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