Actor

Lin Shaye

Born 12 October 1943 · Detroit, 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.

Films and shows

  1. 2026Scared to Death1h 38mMax
  2. 2026Insidious: Out of the Further1h 46mElise Rainier
  3. 2025House of Abraham1h 30m
  4. 20251000 Women in Horror1h 36mSelf
  5. 2024The Last Stand of Ellen Cole1h 32mEllen
  6. 2023Insidious: The Red Door1h 47mElise Rainier
  7. 2022Pines1h 15mJulie (voice)
  8. 2022Remote11mKane
  9. 2022We Are Gathered Here Today1h 14mJean Cole
  10. 2022Frank and Penelope1h 52mOphelia
  11. 2022Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story2h 10mSelf
  12. 2022Living with Chucky1h 40mSelf
  13. 2022The Quarry: Movie Mode6hConstance Hackett
  14. 2021Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman1h 50mMrs. Bundy
  15. 2021Behind the Monsters1 seasonSelf
  16. 2020The Call1h 37mEdith Cranston
  17. 2020Darkness Falls1h 24mAngela Anderson
  18. 2020Dreamkatcher1h 25mRuth
  19. 2020The Voices1h 36mThe Vagabond
  20. 2020Dead Talk Live7 seasonsSelf - Guest
  21. 2020Max Reload and the Nether Blasters1h 41mMrs. Wylder
  22. 2020The Horror Crowd1h 29mSelf
  23. 2019Room for Rent1h 21mJoyce
  24. 2019The Final Wish1h 35mKate Hammond
  25. 2019Gothic Harvest1h 22mGriselda
  26. 2019The Grudge1h 34mFaith Matheson
  27. 2019Get Gone1h 31mMama
  28. 2019Ambition1h 27mLady Bum
  29. 2018Herbert West: Reanimator1h 19mMeredith
  30. 2018Insidious: The Last Key1h 43mElise Rainier
  31. 2018Los Angeles Overnight1h 33mCousins
  32. 2018The Main Course: The Making of Critters 21h 3mSelf
  33. 2018They Bite!: The Making of Critters1h 12mSelf
  34. 2017Mountain Top1h 42mMuriel Miller
  35. 2017The Black Room1h 31mMiss Black
  36. 2017Buster's Mal Heart1h 36mPauline
  37. 2017All About the Money1h 30mMrs. Womack
  38. 2016Jack Goes Home1h 40mTeresa
  39. 2016The Midnight Man1h 35mAnna
  40. 2016Abattoir1h 38mAllie
  41. 2016Texas Heart1h 43mMrs. Smith
  42. 2016Director's Cut1h 33mCaptain Wheeler
  43. 2016Ouija: Origin of Evil1h 39mOld Paulina Zander
  44. 2015Helen Keller vs. Nightwolves1h 15mHelen Keller
  45. 2015Insidious: Chapter 31h 37mElise Rainier
  46. 2015Don Quixote: The Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha1h 23mThe Grand Lady
  47. 2015Tales of Halloween1h 37mLynn's Mother
  48. 2014Grace1h 27mHelen
  49. 2014Lost Time1h 33mMysterious Woman
  50. 2014The Signal1h 37mMirabelle
  51. 2014Ouija1h 29mPaulina Zander
  52. 2013Insidious: Spectral Sightings1 seasonElise
  53. 2013Insidious: Chapter 21h 46mElise Rainier
  54. 2013Big Ass Spider!1h 21mMrs. Jefferson
  55. 2013Noobz1h 40mMrs. Theodore
  56. 2013All American Christmas Carol1h 28mBarbara Belnap
  57. 2013Crazy Kind of Love1h 27mDenise Mack
  58. 2012FDR: American Badass!1h 33mEleanor Roosevelt
  59. 2012Waffle Hut30mJerrie Wolf
  60. 20123 Days of Normal1h 21mMay
  61. 2012Life's an Itch1h 34mGloria
  62. 2012Matchmaker Santa1h 23mDebbie
  63. 2012Jewtopia1h 30mDr. Sutton
  64. 2011I Was a Teenage Werebear30m
  65. 2011Insidious1h 42mElise Rainier
  66. 2011Rosewood Lane1h 37mMrs. Hawthorne
  67. 2011Take Me Home1h 37mJill
  68. 2011Sedona1h 27mClaire
  69. 2011Goldberg - P.I.1h 31mViolet
  70. 2011Chillerama2hBaglady / Nurse Maleva
  71. 2010The Land of the Astronauts1h 42m
  72. 2010The Accidental Death of Joey by Sue1h 28mMrs. Rawlings
  73. 2010Farewell Mr. Kringle1h 28mZelda
  74. 2010Killer by Nature1h 34mLeona
  75. 2010Next Stop Murder1h 29mDetective Reeson
  76. 20102001 Maniacs: Field of Screams1h 26mGranny Boone
  77. 2010Small Town Saturday Night1h 34mPhyllis Ryan
  78. 2010VideoDome Rent-O-Rama41mThe Lush
  79. 2010The Penthouse1h 25mFrances
  80. 2010Pickin' and Grinnin'1h 48mBonnie Johnson
  81. 2009Dark Moon Rising2h 4mSunny
