Lin Shaye

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.

Acting

2026

2025

2025

2025

2025

Common Side Effects

Sonia (voice)

2024

2023

2022

2022

2022

2022

2021

2021

2020

The Call

Edith Cranston

2020

2020

2020

The Voices

The Vagabond

2020

2020

2020

Darkness Falls

Angela Anderson

2019

The Grudge

Faith Matheson

2019

2019

2019

2019

The Final Wish

Kate Hammond

2018

2018

2018

2017

2017

The Black Room

Miss Black

2017

Grow House

Mrs. Gilliam

2017

Mountain Top

Muriel Miller

2016

2016

Ouija: Origin of Evil

Old Paulina Zander

2016

2016

Director's Cut

Captain Wheeler

2015

Tales of Halloween

Lynn's Mother

2015

2015

2014

Grace

Helen

2014

Ouija

Paulina Zander

2014

Lost Time

Mysterious Woman

2014

The Signal

Mirabelle

2013

2013

Big Ass Spider!

Mrs. Jefferson

2013

2013

2013

Noobz

Mrs. Theodore

2012

2012

2012

2012

FDR: American Badass!

Eleanor Roosevelt

2012

Jewtopia

Dr. Sutton

2012

The Three Stooges

Nurse Crotchet

2012

Waffle Hut

Jerrie Wolf

2011

Rosewood Lane

Mrs. Hawthorne

2011

Chillerama

Baglady / Nurse Maleva

2011

2011

2011

Insidious

Elise Rainier

2011

2010

2010

2010

2010

2010

2010

2010

2009

2009

2008

2008

2008

Asylum

String's Mother

2008

2007

Private Practice

Mrs. Taylor

2007

The Election

The Wife

2007

Homo Erectus

Museum Guide

2007

Pledge This!

Miss Prin

2006

Driftwood

Nancy Forrester

2006

Surf School

Larry's Mom

2006

Surf School

Larry's mom

2006

2006

2006

2006

Hoboken Hollow

Mrs. Brodrick

2006

2005

2005

My Name Is Earl

Paul's Mom

2005

2001 Maniacs

Granny Boone

2005

2005

2005

Hate Crime

Kathleen Slansky

2005

2004

2004

Cellular

Exotic Car Driver

2004

2004

2003

Dead End

Laura Harrington

2003

Stuck on You

Makeup Babe

2003

2003

2003

ManFast

Marge

2002

Boat Trip

Sonya the Coach

2002

Wish You Were Dead

Jinny Macintosh

2002

Contagion

Laura Crowley

2001

Crossing Jordan

Leather Lauren

2001

Say It Isn't So

Nurse Bautista

2001

2000

2000

Me, Myself & Irene

Mrs. Caleron

1999

1998

Becker

Mrs. Cooper

1998

Living Out Loud

Lisa's Nurse

1998

1997

1997

1996

1996

Kingpin

Landlady

1996

Project: ALF

Waitress

1995

1995

1994

Dumb and Dumber

Mrs. Neugeboren

1994

New Nightmare

Nurse with Pills

1994

ER

Margaret

1994

1994

Corrina, Corrina

Repeat Nanny

1994

1993

1993

1993

1993

1993

The Temp

Rosemary

1993

1992

1991

Critters 3

Sal (archive footage)

1990

Pump Up the Volume

PTA Parent #3

1990

Book of Love

Mrs. Flynn

1989

Life Goes On

Parent #2

1988

Lucky Stiff

Bratty Kid's Mom

1988

1987

The Running Man

Propaganda Officer

1987

The Hidden

Carol Miller

1987

Slam Dance

Librarian

1987

My Demon Lover

Anemic Counter Girl

1987

Extreme Prejudice

Employment Office Clerk

1987

Stillwatch

Unknown

1986

1985

The Twilight Zone

Kate Simmons (segment "Chameleon")

1985

Brewster's Millions

Journalist at Rally

1984

1984

Who's the Boss?

Mrs. Padnick

1984

1984

Why Me?

Unknown

1982

Alone in the Dark

Receptionist at Haven

1982

1982

1981

Falcon Crest

Smoking Female Prisoner

1980

1978

Goin' South

Parasol Lady

1977

Eight Is Enough

Band Member

1975

Production

2024

2020

Dreamkatcher

Executive Producer

2019

Room for Rent

Co-Producer

Infos

Full Name
Lin Shaye
Gender
Female
Date of Birth
10/12/1943
Also Known As

Linda "Lin" Shaye

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