Lin Shaye
- Acting
- October 12, 1943 · Detroit, Michigan, USA
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 (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
Filmography
- Insidious: Out of the Further · Elise Rainier
- Scared to Death · Max, Executive producer
- 1000 Women in Horror · Self
- House of Abraham · Executive producer
- Common Side Effects · Sonia (Voice)
- The Last Stand of Ellen Cole · Ellen, Executive producer
- Insidious: The Red Door · Elise Rainier
- Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story · Self
- Remote · Kane
- We Are Gathered Here Today · Jean Cole
- Living with Chucky · Self
- The Quarry: Movie Mode · Constance Hackett
- Frank and Penelope · Ophelia
- Pines · Julie (Voice)
- Behind the Monsters · Self
- Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman · Mrs. Bundy
- The Call · Edith Cranston
- The Horror Crowd · Self
- Max Reload and the Nether Blasters · Mrs. Wylder
- The Voices · The Vagabond
- Dreamkatcher · Ruth, Executive producer
- Penny Dreadful: City of Angels · Dottie Minter
- Dead Talk Live · Self
- Darkness Falls · Angela Anderson
- The Grudge · Faith Matheson
- Gothic Harvest · Griselda
- Ambition · Lady Bum
- Get Gone · Mama
- Room for Rent · Joyce, Co-producer
- The Final Wish · Kate Hammond
- Herbert West: Reanimator · Meredith
- The Main Course: The Making of Critters 2 · Self
- They Bite!: The Making of Critters · Self
- Eli Roth's History of Horror · Self
- Los Angeles Overnight · Cousins
- Insidious: The Last Key · Elise Rainier
- All About the Money · Mrs. Womack
- Buster's Mal Heart · Pauline
- The Black Room · Miss Black
- Grow House · Mrs. Gilliam
- Mountain Top · Muriel Miller
- Abattoir · Allie
- Ouija: Origin of Evil · Old Paulina Zander
- The Midnight Man · Anna
- Director's Cut · Captain Wheeler
- Texas Heart · Mrs. Smith
- Jack Goes Home · Teresa
- Tales of Halloween · Lynn's Mother
- Helen Keller vs. Nightwolves · Helen Keller
- Insidious: Chapter 3 · Elise Rainier
- Don Quixote: The Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha · The Grand Lady
- Grace · Helen
- Ouija · Paulina Zander
- Lost Time · Mysterious Woman
- The Signal · Mirabelle
- All American Christmas Carol · Barbara Belnap
- Big Ass Spider! · Mrs. Jefferson
- Insidious: Spectral Sightings · Elise
- Insidious: Chapter 2 · Elise Rainier
- Crazy Kind of Love · Denise Mack
- Noobz · Mrs. Theodore
- EastSiders · Diane
- Life's an Itch · Gloria
- Matchmaker Santa · Debbie
- FDR: American Badass! · Eleanor Roosevelt
- 3 Days of Normal · May
- Jewtopia · Dr. Sutton
- The Three Stooges · Nurse Crotchet
- Waffle Hut · Jerrie Wolf
- Rosewood Lane · Mrs. Hawthorne
- Chillerama · Baglady / Nurse Maleva
- A Good Old Fashioned Orgy · Dody
- I Was a Teenage Werebear
- Insidious · Elise Rainier
- Take Me Home · Jill
- Sedona · Claire
- Goldberg - P.I. · Violet
- Farewell Mr. Kringle · Zelda
- The Land of the Astronauts
- Next Stop Murder · Detective Reeson