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House of Abraham
2025
Lin Shaye
Also known as: Linda Shaye
Acting
Born:October 12, 1943(age 82)
Birthplace:Detroit, Michigan, USA
Nationality:United States
Education:University of Michigan, Columbia University School of the Arts
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CommunityBiography
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.
Notable Works
Insidious
Filmography (155 movies)
8.0
8.0
Pines
2022
as Julie (voice)
7.8
7.8
The Last Stand of Ellen Cole
2024
Executive Producer
7.4
7.4
My Sister's Keeper
2009
as Nurse Adele
7.3
7.3
A Nightmare on Elm Street
1984
as Teacher
7.3
7.3
Frank and Penelope
2022
as Ophelia
7.0
7.0
Scared to Death
2024
Executive Producer
7.0
7.0
The Election
2007
as The Wife
7.0
7.0
Insidious
2011
as Elise Rainier
6.9
6.9
The Hidden
1987
as Carol Miller
6.8
6.8
Mountain Top
2017
as Muriel Miller
6.7
6.7
Detroit Rock City
1999
as Mrs. Bruce
6.7
6.7
The Almost Guys
2004
as Repo Boss
6.7
6.7
Corrina, Corrina
1994
as Repeat Nanny
6.7
6.7
Insidious: Chapter 2
2013
as Elise Rainier
6.6
6.6
There's Something About Mary
1998
as Magda
6.6
6.6
Living with Chucky
2022
as Self
6.6
6.6
Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman
2021
as Mrs. Bundy
6.6
6.6
A Cinderella Story
2004
as Mrs. Wells
6.5
6.5
Insidious: The Red Door
2023
as Elise Rainier
6.5
6.5
Kingpin
1996
as Landlady
6.5
6.5
1000 Women in Horror
2025
as Self
6.5
6.5
Farewell Mr. Kringle
2010
as Zelda
6.5
6.5
Insidious: Out of the Further
2026
as Elise Rainier
6.5
6.5
Take Me Home
2011
as Jill
6.5
6.5
Stillwatch
1987
6.5
6.5
Critters
1986
as Sally
6.4
6.4
Next Stop Murder
2010
as Detective Reeson
6.4
6.4
Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story
2022
as Self
6.4
6.4
Dead End
2003
as Laura Harrington
6.3
6.3
Black Limousine
2010
6.3
6.3
Room for Rent
2019
as Joyce
6.3
6.3
Insidious: Chapter 3
2015
as Elise Rainier
6.3
6.3
Insidious: The Last Key
2018
as Elise Rainier
6.2
6.2
Critters 2
1988
as Sal
6.1
6.1
Ouija: Origin of Evil
2016
as Old Paulina Zander
6.1
6.1
Buster's Mal Heart
2017
as Pauline
6.1
6.1
Director's Cut
2016
as Captain Wheeler
6.0
6.0
The Signal
2014
as Mirabelle
6.0
6.0
We Are Gathered Here Today
2022
as Jean Cole
6.0
6.0
The Seeding of Sarah Burns
1979
as 2nd Nurse
6.0
6.0
The Horror Crowd
2020
as Herself
6.0
6.0
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
1993
as Witness
6.0
6.0
Chronic Town
2008
as Nurse
5.9
5.9
Noobz
2013
as Mrs. Theodore
5.9
5.9
Sketch Artist II: Hands That See
1995
as Bonnie
5.9
5.9
Nature of the Beast
1995
as Carol Powell
5.8
5.8
Living Out Loud
1998
as Lisa's Nurse
5.8
5.8
Alone in the Dark
1982
as Receptionist at Haven
5.8
5.8
I Was a Teenage Werebear
2011
5.8
5.8
The Midnight Man
2016
as Anna
5.8
5.8
Max Reload and the Nether Blasters
2020
as Mrs. Wylder
5.7
5.7
Tales of Halloween
2015
as Lynn's Mother
5.7
5.7
Matchmaker Santa
2012
as Debbie
5.7
5.7
Chillerama
2011
as Baglady / Nurse Maleva
5.6
5.6
Big Ass Spider!
2013
as Mrs. Jefferson
5.6
5.6
Sedona
2011
as Claire
5.6
5.6
Hate Crime
2005
as Kathleen Slansky
5.5
5.5
Crazy Kind of Love
2013
as Denise Mack
5.5
5.5
Don Quixote: The Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha
2015
as The Grand Lady
5.5
5.5
Snakes on a Plane
2006
as Grace
5.5
5.5
Roadside Prophets
1992
as Celeste
5.5
5.5
The Call
2020
as Edith Cranston
5.4
5.4
The Grudge
2019
as Faith Matheson
5.4
5.4
All About the Money
2017
as Mrs. Womack
5.4
5.4
Darkness Falls
2020
as Angela Anderson
5.4
5.4
2001 Maniacs
2005
as Granny Boone
5.4
5.4
Why Me?
