Lin Shaye
Acting • Born 1943-10-12
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 (2020), Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman (2021), and the Insidious film series (2010–2023). 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.
Filmography
208 credits
Snakes on a Plane
Movie • 2006
Grace
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Movie • 1984
Teacher
There's Something About Mary
Movie • 1998
Magda
Critters 2
Movie • 1988
Sal
Surf School
Movie • 2006
Larry's Mom
Critters
Movie • 1986
Sally
2001 Maniacs
Movie • 2005
Granny Boone
Say It Isn't So
Movie • 2001
Nurse Bautista
Kingpin
Movie • 1996
Landlady
Dead End
Movie • 2003
Laura Harrington
Wes Craven's New Nightmare
Movie • 1994
Nurse with Pills
Amityville: A New Generation
Movie • 1993
Nurse Turner
Hate Crime
Movie • 2005
Kathleen Slansky
Surf School
Movie • 2006
Larry's mom
Detroit Rock City
Movie • 1999
Mrs. Bruce
The Hidden
Movie • 1987
Carol Miller
Last Man Standing
Movie • 1996
The Madame
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
Movie • 1994
Rubber Rose Maid
Who's Your Daddy?
Movie • 2004
Ms. Harding
2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams
Movie • 2010
Granny Boone
Frank and Penelope
Movie • 2022
Ophelia
Trading Favors
Movie • 1997
Darla
Killer by Nature
Movie • 2010
Leona
Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror
Movie • 2006
Clara
Hoboken Hollow
Movie • 2006
Mrs. Brodrick
The Temp
Movie • 1993
Rosemary
Insidious
Movie • 2011
Elise Rainier
The Old World
Movie
The Aunt (voice)
Pines
Movie • 2022
Julie (voice)
Next Stop Murder
Movie • 2010
Detective Reeson
Contagion
Movie • 2002
Laura Crowley
Insidious: Chapter 2
Movie • 2013
Elise Rainier
Take Me Home
Movie • 2011
Jill
Carrier
Movie
Joan Pierson
FDR: American Badass!
Movie • 2012
Eleanor Roosevelt
The Election
Movie • 2007
The Wife
Three of Hearts
Movie • 1993
Operator
Farewell Mr. Kringle
Movie • 2010
Zelda
Chasing Robert
Movie • 2007
Martha the Bookie
Sedona
Movie • 2011
Claire
Crazy Kind of Love
Movie • 2013
Denise Mack
Big Ass Spider!
Movie • 2013
Mrs. Jefferson
Doggie Heaven
Movie • 2008
Woman
3 Days of Normal
Movie • 2012
May
All American Christmas Carol
Movie • 2013
Barbara Belnap
Insidious: The Red Door
Movie • 2023
Elise Rainier
A Letter from My Father
Movie • 2001
Elise
The Seeding of Sarah Burns
Movie • 1979
2nd Nurse
Down the P.C.H.
