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
- 2026
Scared to Death1h 38mMax - 2026
Insidious: Out of the Further1h 46mElise Rainier - 2025
House of Abraham1h 30m - 2025
1000 Women in Horror1h 36mSelf - 2024
The Last Stand of Ellen Cole1h 32mEllen - 2023
Insidious: The Red Door1h 47mElise Rainier - 2022
Pines1h 15mJulie (voice) - 2022
Remote11mKane - 2022
We Are Gathered Here Today1h 14mJean Cole - 2022
Frank and Penelope1h 52mOphelia - 2022
Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story2h 10mSelf - 2022
Living with Chucky1h 40mSelf - 2022
The Quarry: Movie Mode6hConstance Hackett - 2021
Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman1h 50mMrs. Bundy - 2021
Behind the Monsters1 seasonSelf - 2020
The Call1h 37mEdith Cranston - 2020
Darkness Falls1h 24mAngela Anderson - 2020
Dreamkatcher1h 25mRuth - 2020
The Voices1h 36mThe Vagabond - 2020
Dead Talk Live7 seasonsSelf - Guest - 2020
Max Reload and the Nether Blasters1h 41mMrs. Wylder - 2020
The Horror Crowd1h 29mSelf - 2019
Room for Rent1h 21mJoyce - 2019
The Final Wish1h 35mKate Hammond - 2019
Gothic Harvest1h 22mGriselda - 2019
The Grudge1h 34mFaith Matheson - 2019
Get Gone1h 31mMama - 2019
Ambition1h 27mLady Bum - 2018
Herbert West: Reanimator1h 19mMeredith - 2018
Insidious: The Last Key1h 43mElise Rainier - 2018
Los Angeles Overnight1h 33mCousins - 2018
The Main Course: The Making of Critters 21h 3mSelf - 2018
They Bite!: The Making of Critters1h 12mSelf - 2017
Mountain Top1h 42mMuriel Miller - 2017
The Black Room1h 31mMiss Black - 2017
Buster's Mal Heart1h 36mPauline - 2017
All About the Money1h 30mMrs. Womack - 2016
Jack Goes Home1h 40mTeresa - 2016
The Midnight Man1h 35mAnna - 2016
Abattoir1h 38mAllie - 2016
Texas Heart1h 43mMrs. Smith - 2016
Director's Cut1h 33mCaptain Wheeler - 2016
Ouija: Origin of Evil1h 39mOld Paulina Zander - 2015
Helen Keller vs. Nightwolves1h 15mHelen Keller - 2015
Insidious: Chapter 31h 37mElise Rainier - 2015
Don Quixote: The Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha1h 23mThe Grand Lady - 2015
Tales of Halloween1h 37mLynn's Mother - 2014
Grace1h 27mHelen - 2014
Lost Time1h 33mMysterious Woman - 2014
The Signal1h 37mMirabelle - 2014
Ouija1h 29mPaulina Zander - 2013
Insidious: Spectral Sightings1 seasonElise - 2013
Insidious: Chapter 21h 46mElise Rainier - 2013
Big Ass Spider!1h 21mMrs. Jefferson - 2013
Noobz1h 40mMrs. Theodore - 2013
All American Christmas Carol1h 28mBarbara Belnap - 2013
Crazy Kind of Love1h 27mDenise Mack - 2012
FDR: American Badass!1h 33mEleanor Roosevelt - 2012
Waffle Hut30mJerrie Wolf - 2012
3 Days of Normal1h 21mMay - 2012
Life's an Itch1h 34mGloria - 2012
Matchmaker Santa1h 23mDebbie - 2012
Jewtopia1h 30mDr. Sutton - 2011
I Was a Teenage Werebear30m - 2011
Insidious1h 42mElise Rainier - 2011
Rosewood Lane1h 37mMrs. Hawthorne - 2011
Take Me Home1h 37mJill - 2011
Sedona1h 27mClaire - 2011
Goldberg - P.I.1h 31mViolet - 2011
Chillerama2hBaglady / Nurse Maleva - 2010
The Land of the Astronauts1h 42m - 2010
The Accidental Death of Joey by Sue1h 28mMrs. Rawlings - 2010
Farewell Mr. Kringle1h 28mZelda - 2010
Killer by Nature1h 34mLeona - 2010
Next Stop Murder1h 29mDetective Reeson - 2010
2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams1h 26mGranny Boone - 2010
Small Town Saturday Night1h 34mPhyllis Ryan - 2010
VideoDome Rent-O-Rama41mThe Lush - 2010
The Penthouse1h 25mFrances - 2010Pickin' and Grinnin'1h 48mBonnie Johnson
