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. She is best known for her work in horror franchises, including Nightmare on Elm Street, Ouija, and Insidious.
Shaye 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.
Known For
Acting
Devoted
as Aunt Dottie
Dead of Nowhere 3D
as Meemaw
Carrier
as Joan Pierson
The Old World
as The Aunt (voice)
(2025)
(2024)
The Last Stand of Ellen Cole
as Ellen
(2024)
Scared to Death
as Max
(2023)
Insidious: The Red Door
as Elise Rainier
(2022)
Frank and Penelope
as Ophelia
(2022)
Living with Chucky
as Self
(2022)
Pines
as Julie (voice)
(2022)
(2022)
We Are Gathered Here Today
as Jean Cole
(2022)
Remote
as Kane
(2021)
Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman
as Mrs. Bundy
(2020)
The Call
as Edith Cranston
(2020)
Dreamkatcher
as Ruth
(2020)
Darkness Falls
as Angela Anderson
(2020)
The Voices
as The Vagabond
(2020)
Max Reload and the Nether Blasters
as Mrs. Wylder
(2020)
The Horror Crowd
as Herself
(2019)
The Grudge
as Faith Matheson
(2019)
Room for Rent
as Joyce
(2019)
The Final Wish
as Kate Hammond
(2019)
Ambition
as Lady Bum
(2019)
Gothic Harvest
as Griselda
(2019)
Get Gone
as Mama
(2018)
Insidious: The Last Key
as Élise Rainier
(2018)
Los Angeles Overnight
as Cousins
(2018)
(2018)
Herbert West: Reanimator
as Meredith
(2018)
(2017)
The Black Room
as Miss Black
(2017)
All About the Money
as Mrs. Womack
(2017)
Grow House
as Mrs. Gilliam
(2017)
Buster's Mal Heart
as Pauline
(2017)
Mountain Top
as Muriel Miller
(2016)
Ouija: Origin of Evil
as Old Paulina Zander
(2016)
The Midnight Man
as Anna
(2016)
Abattoir
as Allie
(2016)
Jack Goes Home
as Teresa
(2016)
Texas Heart
as Mrs. Smith
(2016)
Director's Cut
as Captain Wheeler
(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)
The Signal
as Mirabelle
(2014)
Ouija
as Paulina Zander
(2014)
Grace
as Helen
(2014)
Lost Time
as Mysterious Woman
(2013)
Insidious: Chapter 2
as Elise Rainier
(2013)
Big Ass Spider!
as Mrs. Jefferson
(2013)
Crazy Kind of Love
as Denise Mack
(2013)
Noobz
as Mrs. Theodore
(2013)
All American Christmas Carol
as Barbara Belnap
(2012)
The Three Stooges
as Nurse Crotchet
(2012)
Jewtopia
as Dr. Sutton
(2012)
FDR: American Badass!
as Eleanor Roosevelt
(2012)
3 Days of Normal
as May
(2012)
Matchmaker Santa
as Debbie
(2012)
Life's an Itch
as Gloria
(2012)
Waffle Hut
as Jerrie Wolf
(2011)
Insidious
as Elise Rainier
(2011)
Chillerama
as Baglady / Nurse Maleva
(2011)
A Good Old Fashioned Orgy
as Dody
(2011)
Take Me Home
as Jill
(2011)
Rosewood Lane
as Mrs. Hawthorne
(2011)
Sedona
as Claire
(2011)
Goldberg - P.I.
as Violet
(2011)
(2010)
(2010)
2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams
as Granny Boone
(2010)
Small Town Saturday Night
as Phyllis Ryan
(2010)
The Penthouse
as Frances
(2010)
Killer by Nature
as Leona
(2010)
(2010)
Next Stop Murder
as Detective Reeson
(2010)
Farewell Mr. Kringle
as Zelda
(2010)
Pickin' and Grinnin'
as Bonnie Johnson
(2010)
VideoDome Rent-O-Rama
as The Lush
(2009)
My Sister's Keeper
as Nurse Adele
(2009)
American Cowslip
as Lou Anne
(2009)
Stuntmen
as Bumble Jackson
(2009)
Dark Moon Rising
as Sunny
(2008)
Asylum
as String's Mother
(2008)
Killer Pad
as Marge
(2008)
Doggie Heaven
as Woman
(2008)
Chronic Town
as Nurse
(2008)
Starz Inside: In the Gutter
as Self
(2007)
Pledge This!
as Miss Prin
(2007)
Homo Erectus
as Museum Guide
(2007)
Chasing Robert
as Martha the Bookie
(2007)
The Election
as The Wife
(2006)
Snakes on a Plane
as Grace
(2006)
Bachelor Party Vegas
as Cassandra
(2006)
Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror
as Clara
(2006)
Surf School
as Larry's Mom
(2006)
Surf School
as Larry's mom
(2006)
Driftwood
as Nancy Forrester
(2006)
Hoboken Hollow
as Mrs. Brodrick
(2006)
Unbeatable Harold
as Jeannie
(2006)
Down the P.C.H.
as Wendy O'Hara
(2005)
2001 Maniacs
as Granny Boone
(2005)
Hate Crime
as Kathleen Slansky
(2005)
Confessions of an Action Star
as Samantha Jones
(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)
Who's Your Daddy?
as Ms. Harding
(2004)
The Hillside Strangler
as Jenny Buono
(2004)
The Almost Guys
as Repo Boss
(2003)
(2003)
Stuck on You
as Makeup Babe
(2003)
Dead End
as Laura Harrington
(2003)
Barely Legal
as Tequlia
(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)
Living Out Loud
as Lisa's Nurse
(1998)
Breakfast with Einstein
as Miss Desmond
(1997)
Trading Favors
as Darla
(1996)
Last Man Standing
as The Madame
(1996)
Kingpin
as Landlady
(1996)
Project: ALF
as Waitress
(1995)
Nature of the Beast
as Carol Powell
(1995)
Sketch Artist II: Hands That See
as Bonnie
(1995)
Trial by Fire
as Phyliis Cardell
(1994)
Dumb and Dumber
as Mrs. Neugeboren
(1994)
New Nightmare
as Nurse with Pills
(1994)
Corrina, Corrina
as Repeat Nanny
(1994)
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
as Rubber Rose Maid
(1994)
(1994)
In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance
as Foreman #2
(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
(1993)
Brain Smasher... A Love Story
as Make up Artist
(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)
(1984)
Summer Fantasy
as Woman on Beach
(1982)
Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again
as Nurse with Telegram
(1982)
Alone in the Dark
as Receptionist at Haven
(1980)
The Long Riders
as Kate
(1980)
(1979)
The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal
as Freida
(1979)
The Seeding of Sarah Burns
as 2nd Nurse
(1978)
Goin' South
as Parasol Lady
(1977)
Sex and the Married Woman
as Sandra
(1977)
A Secret Space
as Amy
(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