  82. 2009Stuntmen1h 30mBumble Jackson
  83. 2009American Cowslip1h 47mLou Anne
  84. 2009My Sister's Keeper1h 49mNurse Adele
  85. 2008Doggie Heaven10mWoman
  86. 2008Chronic Town1h 39mNurse
  87. 2008Asylum1h 33mString's Mother
  88. 2008Starz Inside: In the Gutter56mSelf
  89. 2008Killer Pad1h 24mMarge
  90. 2007The Election8mThe Wife
  91. 2007Snakes on a Set: Behind the Scenes12mSelf
  92. 2007The Snake Pit: On the Set of 'Snakes on a Plane'15mSelf
  93. 2007Snakes on a Plane: Meet the Reptiles13mSelf
  94. 2007Chasing Robert1h 29mMartha the Bookie
  95. 2006Down the P.C.H.1h 35mWendy O'Hara
  96. 2006Hoboken Hollow1h 38mMrs. Brodrick
  97. 2006Driftwood1h 23mNancy Forrester
  98. 2006Bachelor Party Vegas1h 31mCassandra
  99. 2006Unbeatable Harold1h 22mJeannie
  100. 2006Snakes on a Plane1h 45mGrace
  101. 2006Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror1h 25mClara
  102. 2006Surf School1h 23mLarry's Mom
  103. 2006Pure Venom: The Making of Snakes on a Plane18mSelf
  104. 20052001 Maniacs1h 27mGranny Boone
  105. 2005Hate Crime1h 44mKathleen Slansky
  106. 2005Born Killers1h 27mWillow
  107. 2005Drop Dead Sexy1h 23mMa Muzzy
  108. 2005Confessions of an Action Star1h 23mSamantha Jones
  109. 2004A Cinderella Story1h 35mMrs. Wells
  110. 2004The Almost Guys1h 38mRepo Boss
  111. 2004The Hillside Strangler1h 37mJenny Buono
  112. 2003Dead End1h 23mLaura Harrington
  113. 2003Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd1h 25mMargie
  114. 2003ManFast1h 35mMarge
  115. 2002Contagion1h 35mLaura Crowley
  116. 2002Boat Trip1h 34mSonya the Coach
  117. 2002Wish You Were Dead1h 40mJinny Macintosh
  118. 2001Without Charlie1h 30m
  119. 2001A Letter from My Father1h 15mElise
  120. 2001Say It Isn't So1h 35mNurse Bautista
  121. 2000Attention Shoppers1h 28mLibby
  122. 1999Detroit Rock City1h 35mMrs. Bruce
  123. 1998Breakfast with Einstein1h 29mMiss Desmond
  124. 1998There's Something About Mary2hMagda
  125. 1998Living Out Loud1h 40mLisa's Nurse
  126. 1997Trading Favors1h 43mDarla
  127. 1996Kingpin1h 54mLandlady
  128. 1995Nature of the Beast1h 31mCarol Powell
  129. 1995Sketch Artist II: Hands That See1h 35mBonnie
  130. 1994Corrina, Corrina1h 55mRepeat Nanny
  131. 1993Amityville: A New Generation1h 32mNurse Turner
  132. 1993The Temp1h 37mRosemary
  133. 1993National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 11h 24mWitness
  134. 1993Three of Hearts1h 50mOperator
  135. 1993The Hidden II1h 31mCarol Miller (archive footage)
  136. 1993Brain Smasher... A Love Story1h 28mMake up Artist
  137. 1992Roadside Prophets1h 36mCeleste
  138. 1991Critters 31h 26mSal (archive footage)
  139. 1990Book of Love1h 22mMrs. Flynn
  140. 1988Critters 21h 26mSal
  141. 1988Lucky Stiff1h 22mBratty Kid's Mom
  142. 1987Stillwatch1h 33m
  143. 1987Mistress1h 39mWoman Customer
  144. 1987Slam Dance1h 39mLibrarian
  145. 1987My Demon Lover1h 30mAnemic Counter Girl
  146. 1987The Hidden1h 37mCarol Miller
  147. 1986Critters1h 26mSally
  148. 1984Why Me?1h 40m
  149. 1984A Nightmare on Elm Street1h 31mTeacher
  150. 1984Summer Fantasy2hWoman on Beach
  151. 1982Alone in the Dark1h 33mReceptionist at Haven
  152. 1982Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again1h 27mNurse with Telegram
  153. 1980A Cry for Love1h 40m
  154. 1979The Seeding of Sarah Burns1h 36m2nd Nurse
  155. 1977A Secret Space1h 20mAmy
  156. 1977Sex and the Married Woman1h 40mSandra
  157. The Old World8mThe Aunt (voice)
  158. Jackson's HoleNetter
  159. Mascotland
  160. The Bench
  161. Before Memory
  162. CarrierJoan Pierson
  163. Thread: An Insidious TaleElise Rainier
  164. The Possession at Gladstone ManorNurse
  165. Dead of Nowhere 3D10mMeemaw
  166. DevotedAunt Dottie