Movie • 2006
Wendy O'Hara
The Signal
Movie • 2014
Mirabelle
We Are Gathered Here Today
Movie • 2022
Jean Cole
Living with Chucky
Movie • 2022
Self
Without Charlie
Movie • 2001
Chillerama
Movie • 2011
Baglady / Nurse Maleva
Drop Dead Sexy
Movie • 2005
Ma Muzzy
Summer Fantasy
Movie • 1984
Woman on Beach
I Was a Teenage Werebear
Movie • 2011
Life's an Itch
Movie • 2012
Gloria
Rosewood Lane
Movie • 2011
Mrs. Hawthorne
The Almost Guys
Movie • 2004
Repo Boss
Goin' South
Movie • 1978
Parasol Lady
Bachelor Party Vegas
Movie • 2006
Cassandra
The Main Course: The Making of Critters 2
Movie • 2018
Self
Lost Time
Movie • 2014
Mysterious Woman
Grace
Movie • 2014
Helen
Noobz
Movie • 2013
Mrs. Theodore
Grow House
Movie • 2017
Mrs. Gilliam
The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal
Movie • 1979
Freida
Homo Erectus
Movie • 2007
Museum Guide
Brewster's Millions
Movie • 1985
Journalist at Rally
Insidious: Chapter 3
Movie • 2015
Elise Rainier
Remote
Movie • 2022
Kane
Pickin' and Grinnin'
Movie • 2010
Bonnie Johnson
Ouija
Movie • 2014
Paulina Zander
Helen Keller vs. Nightwolves
Movie • 2015
Helen Keller
Tales of Halloween
Movie • 2015
Lynn's Mother
A Cry for Love
Movie • 1980
Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, the Last Chapter
Movie • 1994
Inmate
Director's Cut
Movie • 2016
Captain Wheeler
Roadside Prophets
Movie • 1992
Celeste
A Good Old Fashioned Orgy
Movie • 2011
Dody
The Penthouse
Movie • 2010
Frances
Unbeatable Harold
Movie • 2006
Jeannie
Boat Trip
Movie • 2002
Sonya the Coach
Jack Goes Home
Movie • 2016
Teresa
The Possession at Gladstone Manor
Movie
Nurse
Hester Street
Movie • 1975
Whore
Buster's Mal Heart
Movie • 2017
Pauline
Scared to Death
Movie • 2026
Max
Abattoir
Movie • 2016
Allie
Breakfast with Einstein
Movie • 1998
Miss Desmond
Texas Heart
Movie • 2016
Mrs. Smith
Insidious: The Last Key
Movie • 2018
Elise Rainier
Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd
Movie • 2003
Margie
Stuntmen
Movie • 2009
Bumble Jackson
Attention Shoppers
Movie • 2000
Libby
Stillwatch
Movie • 1987
Ouija: Origin of Evil
Movie • 2016
Old Paulina Zander
Nature of the Beast
Movie • 1995
Carol Powell
My Demon Lover
Movie • 1987
Anemic Counter Girl
Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again
Movie • 1982
Nurse with Telegram
Lucky Stiff
Movie • 1988
Bratty Kid's Mom
Pledge This!
Movie • 2007
Miss Prin
Asylum
Movie • 2008
String's Mother
The Black Room
Movie • 2017
Miss Black
Killer Pad
Movie • 2008
Marge
The Hillside Strangler
Movie • 2004
Jenny Buono
Driftwood
Movie • 2006
Nancy Forrester
Dark Moon Rising
Movie • 2009
Sunny
A Cinderella Story
Movie • 2004
Mrs. Wells
Small Town Saturday Night
Movie • 2010
Phyllis Ryan
Slam Dance
Movie • 1987
Librarian
Don Quixote: The Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha
Movie • 2015
The Grand Lady
Sketch Artist II: Hands That See
Movie • 1995
Bonnie
All About the Money
Movie • 2017
Mrs. Womack
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
Movie • 1993
Witness
Dumb and Dumber
Movie • 1994
Mrs. Neugeboren
Wish You Were Dead
Movie • 2002
Jinny Macintosh
The Midnight Man
Movie • 2016
Anna
Chronic Town
Movie • 2008
Nurse
The Three Stooges
Movie • 2012
Nurse Crotchet
The Grudge
Movie • 2019
Faith Matheson
Project: ALF
Movie • 1996
Waitress
Herbert West: Reanimator
Movie • 2018
Meredith
Mountain Top
Movie • 2017
Muriel Miller
Darkness Falls
Movie • 2020
Angela Anderson
The Final Wish
Movie • 2019
Kate Hammond
In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance
Movie • 1994
Foreman #2
Cellular
Movie • 2004
Exotic Car Driver
The Long Riders
Movie • 1980
Kate
Stuck on You
Movie • 2003
Makeup Babe
My Sister's Keeper
Movie • 2009
Nurse Adele
Corrina, Corrina
Movie • 1994
Repeat Nanny
Jewtopia
Movie • 2012
Dr. Sutton
Goldberg - P.I.
