Acting · Detroit, Michigan, USA · Born October 12, 1943
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.
MovieInsidious: Out of the Further
2026
as Elise Rainier
MovieScared to Death
2026
as Max
Movie1000 Women in Horror
2025
as Self
MovieHouse of Abraham
2025
TVCommon Side Effects
2025
as Sonia (voice)
MovieThe Last Stand of Ellen Cole
2024
as Ellen
MovieInsidious: The Red Door
2023
as Elise Rainier
MovieHollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story
2022
as Self
MovieRemote
2022
as Kane
MovieWe Are Gathered Here Today
2022
as Jean Cole
MovieLiving with Chucky
2022
as Self
MovieThe Quarry: Movie Mode
2022
as Constance Hackett
MovieFrank and Penelope
2022
as Ophelia
MoviePines
2022
as Julie (voice)
TVBehind the Monsters
2021
as Self
MovieTed Bundy: American Boogeyman
2021
as Mrs. Bundy
MovieThe Call
2020
as Edith Cranston
MovieThe Horror Crowd
2020
as Self
MovieMax Reload and the Nether Blasters
2020
as Mrs. Wylder
MovieThe Voices
2020
as The Vagabond
MovieDreamkatcher
2020
as Ruth
TVPenny Dreadful: City of Angels
2020
as Dottie Minter
TVDead Talk Live
2020
as Self - Guest
MovieDarkness Falls
2020
as Angela Anderson
MovieThe Grudge
2019
as Faith Matheson
MovieGothic Harvest
2019
as Griselda
MovieAmbition
2019
as Lady Bum
MovieGet Gone
2019
as Mama
MovieRoom for Rent
2019
as Joyce
MovieThe Final Wish
2019
as Kate Hammond
MovieHerbert West: Reanimator
2018
as Meredith
MovieThe Main Course: The Making of Critters 2
2018
as Self
MovieThey Bite!: The Making of Critters
2018
as Self
TVEli Roth's History of Horror
2018
as Self
MovieLos Angeles Overnight
2018
as Cousins
MovieInsidious: The Last Key
2018
as Elise Rainier
MovieAll About the Money
2017
as Mrs. Womack
MovieBuster's Mal Heart
2017
as Pauline
MovieThe Black Room
2017
as Miss Black
MovieGrow House
2017
as Mrs. Gilliam
MovieMountain Top
2017
as Muriel Miller
MovieAbattoir
2016
as Allie
MovieOuija: Origin of Evil
2016
as Old Paulina Zander
MovieThe Midnight Man
2016
as Anna
MovieDirector's Cut
2016
as Captain Wheeler
MovieTexas Heart
2016
as Mrs. Smith
MovieJack Goes Home
2016
as Teresa
MovieTales of Halloween
2015
as Lynn's Mother
MovieHelen Keller vs. Nightwolves
2015
as Helen Keller
MovieInsidious: Chapter 3
2015
as Elise Rainier
MovieDon Quixote: The Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha
2015
as The Grand Lady
MovieGrace
2014
as Helen
MovieOuija
2014
as Paulina Zander
MovieLost Time
2014
as Mysterious Woman
MovieThe Signal
2014
as Mirabelle
MovieAll American Christmas Carol
2013
as Barbara Belnap
MovieBig Ass Spider!
2013
as Mrs. Jefferson
TVInsidious: Spectral Sightings
2013
as Elise
MovieInsidious: Chapter 2
2013
as Elise Rainier
MovieCrazy Kind of Love
2013
as Denise Mack
MovieNoobz
2013
as Mrs. Theodore
TVEastSiders
2012
as Diane
MovieLife's an Itch
2012
as Gloria
MovieMatchmaker Santa
2012
as Debbie
MovieFDR: American Badass!
