Lin Shaye
Born in Detroit, Michigan, USA — Oct 12 1943
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 (201…
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Frasier
Anne
ER
Margaret
Falcon Crest
Smoking Female Prisoner
Crossing Jordan
Leather Lauren
Private Practice
Mrs. Taylor
My Name Is Earl
Paul's Mom
Arli$$
Shurja
The Twilight Zone
Kate Simmons (segment "Chameleon")
Who's the Boss?
Mrs. Padnick
Becker
Mrs. Cooper
Life Goes On
Parent #2
Cagney & Lacey
Secretary
Highway to Heaven
Lila Barnes
Eight Is Enough
Band Member
Eli Roth's History of Horror
Self
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Teacher
My So-Called Life
Parent #2
Dumb and Dumber
Mrs. Neugeboren
Common Side Effects
Sonia (voice)
EastSiders
Diane
Perversions of Science
Nurse
Penny Dreadful: City of Angels
Dottie Minter
Insidious
Elise Rainier
There's Something About Mary
Magda
The Running Man
Propaganda Officer
A Cinderella Story
Mrs. Wells
Insidious: The Red Door
Elise Rainier
The Grudge
Faith Matheson
Insidious: The Last Key
Elise Rainier
Me, Myself & Irene
Mrs. Caleron
The Last Stand of Ellen Cole
Ellen
Insidious: Chapter 2
Elise Rainier
Cellular
Exotic Car Driver
Wes Craven's New Nightmare
Nurse with Pills
Ouija
Paulina Zander
Kingpin
Landlady
Snakes on a Plane
Grace
Insidious: Chapter 3
Elise Rainier
The Three Stooges
Nurse Crotchet
Extreme Prejudice
Employment Office Clerk
Critters
Sally
Last Man Standing
The Madame
Barely Legal
Tequlia
My Sister's Keeper
Nurse Adele
Boat Trip
Sonya the Coach
Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd
Margie
Ouija: Origin of Evil
Old Paulina Zander
Corrina, Corrina
Repeat Nanny
The Signal
Mirabelle
Dead End
Laura Harrington
The Hidden
Carol Miller
Critters 2
Sal
Stuck on You
Makeup Babe
Frank and Penelope
Ophelia
Detroit Rock City
Mrs. Bruce
2001 Maniacs
Granny Boone
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
Self
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
Witness
Brewster's Millions
Journalist at Rally
Insidious: The Bleeding World
Elise Rainier
Homo Erectus
Museum Guide
Don Quixote: The Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha
The Grand Lady
Pump Up the Volume
PTA Parent #3
Book of Love
Mrs. Flynn
Critters 3
Sal (archive footage)
Noobz
Mrs. Theodore
Behind the Monsters
Self
Chillerama
Baglady / Nurse Maleva
Say It Isn't So
Nurse Bautista
The Long Riders
Kate
A Good Old Fashioned Orgy
Dody
Abattoir
Allie
Goin' South
Parasol Lady
Amityville: A New Generation
Nurse Turner
Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story
Self
Big Ass Spider!
Mrs. Jefferson
Living Out Loud
Lisa's Nurse
Grace
Helen
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
Rubber Rose Maid
Mountain Top
Muriel Miller
Project: ALF
Waitress
Tales of Halloween
Lynn's Mother
Killer Pad
Marge
Why Me?
The Temp
Rosemary
The Midnight Man
Anna
Who's Your Daddy?