Movie • 2011
Violet
Room for Rent
Movie • 2019
Joyce
They Bite!: The Making of Critters
Movie • 2018
Self
Starz Inside: In the Gutter
Movie • 2008
Self
Gothic Harvest
Movie • 2019
Griselda
Waffle Hut
Movie • 2012
Jerrie Wolf
Los Angeles Overnight
Movie • 2018
Cousins
Get Gone
Movie • 2019
Mama
Dreamkatcher
Movie • 2020
Ruth
The Voices
Movie • 2020
The Vagabond
Confessions of an Action Star
Movie • 2005
Samantha Jones
Me, Myself & Irene
Movie • 2000
Mrs. Caleron
American Cowslip
Movie • 2009
Lou Anne
Trial by Fire
Movie • 1995
Phyliis Cardell
Matchmaker Santa
Movie • 2012
Debbie
The Running Man
Movie • 1987
Propaganda Officer
Max Reload and the Nether Blasters
Movie • 2020
Mrs. Wylder
Alone in the Dark
Movie • 1982
Receptionist at Haven
The Land of the Astronauts
Movie • 2010
Dead of Nowhere 3D
Movie
Meemaw
The Horror Crowd
Movie • 2020
Self
Before Memory
Movie
The Call
Movie • 2020
Edith Cranston
Living Out Loud
Movie • 1998
Lisa's Nurse
Ambition
Movie • 2019
Lady Bum
Born Killers
Movie • 2005
Willow
Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story
Movie • 2022
Self
Pump Up the Volume
Movie • 1990
PTA Parent #3
Extreme Prejudice
Movie • 1987
Employment Office Clerk
VideoDome Rent-O-Rama
Movie • 2010
The Lush
Brain Smasher... A Love Story
Movie • 1993
Make up Artist
Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman
Movie • 2021
Mrs. Bundy
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
Movie • 2010
Self
Sex and the Married Woman
Movie • 1977
Sandra
A Secret Space
Movie • 1977
Amy
Why Me?
Movie • 1984
Mistress
Movie • 1987
Woman Customer
Book of Love
Movie • 1990
Mrs. Flynn
Barely Legal
Movie • 2003
Tequlia
Critters 3
Movie • 1991
Sal (archive footage)
The Last Stand of Ellen Cole
Movie • 2024
Ellen
ManFast
Movie • 2003
Marge
Devoted
Movie
Aunt Dottie
House of Abraham
Movie • 2025
1000 Women in Horror
Movie • 2025
Self
The Bench
Movie
The Accidental Death of Joey by Sue
Movie • 2010
Mrs. Rawlings
Insidious: The Bleeding World
Movie • 2026
Elise Rainier
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
Movie • 2025
Self - (archive footage)
Jackson's Hole
Movie
Netter
Mascotland
Movie
Perversions of Science
TV • 1997
Nurse
Who's the Boss?
TV • 1984
Mrs. Padnick
My Name Is Earl
TV • 2005
Paul's Mom
Highway to Heaven
TV • 1984
Lila Barnes
Frasier
TV • 1993
Anne
Becker
TV • 1998
Mrs. Cooper
ER
TV • 1994
Margaret
Behind the Monsters
TV • 2021
Self
EastSiders
TV • 2012
Diane
My So-Called Life
TV • 1994
Parent #2
Eli Roth's History of Horror
TV • 2018
Self
Dead Talk Live
TV • 2020
Self - Guest
The Twilight Zone
TV • 1985
Kate Simmons (segment "Chameleon")
Falcon Crest
TV • 1981
Smoking Female Prisoner
Cagney & Lacey
TV • 1982
Secretary
Penny Dreadful: City of Angels
TV • 2020
Dottie Minter
Crossing Jordan
TV • 2001
Leather Lauren
Eight Is Enough
TV • 1977
Band Member
Life Goes On
TV • 1989
Parent #2
Private Practice
TV • 2007
Mrs. Taylor
Made in Hollywood
TV • 2005
Self
Common Side Effects
TV • 2025
Sonia (voice)
Arli$$
TV • 1996
Shurja