Lin Shaye
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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.
Known for
Credits
Insidious: Out of the Further (2026)
as Elise Rainier
Insidious (2011)
as Elise Rainier
Insidious: The Red Door (2023)
as Elise Rainier
Insidious: Chapter 3 (2015)
as Elise Rainier
Insidious: The Last Key (2018)
as Elise Rainier
Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013)
as Elise Rainier
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
as Teacher
Dumb and Dumber (1994)
as Mrs. Neugeboren
A Cinderella Story (2004)
as Mrs. Wells
There's Something About Mary (1998)
as Magda
Me, Myself & Irene (2000)
as Mrs. Caleron
The Running Man (1987)
as Propaganda Officer
The Last Stand of Ellen Cole (2024)
as Ellen
Ouija: Origin of Evil (2016)
as Old Paulina Zander
Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994)
as Nurse with Pills
Frank and Penelope (2022)
as Ophelia
Cellular (2004)
as Exotic Car Driver
Snakes on a Plane (2006)
as Grace
Critters (1986)
as Sally
My Sister's Keeper (2009)
as Nurse Adele
Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd (2003)
as Margie
Ouija (2014)
as Paulina Zander
The Grudge (2019)
as Faith Matheson
Last Man Standing (1996)
as The Madame
The Three Stooges (2012)
as Nurse Crotchet
The Hidden (1987)
as Carol Miller
Barely Legal (2003)
as Tequlia
The Signal (2014)
as Mirabelle
Brewster's Millions (1985)
as Journalist at Rally
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 (1993)
as Witness
Critters 3 (1991)
as Sal (archive footage)
Kingpin (1996)
as Landlady
Boat Trip (2002)
as Sonya the Coach
The Long Riders (1980)
as Kate
Dead End (2003)
as Laura Harrington
Stuck on You (2003)
as Makeup Babe
Pump Up the Volume (1990)
as PTA Parent #3
Critters 2 (1988)
as Sal
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy (2010)
as Self
The Midnight Man (2016)
as Anna
Corrina, Corrina (1994)
as Repeat Nanny
2001 Maniacs (2005)
as Granny Boone
Chillerama (2011)
as Baglady / Nurse Maleva
A Good Old Fashioned Orgy (2011)
as Dody
Detroit Rock City (1999)
as Mrs. Bruce
Dreamkatcher (2020)
as Ruth
Project: ALF (1996)
as Waitress
The Temp (1993)
as Rosemary
Abattoir (2016)
as Allie
Extreme Prejudice (1987)
as Employment Office Clerk
Buster's Mal Heart (2017)
as Pauline
Goin' South (1978)
as Parasol Lady
Say It Isn't So (2001)
as Nurse Bautista
Homo Erectus (2007)
as Museum Guide
The Call (2020)
as Edith Cranston
Alone in the Dark (1982)
as Receptionist at Haven
Pledge This! (2007)
as Miss Prin
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1994)
as Rubber Rose Maid
The Final Wish (2019)
as Kate Hammond
Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman (2021)
as Mrs. Bundy
Who's Your Daddy? (2004)
as Ms. Harding
Take Me Home (2011)
as Jill
Bachelor Party Vegas (2006)
as Cassandra
Grace (2014)
as Helen
Tales of Halloween (2015)
as Lynn's Mother
Mountain Top (2017)
as Muriel Miller
Confessions of an Action Star (2005)
as Samantha Jones
The Black Room (2017)
as Miss Black
Living Out Loud (1998)
as Lisa's Nurse
Rosewood Lane (2011)
as Mrs. Hawthorne
Amityville: A New Generation (1993)
as Nurse Turner
Big Ass Spider! (2013)
as Mrs. Jefferson
Three of Hearts (1993)
as Operator
Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story (2022)
as Self
Drop Dead Sexy (2005)
as Ma Muzzy
Asylum (2008)
as String's Mother
Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again (1982)
as Nurse with Telegram
Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, the Last Chapter (1994)
as Inmate
Room for Rent (2019)
as Joyce
Wish You Were Dead (2002)
as Jinny Macintosh
Living with Chucky (2022)
as Self
Nature of the Beast (1995)
as Carol Powell
Mascotland (—)
Actor
Director's Cut (2016)
as Captain Wheeler
Jewtopia (2012)
as Dr. Sutton
2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams (2010)
as Granny Boone
Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror (2006)
as Clara
Killer by Nature (2010)