2012
as Eleanor Roosevelt
Movie3 Days of Normal
2012
as May
MovieJewtopia
2012
as Dr. Sutton
MovieThe Three Stooges
2012
as Nurse Crotchet
MovieWaffle Hut
2012
as Jerrie Wolf
MovieRosewood Lane
2011
as Mrs. Hawthorne
MovieChillerama
2011
as Baglady / Nurse Maleva
MovieA Good Old Fashioned Orgy
2011
as Dody
MovieI Was a Teenage Werebear
2011
MovieInsidious
2011
as Elise Rainier
MovieTake Me Home
2011
as Jill
MovieSedona
2011
as Claire
MovieGoldberg - P.I.
2011
as Violet
MovieFarewell Mr. Kringle
2010
as Zelda
MovieThe Land of the Astronauts
2010
MovieNext Stop Murder
2010
as Detective Reeson
MovieThe Accidental Death of Joey by Sue
2010
as Mrs. Rawlings
MovieSmall Town Saturday Night
2010
as Phyllis Ryan
MovieNever Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
2010
as Self
Pickin' and Grinnin'
2010
as Bonnie Johnson
Movie2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams
2010
as Granny Boone
MovieThe Penthouse
2010
as Frances
MovieKiller by Nature
2010
as Leona
MovieVideoDome Rent-O-Rama
2010
as The Lush
MovieDark Moon Rising
2009
as Sunny
MovieStuntmen
2009
as Bumble Jackson
MovieAmerican Cowslip
2009
as Lou Anne
MovieMy Sister's Keeper
2009
as Nurse Adele
MovieDoggie Heaven
2008
as Woman
MovieStarz Inside: In the Gutter
2008
as Self
MovieChronic Town
2008
as Nurse
MovieAsylum
2008
as String's Mother
MovieKiller Pad
2008
as Marge
TVPrivate Practice
2007
as Mrs. Taylor
MovieChasing Robert
2007
as Martha the Bookie
MovieThe Election
2007
as The Wife
MovieHomo Erectus
2007
as Museum Guide
MoviePledge This!
2007
as Miss Prin
MovieSnakes on a Plane: Meet the Reptiles
2007
as Self
MovieSnakes on a Set: Behind the Scenes
2007
as Self
MovieThe Snake Pit: On the Set of 'Snakes on a Plane'
2007
as Self
MovieDriftwood
2006
as Nancy Forrester
MovieSurf School
2006
as Larry's Mom
MovieDown the P.C.H.
2006
as Wendy O'Hara
MovieSnakes on a Plane
2006
as Grace
MovieSnoop Dogg's Hood of Horror
2006
as Clara
MovieBachelor Party Vegas
2006
as Cassandra
MovieHoboken Hollow
2006
as Mrs. Brodrick
MoviePure Venom: The Making of Snakes on a Plane
2006
as Self
MovieUnbeatable Harold
2006
as Jeannie
TVMade in Hollywood
2005
as Self
TVMy Name Is Earl
2005
as Paul's Mom
Movie2001 Maniacs
2005
as Granny Boone
MovieDrop Dead Sexy
2005
as Ma Muzzy
MovieConfessions of an Action Star
2005
as Samantha Jones
MovieHate Crime
2005
as Kathleen Slansky
MovieBorn Killers
2005
as Willow
MovieThe Hillside Strangler
2004
as Jenny Buono
MovieCellular
2004
as Exotic Car Driver
MovieA Cinderella Story
2004
as Mrs. Wells
MovieThe Almost Guys
2004
as Repo Boss
MovieWho's Your Daddy?
