Known For
Acting
Born
Oct 12, 1943
Place of Birth
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Credits
213 titles
Lin Shaye
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 (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
Filmography
Insidious: Out of the Further
Elise Rainier
Scared to Death
Max
1000 Women in Horror
Self
House of Abraham
Common Side Effects
Sonia (voice)
The Last Stand of Ellen Cole
Ellen
Insidious: The Red Door
Elise Rainier
Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story
Self
Remote
Kane
We Are Gathered Here Today
Jean Cole
Living with Chucky
Self
The Quarry: Movie Mode
Constance Hackett
Frank and Penelope
Ophelia
Pines
Julie (voice)
Behind the Monsters
Self
Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman
Mrs. Bundy
The Call
Edith Cranston
The Horror Crowd
Self
Max Reload and the Nether Blasters
Mrs. Wylder
The Voices
The Vagabond
Dreamkatcher
Ruth
Penny Dreadful: City of Angels
Dottie Minter
Dead Talk Live
Self - Guest
Darkness Falls
Angela Anderson
The Grudge
Faith Matheson
Gothic Harvest
Griselda
Ambition
Lady Bum
Get Gone
Mama
Room for Rent
Joyce
The Final Wish
Kate Hammond
Herbert West: Reanimator
Meredith
They Bite!: The Making of Critters
Self
The Main Course: The Making of Critters 2
Self
Eli Roth's History of Horror
Self
Los Angeles Overnight
Cousins
Insidious: The Last Key
Elise Rainier
All About the Money
Mrs. Womack
Buster's Mal Heart
Pauline
The Black Room
Miss Black
Grow House
Mrs. Gilliam
Mountain Top
Muriel Miller
Abattoir
Allie
Ouija: Origin of Evil
Old Paulina Zander
The Midnight Man
Anna
Director's Cut
Captain Wheeler
Texas Heart
Mrs. Smith
Jack Goes Home
Teresa
Tales of Halloween
Lynn's Mother
Helen Keller vs. Nightwolves
Helen Keller
Insidious: Chapter 3
Elise Rainier