as Leona
All About the Money (2017)
as Mrs. Womack
Texas Heart (2016)
as Mrs. Smith
Book of Love (1990)
as Mrs. Flynn
My Demon Lover (1987)
as Anemic Counter Girl
Don Quixote: The Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha (2015)
as The Grand Lady
Brain Smasher... A Love Story (1993)
as Make up Artist
Slam Dance (1987)
as Librarian
Pines (2022)
as Julie (voice)
The Penthouse (2010)
as Frances
Crazy Kind of Love (2013)
as Denise Mack
Small Town Saturday Night (2010)
as Phyllis Ryan
The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal (1979)
as Freida
Darkness Falls (2020)
as Angela Anderson
Hoboken Hollow (2006)
as Mrs. Brodrick
Breakfast with Einstein (1998)
as Miss Desmond
Jack Goes Home (2016)
as Teresa
Lucky Stiff (1988)
as Bratty Kid's Mom
Max Reload and the Nether Blasters (2020)
as Mrs. Wylder
Sedona (2011)
as Claire
Snakes on a Plane: Meet the Reptiles (2007)
as Self
The Hidden II (1993)
as Carol Miller (archive footage)
The Quarry: Movie Mode (2022)
as Constance Hackett
Matchmaker Santa (2012)
as Debbie
In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance (1994)
as Foreman #2
The Snake Pit: On the Set of 'Snakes on a Plane' (2007)
as Self
Trial by Fire (1995)
as Phyliis Cardell
The Voices (2020)
as The Vagabond
Sex and the Married Woman (1977)
as Sandra
Next Stop Murder (2010)
as Detective Reeson
Chasing Robert (2007)
as Martha the Bookie
Contagion (2002)
as Laura Crowley
Hate Crime (2005)
as Kathleen Slansky
Dark Moon Rising (2009)
as Sunny
FDR: American Badass! (2012)
as Eleanor Roosevelt
Trading Favors (1997)
as Darla
Lost Time (2014)
as Mysterious Woman
Snakes on a Set: Behind the Scenes (2007)
as Self
American Cowslip (2009)
as Lou Anne
House of Abraham (2025)
Actor
Born Killers (2005)
as Willow
The Hillside Strangler (2004)
as Jenny Buono
Sketch Artist II: Hands That See (1995)
as Bonnie
A Cry for Love (1980)
Actor
Pure Venom: The Making of Snakes on a Plane (2006)
as Self
Stillwatch (1987)
Actor
Doggie Heaven (2008)
as Woman
Farewell Mr. Kringle (2010)
as Zelda
Driftwood (2006)
as Nancy Forrester
Hester Street (1975)
as Whore
Down the P.C.H. (2006)
as Wendy O'Hara
Grow House (2017)
as Mrs. Gilliam
Roadside Prophets (1992)
as Celeste
Helen Keller vs. Nightwolves (2015)
as Helen Keller
Stuntmen (2009)
as Bumble Jackson
The Horror Crowd (2020)
as Self
Attention Shoppers (2000)
as Libby
Surf School (2006)
as Larry's Mom
Ambition (2019)
as Lady Bum
1000 Women in Horror (2025)
as Self
The Land of the Astronauts (2010)
Actor
Life's an Itch (2012)
as Gloria
Noobz (2013)
as Mrs. Theodore
Mistress (1987)
as Woman Customer
Los Angeles Overnight (2018)
as Cousins
Scared to Death (2026)
as Max
Waffle Hut (2012)
as Jerrie Wolf
Unbeatable Harold (2006)
as Jeannie
The Seeding of Sarah Burns (1979)
as 2nd Nurse
3 Days of Normal (2012)
as May
Before Memory (—)
Actor
The Possession at Gladstone Manor (—)
as Nurse
ManFast (2003)
as Marge
Killer Pad (2008)
as Marge
Without Charlie (2001)
Actor
Jackson's Hole (—)
as Netter
Pickin' and Grinnin' (2010)
as Bonnie Johnson
The Main Course: The Making of Critters 2 (2018)
as Self
All American Christmas Carol (2013)
as Barbara Belnap
The Old World (—)
as The Aunt (voice)
The Bench (—)
Actor
VideoDome Rent-O-Rama (2010)
as The Lush
Why Me? (1984)
Actor
Summer Fantasy (1984)
as Woman on Beach
The Almost Guys (2004)
as Repo Boss
Herbert West: Reanimator (2018)
as Meredith
I Was a Teenage Werebear (2011)
Actor
We Are Gathered Here Today (2022)
as Jean Cole
Get Gone (2019)
as Mama
Starz Inside: In the Gutter (2008)
as Self
Chronic Town (2008)
as Nurse
Carrier (—)
as Joan Pierson
Goldberg - P.I. (2011)
as Violet
Remote (2022)
as Kane
They Bite!: The Making of Critters (2018)
as Self
The Election (2007)
as The Wife
Dead of Nowhere 3D (—)
as Meemaw
Gothic Harvest (2019)
as Griselda
The Accidental Death of Joey by Sue (2010)
as Mrs. Rawlings
Devoted (—)
as Aunt Dottie
A Secret Space (1977)
as Amy
A Letter from My Father (2001)
as Elise