2004
as Ms. Harding
MovieDead End
2003
as Laura Harrington
MovieStuck on You
2003
as Makeup Babe
MovieBarely Legal
2003
as Tequlia
MovieDumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd
2003
as Margie
MovieManFast
2003
as Marge
MovieBoat Trip
2002
as Sonya the Coach
MovieWish You Were Dead
2002
as Jinny Macintosh
MovieContagion
2002
as Laura Crowley
A Letter from My Father
2001
as Elise
TVCrossing Jordan
2001
as Leather Lauren
MovieSay It Isn't So
2001
as Nurse Bautista
Without Charlie
2001
MovieAttention Shoppers
2000
as Libby
MovieMe, Myself & Irene
2000
as Mrs. Caleron
MovieDetroit Rock City
1999
as Mrs. Bruce
TVBecker
1998
as Mrs. Cooper
MovieLiving Out Loud
1998
as Lisa's Nurse
MovieThere's Something About Mary
1998
as Magda
MovieBreakfast with Einstein
1998
as Miss Desmond
TVPerversions of Science
1997
as Nurse
MovieTrading Favors
1997
as Darla
MovieLast Man Standing
1996
as The Madame
TVArli$$
1996
as Shurja
MovieKingpin
1996
as Landlady
MovieProject: ALF
1996
as Waitress
MovieNature of the Beast
1995
as Carol Powell
MovieTrial by Fire
1995
as Phyliis Cardell
MovieSketch Artist II: Hands That See
1995
as Bonnie
MovieDumb and Dumber
1994
as Mrs. Neugeboren
MovieHer Final Fury: Betty Broderick, the Last Chapter
1994
as Inmate
MovieWes Craven's New Nightmare
1994
as Nurse with Pills
TVER
1994
as Margaret
TVMy So-Called Life
1994
as Parent #2
MovieCorrina, Corrina
1994
as Repeat Nanny
MovieEven Cowgirls Get the Blues
1994
as Rubber Rose Maid
MovieIn the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance
1994
as Foreman #2
MovieBrain Smasher... A Love Story
1993
as Make up Artist
TVFrasier
1993
as Anne
MovieAmityville: A New Generation
1993
as Nurse Turner
MovieThree of Hearts
1993
as Operator
MovieThe Temp
1993
as Rosemary
MovieNational Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
1993
as Witness
MovieRoadside Prophets
1992
as Celeste
MovieCritters 3
1991
as Sal (archive footage)
MoviePump Up the Volume
1990
as PTA Parent #3
MovieBook of Love
1990
as Mrs. Flynn
TVLife Goes On
1989
as Parent #2
MovieLucky Stiff
1988
as Bratty Kid's Mom
MovieCritters 2
1988
as Sal
MovieThe Running Man
1987
as Propaganda Officer
MovieThe Hidden
1987
as Carol Miller
MovieMistress
1987
as Woman Customer
MovieSlam Dance
1987
as Librarian
MovieMy Demon Lover
1987
as Anemic Counter Girl
MovieExtreme Prejudice
1987
as Employment Office Clerk
MovieStillwatch
1987
MovieCritters
1986
as Sally
TVThe Twilight Zone
1985
as Kate Simmons (segment "Chameleon")
MovieBrewster's Millions
1985
as Journalist at Rally
MovieA Nightmare on Elm Street
1984
as Teacher
TVWho's the Boss?
1984
as Mrs. Padnick
TVHighway to Heaven
1984
as Lila Barnes
MovieSummer Fantasy
1984
as Woman on Beach
MovieWhy Me?
1984
MovieAlone in the Dark
1982
as Receptionist at Haven
MovieJekyll and Hyde... Together Again
1982
as Nurse with Telegram
TVCagney & Lacey
1982
as Secretary
TVFalcon Crest
1981
as Smoking Female Prisoner
A Cry for Love
1980
MovieThe Long Riders
1980
as Kate
MovieThe Seeding of Sarah Burns
1979
as 2nd Nurse
MovieThe Triangle Factory Fire Scandal
1979
as Freida
MovieGoin' South
1978
as Parasol Lady
MovieA Secret Space
1977
as Amy
MovieSex and the Married Woman
1977
as Sandra
TVEight Is Enough
1977
as Band Member
MovieHester Street
1975
as Whore
MovieThe Old World
as The Aunt (voice)
Carrier
as Joan Pierson
The Possession at Gladstone Manor
as Nurse
Dead of Nowhere 3D
as Meemaw
MovieBefore Memory
Devoted
as Aunt Dottie
The Bench
MovieJackson's Hole
as Netter
MovieMascotland
MovieThread: An Insidious Tale
as Elise Rainier