Ms. Harding
The Black Room
Miss Black
Three of Hearts
Operator
We Are Gathered Here Today
Jean Cole
Drop Dead Sexy
Ma Muzzy
Dreamkatcher
Ruth
Director's Cut
Captain Wheeler
Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman
Mrs. Bundy
Slam Dance
Librarian
In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance
Foreman #2
Take Me Home
Jill
Living with Chucky
Self
American Cowslip
Lou Anne
Farewell Mr. Kringle
Zelda
Trading Favors
Darla
Buster's Mal Heart
Pauline
Sedona
Claire
Doggie Heaven
Woman
Jewtopia
Dr. Sutton
Lucky Stiff
Bratty Kid's Mom
Alone in the Dark
Receptionist at Haven
ManFast
Marge
Chasing Robert
Martha the Bookie
Confessions of an Action Star
Samantha Jones
Killer by Nature
Leona
Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, the Last Chapter
Inmate
Hate Crime
Kathleen Slansky
Summer Fantasy
Woman on Beach
My Demon Lover
Anemic Counter Girl
The Penthouse
Frances
Asylum
String's Mother
Brain Smasher... A Love Story
Make up Artist
Attention Shoppers
Libby
3 Days of Normal
May
Dark Moon Rising
Sunny
Scared to Death
Max
The Call
Edith Cranston
Roadside Prophets
Celeste
Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again
Nurse with Telegram
Contagion
Laura Crowley
Bachelor Party Vegas
Cassandra
Breakfast with Einstein
Miss Desmond
Hester Street
Whore
Rosewood Lane
Mrs. Hawthorne
Sketch Artist II: Hands That See
Bonnie
Unbeatable Harold
Jeannie
Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror
Clara
Wish You Were Dead
Jinny Macintosh
Mascotland
Pledge This!
Miss Prin
Darkness Falls
Angela Anderson
Grow House
Mrs. Gilliam
Crazy Kind of Love
Denise Mack
The Final Wish
Kate Hammond
Matchmaker Santa
Debbie
Surf School
Larry's Mom
Trial by Fire
Phyliis Cardell
A Cry for Love
The Horror Crowd
Self
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
Self - (archive footage)
Hoboken Hollow
Mrs. Brodrick
Mistress
Woman Customer
Jack Goes Home
Teresa
Max Reload and the Nether Blasters
Mrs. Wylder
Texas Heart
Mrs. Smith
Driftwood
Nancy Forrester
All About the Money
Mrs. Womack
Nature of the Beast
Carol Powell
FDR: American Badass!
Eleanor Roosevelt
Small Town Saturday Night
Phyllis Ryan
Born Killers
Willow
Room for Rent
Joyce
The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal
Freida
The Bench
Ambition
Lady Bum
The Almost Guys
Repo Boss
Get Gone
Mama
1000 Women in Horror
Self
Devoted
Aunt Dottie
Life's an Itch
Gloria
The Seeding of Sarah Burns
2nd Nurse
Helen Keller vs. Nightwolves
Helen Keller
VideoDome Rent-O-Rama
The Lush
Down the P.C.H.
Wendy O'Hara
The Land of the Astronauts
Stillwatch
Sex and the Married Woman
Sandra
The Hillside Strangler
Jenny Buono
Gothic Harvest
Griselda
Starz Inside: In the Gutter
Self
Dead of Nowhere 3D
Meemaw
All American Christmas Carol
Barbara Belnap
Before Memory
Waffle Hut
Jerrie Wolf
Pickin' and Grinnin'
Bonnie Johnson
2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams
Granny Boone
Los Angeles Overnight
Cousins
Stuntmen
Bumble Jackson
Goldberg - P.I.
Violet
Chronic Town
Nurse
Remote
Kane
A Letter from My Father
Elise
Without Charlie
The Accidental Death of Joey by Sue
Mrs. Rawlings
House of Abraham
The Possession at Gladstone Manor
Nurse
Carrier
Joan Pierson
The Voices
The Vagabond
Next Stop Murder
Detective Reeson
The Main Course: The Making of Critters 2
Self
Lost Time
Mysterious Woman
The Election
The Wife
A Secret Space
Amy
Herbert West: Reanimator
Meredith
I Was a Teenage Werebear
Pines
Julie (voice)
They Bite!: The Making of Critters
Self
The Old World
The Aunt (voice)
Jackson's Hole
Netter