Lin Shaye
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1943-10-12 (81 years old)
Place of Birth
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Lin Shaye
Biography
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).
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Known For
Acting
Devoted
as Aunt Dottie
Carrier
as Joan Pierson
Dead of Nowhere 3D
as Meemaw
The Old World
as The Aunt (voice)
(2026)
Insidious: The Bleeding World
as Elise Rainier
(2025)
(2025)
1000 Women in Horror
as Self
(2024)
The Last Stand of Ellen Cole
as Ellen
(2024)
Scared to Death
as Max
(2023)
Insidious: The Red Door
as Elise Rainier
(2022)
(2022)
Remote
as Kane
(2022)
Living with Chucky
as Self
(2022)
Frank and Penelope
as Ophelia
(2022)
Pines
as Julie (voice)
(2022)
We Are Gathered Here Today
as Jean Cole
(2021)
Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman
as Mrs. Bundy
(2020)
The Voices
as The Vagabond
(2020)
The Horror Crowd
as Herself
(2020)
The Call
as Edith Cranston
(2020)
Dreamkatcher
as Ruth
(2020)
Darkness Falls
as Angela Anderson
(2020)
Max Reload and the Nether Blasters
as Mrs. Wylder
(2019)
The Final Wish
as Kate Hammond
(2019)
The Grudge
as Faith Matheson
(2019)
Gothic Harvest
as Griselda
(2019)
Get Gone
as Mama
(2019)
Room for Rent
as Joyce
(2019)
Ambition
as Lady Bum
(2018)
Insidious: The Last Key
as Elise Rainier
(2018)
(2018)
(2018)
Los Angeles Overnight
as Cousins
(2018)
Herbert West: Reanimator
as Meredith
(2017)
Buster's Mal Heart
as Pauline
(2017)
Grow House
as Mrs. Gilliam
(2017)
Mountain Top
as Muriel Miller
(2017)
The Black Room
as Miss Black
(2017)
All About the Money
as Mrs. Womack
(2016)
Ouija: Origin of Evil
as Old Paulina Zander
(2016)
The Midnight Man
as Anna
(2016)
Director's Cut
as Captain Wheeler
(2016)
Abattoir
as Allie
(2016)
Texas Heart
as Mrs. Smith
(2016)
Jack Goes Home
as Teresa
(2015)
Insidious: Chapter 3
as Elise Rainier
(2015)
Tales of Halloween
as Lynn's Mother
(2015)
Don Quixote: The Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha
as The Grand Lady
(2015)
Helen Keller vs. Nightwolves
as Helen Keller
(2014)
Ouija
as Paulina Zander
(2014)
The Signal
as Mirabelle
(2014)
Grace
as Helen
(2014)
Lost Time
as Mysterious Woman
(2013)
Insidious: Chapter 2
as Elise Rainier
(2013)
Crazy Kind of Love
as Denise Mack
(2013)
Noobz
as Mrs. Theodore
(2013)
All American Christmas Carol
as Barbara Belnap
(2013)
Big Ass Spider!
as Mrs. Jefferson
(2012)
The Three Stooges
as Nurse Crotchet
(2012)
FDR: American Badass!
as Eleanor Roosevelt
(2012)
Jewtopia
as Dr. Sutton
(2012)
Matchmaker Santa
as Debbie
(2012)
3 Days of Normal
as May
(2012)
Life's an Itch
as Gloria
(2012)
Waffle Hut
as Jerrie Wolf
(2011)
Insidious
as Elise Rainier
(2011)
Rosewood Lane
as Mrs. Hawthorne
(2011)
Chillerama
as Baglady / Nurse Maleva
(2011)
Goldberg - P.I.
as Violet
(2011)
Take Me Home
as Jill
(2011)
Sedona
as Claire
(2011)
A Good Old Fashioned Orgy
as Dody
(2011)
(2010)
Farewell Mr. Kringle
as Zelda
(2010)
Next Stop Murder
as Detective Reeson
(2010)
(2010)
Killer by Nature
as Leona
(2010)
(2010)
VideoDome Rent-O-Rama
as The Lush
(2010)
2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams
as Granny Boone
(2010)
The Penthouse
as Frances
(2010)
Small Town Saturday Night
as Phyllis Ryan
(2010)
Pickin' and Grinnin'
as Bonnie Johnson
(2010)
The Accidental Death of Joey by Sue
as Mrs. Rawlings
(2009)
My Sister's Keeper
as Nurse Adele
(2009)
Dark Moon Rising
as Sunny
(2009)
Stuntmen
as Bumble Jackson
(2009)
American Cowslip
as Lou Anne
(2008)
Asylum
as String's Mother
(2008)
Doggie Heaven
as Woman
(2008)
Starz Inside: In the Gutter
as Self
(2008)
Killer Pad
as Marge
(2008)
Chronic Town
as Nurse
(2007)
Homo Erectus
as Museum Guide
(2007)
Pledge This!