1984
5.4
5.4
Book of Love
1990
as Mrs. Flynn
5.3
5.3
The Voices
2020
as The Vagabond
5.3
5.3
Critters 3
1991
as Sal (archive footage)
5.3
5.3
Boat Trip
2002
as Sonya the Coach
5.2
5.2
Small Town Saturday Night
2010
as Phyllis Ryan
5.2
5.2
My Demon Lover
1987
as Anemic Counter Girl
5.2
5.2
Born Killers
2005
as Willow
5.2
5.2
Doggie Heaven
2008
as Woman
5.1
5.1
Ouija
2014
as Paulina Zander
5.1
5.1
Brain Smasher... A Love Story
1993
as Make up Artist
5.1
5.1
Dreamkatcher
2020
Executive Producer
5.1
5.1
American Cowslip
2009
as Lou Anne
5.1
5.1
Jack Goes Home
2016
as Teresa
5.1
5.1
Helen Keller vs. Nightwolves
2015
as Helen Keller
5.1
5.1
FDR: American Badass!
2012
as Eleanor Roosevelt
5.0
5.0
The Final Wish
2019
as Kate Hammond
5.0
5.0
The Hillside Strangler
2004
as Jenny Buono
4.9
4.9
Grace
2014
as Helen
4.9
4.9
Wish You Were Dead
2002
as Jinny Macintosh
4.9
4.9
Bachelor Party Vegas
2006
as Cassandra
4.8
4.8
Drop Dead Sexy
2005
as Ma Muzzy
4.8
4.8
Summer Fantasy
1984
as Woman on Beach
4.8
4.8
Three of Hearts
1993
as Operator
4.8
4.8
Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror
2006
as Clara
4.7
4.7
Ambition
2019
as Lady Bum
4.7
4.7
Slam Dance
1987
as Librarian
4.7
4.7
Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again
1982
as Nurse with Telegram
4.7
4.7
Herbert West: Reanimator
2018
as Meredith
4.7
4.7
Say It Isn't So
2001
as Nurse Bautista
4.7
4.7
Texas Heart
2016
as Mrs. Smith
4.7
4.7
Rosewood Lane
2011
as Mrs. Hawthorne
4.7
4.7
The Temp
1993
as Rosemary
4.6
4.6
Jewtopia
2012
as Dr. Sutton
4.5
4.5
Starz Inside: In the Gutter
2008
as Self
4.5
4.5
Abattoir
2016
as Allie
4.4
4.4
Trading Favors
1997
as Darla
4.3
4.3
Lucky Stiff
1988
as Bratty Kid's Mom
4.3
4.3
Get Gone
2019
as Mama
4.3
4.3
Driftwood
2006
as Nancy Forrester
4.3
4.3
3 Days of Normal
2012
as May
4.3
4.3
All American Christmas Carol
2013
as Barbara Belnap
4.2
4.2
Dark Moon Rising
2009
as Sunny
4.2
4.2
Amityville: A New Generation
1993
as Nurse Turner
4.2
4.2
Los Angeles Overnight
2018
as Cousins
4.2
4.2
Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd
2003
as Margie
4.1
4.1
Confessions of an Action Star
2005
as Samantha Jones
4.1
4.1
Asylum
2008
as String's Mother
4.0
4.0
Contagion
2002
as Laura Crowley
3.8
3.8
2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams
2010
as Granny Boone
3.8
3.8
Killer Pad
2008
as Marge
3.8
3.8
Gothic Harvest
2019
as Griselda
3.8
3.8
The Black Room
2017
as Miss Black
3.7
3.7
ManFast
2003
as Marge
3.6
3.6
Hoboken Hollow
2006
as Mrs. Brodrick
3.4
3.4
Stuntmen
2009
as Bumble Jackson
3.4
3.4
The Penthouse
2010
as Frances
3.3
3.3
Lost Time
2014
as Mysterious Woman
3.3
3.3
Killer by Nature
2010
as Leona
3.0
3.0
Unbeatable Harold
2006
as Jeannie
2.8
2.8
Pledge This!
2007
as Miss Prin
2.7
2.7
Surf School
2006
as Larry's mom
2.7
2.7
Mistress
1987
as Woman Customer
2.5
2.5
Attention Shoppers
2000
as Libby
2.4
2.4
Breakfast with Einstein
1998
as Miss Desmond
2.3
2.3
Sex and the Married Woman
1977
as Sandra
2.3
2.3
Down the P.C.H.
2006
as Wendy O'Hara
2.2
2.2
Life's an Itch
2012
as Gloria
2.0
2.0
Chasing Robert
2007
as Martha the Bookie
2.0
2.0
Pickin' and Grinnin'
2010
as Bonnie Johnson
1.0
1.0
The Accidental Death of Joey by Sue
2010
as Mrs. Rawlings
1.0
1.0
Without Charlie
2001
1.0
1.0
Before Memory
TBA
They Bite!: The Making of Critters
2018
as Self
Waffle Hut
2012
as Jerrie Wolf
Goldberg - P.I.
2011
as Violet
Carrier
TBA
as Joan Pierson
A Cry for Love
1980
A Secret Space
1977
as Amy
Remote
2022
as Kane
The Old World
TBA
as The Aunt (voice)
A Letter from My Father
2001
as Elise
The Main Course: The Making of Critters 2
2018
as Self
The Possession at Gladstone Manor
TBA
as Nurse
Devoted
TBA
as Aunt Dottie
The Bench
TBA
Dead of Nowhere 3D
TBA
as Meemaw
VideoDome Rent-O-Rama
2010
as The Lush
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