden

Carol Miller

1987
Mistress

Mistress

Woman Customer

1987
Slam Dance

Slam Dance

Librarian

1987
Extreme Prejudice

Extreme Prejudice

Employment Office Clerk

1987
My Demon Lover

My Demon Lover

Anemic Counter Girl

1987
Stillwatch

Stillwatch

1987
Critters

Critters

Sally

1986
Brewster's Millions

Brewster's Millions

Journalist at Rally

1985
A Nightmare on Elm Street

A Nightmare on Elm Street

Teacher

1984
Summer Fantasy

Summer Fantasy

Woman on Beach

1984
Why Me?

Why Me?

1984
Alone in the Dark

Alone in the Dark

Receptionist at Haven

1982
Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again

Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again

Nurse with Telegram

1982

A Cry for Love

1980
The Long Riders

The Long Riders

Kate

1980
The Seeding of Sarah Burns

The Seeding of Sarah Burns

2nd Nurse

1979
The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal

The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal

Freida

1979
Goin' South

Goin' South

Parasol Lady

1978
A Secret Space

A Secret Space

Amy

1977
Sex and the Married Woman

Sex and the Married Woman

Sandra

1977
Hester Street

Hester Street

Whore

1975