as Miss Prin
(2007)
The Election
as The Wife
(2007)
Chasing Robert
as Martha the Bookie
(2006)
Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror
as Clara
(2006)
Driftwood
as Nancy Forrester
(2006)
Snakes on a Plane
as Grace
(2006)
Surf School
as Larry's Mom
(2006)
Surf School
as Larry's mom
(2006)
Unbeatable Harold
as Jeannie
(2006)
Bachelor Party Vegas
as Cassandra
(2006)
Hoboken Hollow
as Mrs. Brodrick
(2006)
Down the P.C.H.
as Wendy O'Hara
(2005)
2001 Maniacs
as Granny Boone
(2005)
Confessions of an Action Star
as Samantha Jones
(2005)
Hate Crime
as Kathleen Slansky
(2005)
Drop Dead Sexy
as Ma Muzzy
(2005)
Born Killers
as Willow
(2004)
A Cinderella Story
as Mrs. Wells
(2004)
Cellular
as Exotic Car Driver
(2004)
The Hillside Strangler
as Jenny Buono
(2004)
The Almost Guys
as Repo Boss
(2004)
Who's Your Daddy?
as Ms. Harding
(2003)
Stuck on You
as Makeup Babe
(2003)
Dead End
as Laura Harrington
(2003)
Barely Legal
as Tequlia
(2003)
(2003)
ManFast
as Marge
(2002)
Boat Trip
as Sonya the Coach
(2002)
Contagion
as Laura Crowley
(2002)
Wish You Were Dead
as Jinny Macintosh
(2001)
Say It Isn't So
as Nurse Bautista
(2001)
(2001)
A Letter from My Father
as Elise
(2000)
Me, Myself & Irene
as Mrs. Caleron
(2000)
Attention Shoppers
as Libby
(1999)
Detroit Rock City
as Mrs. Bruce
(1998)
There's Something About Mary
as Magda
(1998)
Breakfast with Einstein
as Miss Desmond
(1998)
Living Out Loud
as Lisa's Nurse
(1997)
Trading Favors
as Darla
(1996)
Kingpin
as Landlady
(1996)
Project: ALF
as Waitress
(1996)
Last Man Standing
as The Madame
(1995)
Sketch Artist II: Hands That See
as Bonnie
(1995)
Nature of the Beast
as Carol Powell
(1995)
Trial by Fire
as Phyliis Cardell
(1994)
Dumb and Dumber
as Mrs. Neugeboren
(1994)
New Nightmare
as Nurse with Pills
(1994)
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
as Rubber Rose Maid
(1994)
Corrina, Corrina
as Repeat Nanny
(1994)
In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance
as Foreman #2
(1994)
(1993)
Brain Smasher... A Love Story
as Make up Artist
(1993)
The Temp
as Rosemary
(1993)
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
as Witness
(1993)
Amityville: A New Generation
as Nurse Turner
(1993)
Three of Hearts
as Operator
(1992)
Roadside Prophets
as Celeste
(1991)
Critters 3
as Sal (archive footage)
(1990)
Pump Up the Volume
as PTA Parent #3
(1990)
Book of Love
as Mrs. Flynn
(1988)
Critters 2
as Sal
(1988)
Lucky Stiff
as Bratty Kid's Mom
(1987)
The Running Man
as Propaganda Officer
(1987)
The Hidden
as Carol Miller
(1987)
Extreme Prejudice
as Employment Office Clerk
(1987)
My Demon Lover
as Anemic Counter Girl
(1987)
Slam Dance
as Librarian
(1987)
(1987)
Mistress
as Woman Customer
(1986)
Critters
as Sally
(1985)
Brewster's Millions
as Journalist at Rally
(1984)
A Nightmare on Elm Street
as Teacher
(1984)
Summer Fantasy
as Woman on Beach
(1984)
(1982)
Alone in the Dark
as Receptionist at Haven
(1982)
Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again
as Nurse with Telegram
(1980)
The Long Riders
as Kate
(1980)
(1979)
The Seeding of Sarah Burns
as 2nd Nurse
(1979)
The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal
as Freida
(1978)
Goin' South
as Parasol Lady
(1977)
A Secret Space
as Amy
(1977)
Sex and the Married Woman
as Sandra
(1975)
Hester Street
as Whore
Crew
(2024)
Scared to Death
Executive Producer
(2024)
The Last Stand of Ellen Cole
Executive Producer
(2020)
Dreamkatcher
Executive Producer
(2019)
Room for Rent
Co-Producer