- 2009
Dark Moon Rising2h 4mSunny - 2009
Stuntmen1h 30mBumble Jackson - 2009
American Cowslip1h 47mLou Anne - 2009
My Sister's Keeper1h 49mNurse Adele - 2008
Doggie Heaven10mWoman - 2008
Chronic Town1h 39mNurse - 2008
Asylum1h 33mString's Mother - 2008
Starz Inside: In the Gutter56mSelf - 2008
Killer Pad1h 24mMarge - 2007
The Election8mThe Wife - 2007
Snakes on a Set: Behind the Scenes12mSelf - 2007
The Snake Pit: On the Set of 'Snakes on a Plane'15mSelf - 2007
Snakes on a Plane: Meet the Reptiles13mSelf - 2007
Chasing Robert1h 29mMartha the Bookie - 2006
Down the P.C.H.1h 35mWendy O'Hara - 2006
Hoboken Hollow1h 38mMrs. Brodrick - 2006
Driftwood1h 23mNancy Forrester - 2006
Bachelor Party Vegas1h 31mCassandra - 2006
Unbeatable Harold1h 22mJeannie - 2006
Snakes on a Plane1h 45mGrace - 2006
Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror1h 25mClara - 2006
Surf School1h 23mLarry's Mom - 2006
Pure Venom: The Making of Snakes on a Plane18mSelf - 2005
2001 Maniacs1h 27mGranny Boone - 2005
Hate Crime1h 44mKathleen Slansky - 2005
Born Killers1h 27mWillow - 2005
Drop Dead Sexy1h 23mMa Muzzy - 2005
Confessions of an Action Star1h 23mSamantha Jones - 2004
A Cinderella Story1h 35mMrs. Wells - 2004
The Almost Guys1h 38mRepo Boss - 2004
The Hillside Strangler1h 37mJenny Buono - 2003
Dead End1h 23mLaura Harrington - 2003
Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd1h 25mMargie - 2003
ManFast1h 35mMarge - 2002
Contagion1h 35mLaura Crowley - 2002
Boat Trip1h 34mSonya the Coach - 2002
Wish You Were Dead1h 40mJinny Macintosh - 2001Without Charlie1h 30m
- 2001A Letter from My Father1h 15mElise
- 2001
Say It Isn't So1h 35mNurse Bautista - 2000
Attention Shoppers1h 28mLibby - 1999
Detroit Rock City1h 35mMrs. Bruce - 1998
Breakfast with Einstein1h 29mMiss Desmond - 1998
There's Something About Mary2hMagda - 1998
Living Out Loud1h 40mLisa's Nurse - 1997
Trading Favors1h 43mDarla - 1996
Kingpin1h 54mLandlady - 1995
Nature of the Beast1h 31mCarol Powell - 1995
Sketch Artist II: Hands That See1h 35mBonnie - 1994
Corrina, Corrina1h 55mRepeat Nanny - 1993
Amityville: A New Generation1h 32mNurse Turner - 1993
The Temp1h 37mRosemary - 1993
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 11h 24mWitness - 1993
Three of Hearts1h 50mOperator - 1993
The Hidden II1h 31mCarol Miller (archive footage) - 1993
Brain Smasher... A Love Story1h 28mMake up Artist - 1992
Roadside Prophets1h 36mCeleste - 1991
Critters 31h 26mSal (archive footage) - 1990
Book of Love1h 22mMrs. Flynn - 1988
Critters 21h 26mSal - 1988
Lucky Stiff1h 22mBratty Kid's Mom - 1987
Stillwatch1h 33m - 1987
Mistress1h 39mWoman Customer - 1987
Slam Dance1h 39mLibrarian - 1987
My Demon Lover1h 30mAnemic Counter Girl - 1987
The Hidden1h 37mCarol Miller - 1986
Critters1h 26mSally - 1984
Why Me?1h 40m - 1984
A Nightmare on Elm Street1h 31mTeacher - 1984
Summer Fantasy2hWoman on Beach - 1982
Alone in the Dark1h 33mReceptionist at Haven - 1982
Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again1h 27mNurse with Telegram - 1980A Cry for Love1h 40m
- 1979
The Seeding of Sarah Burns1h 36m2nd Nurse - 1977
A Secret Space1h 20mAmy - 1977
Sex and the Married Woman1h 40mSandra
The Old World8mThe Aunt (voice)
Jackson's HoleNetter
Mascotland- The Bench
Before Memory- CarrierJoan Pierson
Thread: An Insidious TaleElise Rainier- The Possession at Gladstone ManorNurse
- Dead of Nowhere 3D10mMeemaw
- DevotedAunt Dottie
