Lin Shaye
Acting
Born October 12, 1943
From Detroit, Michigan, USA
Also known as Linda 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...
Filmography
Insidious: Out of the Further
Elise Rainier
2026
Scared to Death
Max
20267.3
1000 Women in Horror
Self
20257.0
House of Abraham
20259.5
The Last Stand of Ellen Cole
Ellen
20248.1
Insidious: The Red Door
Elise Rainier
20236.5
Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story
Self
20226.6
Remote
Kane
2022
We Are Gathered Here Today
Jean Cole
20226.0
Living with Chucky
Self
20226.6
The Quarry: Movie Mode
Constance Hackett
202210.0
Frank and Penelope
Ophelia
20227.4
Pines
Julie (voice)
20228.7
Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman
Mrs. Bundy
20216.6
The Call
Edith Cranston
20205.4
The Horror Crowd
Self
20205.7
Max Reload and the Nether Blasters
Mrs. Wylder
20205.8
The Voices
The Vagabond
20205.5
Dreamkatcher
Ruth
20205.2
Darkness Falls
Angela Anderson
20205.4
The Grudge
Faith Matheson
20195.4
Gothic Harvest
Griselda
20193.6
Ambition
Lady Bum
20195.0
Get Gone
Mama
20194.4
Room for Rent
Joyce
20196.4
The Final Wish
Kate Hammond
20195.0
Herbert West: Reanimator
Meredith
20184.7
The Main Course: The Making of Critters 2
Self
2018
They Bite!: The Making of Critters
Self
2018
Los Angeles Overnight
Cousins
20184.2
Insidious: The Last Key
Elise Rainier
20186.3
All About the Money
Mrs. Womack
20175.4
Buster's Mal Heart
Pauline
20176.1
The Black Room
Miss Black
20173.8
Grow House
Mrs. Gilliam
20176.3
Mountain Top
Muriel Miller
20177.2
Abattoir
Allie
20164.5
Ouija: Origin of Evil
Old Paulina Zander
20166.2
The Midnight Man
Anna
20165.8
Director's Cut
Captain Wheeler
20166.0
Texas Heart
Mrs. Smith
20164.7
Jack Goes Home
Teresa
20165.2
Tales of Halloween
Lynn's Mother
20155.7
Helen Keller vs. Nightwolves
Helen Keller
20155.1
Insidious: Chapter 3
Elise Rainier
20156.3
Don Quixote: The Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha
The Grand Lady
20155.6
Grace
Helen
20145.0
Ouija
Paulina Zander
20145.1
Lost Time
Mysterious Woman
20143.3
The Signal
Mirabelle
20146.0
All American Christmas Carol
Barbara Belnap
20134.2
Big Ass Spider!
Mrs. Jefferson
20135.6
Insidious: Chapter 2
Elise Rainier
20136.7
Crazy Kind of Love
Denise Mack
20135.4
Noobz
Mrs. Theodore
20135.8
Life's an Itch
Gloria
20122.2
Matchmaker Santa
Debbie
20125.7
FDR: American Badass!
Eleanor Roosevelt
20125.1
3 Days of Normal
May
20124.3
Jewtopia
Dr. Sutton
20124.7
The Three Stooges
Nurse Crotchet
20125.8
Waffle Hut
Jerrie Wolf
2012
Rosewood Lane
Mrs. Hawthorne
20114.7
Chillerama
Baglady / Nurse Maleva
20115.7
A Good Old Fashioned Orgy
Dody
20115.9
I Was a Teenage Werebear
20115.8
Insidious
Elise Rainier
20116.9
Take Me Home
Jill
20116.5
Sedona
Claire
20115.6
Goldberg - P.I.
Violet
2011
Farewell Mr. Kringle
Zelda
20106.2
The Land of the Astronauts
20106.3
Next Stop Murder
Detective Reeson
20106.6
The Accidental Death of Joey by Sue
Mrs. Rawlings
20101.0
Small Town Saturday Night
Phyllis Ryan
20105.2
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
Self
20107.8
—
Pickin' and Grinnin'
Bonnie Johnson
20102.0
2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams
Granny Boone
20103.8
The Penthouse
Frances
20103.4
Killer by Nature
Leona
20103.1
VideoDome Rent-O-Rama
The Lush
2010
Dark Moon Rising
Sunny
20094.6
Stuntmen
Bumble Jackson
20093.4
American Cowslip
Lou Anne
20095.1
My Sister's Keeper
Nurse Adele
20097.4
Doggie Heaven
Woman
20085.3
Starz Inside: In the Gutter
Self
20084.5
Chronic Town
Nurse
20086.0
Asylum
String's Mother
20084.1
Killer Pad
Marge
20083.8
Chasing Robert
Martha the Bookie
20072.0
The Election
The Wife
20077.0
Homo Erectus
Museum Guide
20074.0
Pledge This!
Miss Prin
20072.8
Snakes on a Plane: Meet the Reptiles
Self
20076.0
Snakes on a Set: Behind the Scenes
Self
2007
The Snake Pit: On the Set of 'Snakes on a Plane'
Self
2007
Driftwood
Nancy Forrester
20064.5
Surf School
Larry's Mom
20062.8
Down the P.C.H.
Wendy O'Hara
20064.3
Snakes on a Plane
Grace
20065.5
Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror
Clara
20064.8
Bachelor Party Vegas
Cassandra
20064.9
Hoboken Hollow
Mrs. Brodrick
20063.8
Pure Venom: The Making of Snakes on a Plane
Self
20067.0
Unbeatable Harold
Jeannie
20065.0
2001 Maniacs
Granny Boone
20055.4
Drop Dead Sexy
Ma Muzzy
20054.9
Confessions of an Action Star
Samantha Jones
20054.3
Hate Crime
Kathleen Slansky
20055.7
Born Killers
Willow
20055.3
The Hillside Strangler
Jenny Buono
20045.1
Cellular
Exotic Car Driver
20046.4
A Cinderella Story
Mrs. Wells
20046.6
The Almost Guys
Repo Boss
20046.8
Who's Your Daddy?
Ms. Harding
20044.9
Dead End
Laura Harrington
20036.4
Stuck on You
Makeup Babe
20035.4
Barely Legal
Tequlia
20036.0
Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd
Margie
20034.1
ManFast
Marge
20034.1
Boat Trip
Sonya the Coach
20025.2
Wish You Were Dead
Jinny Macintosh
20025.0
Contagion
Laura Crowley
20024.3
—
A Letter from My Father
Elise
2001
Say It Isn't So
Nurse Bautista
20014.7
—
Without Charlie
20014.5
Attention Shoppers
Libby
20004.3
Me, Myself & Irene
Mrs. Caleron
20006.6
Detroit Rock City
Mrs. Bruce
19996.8
Living Out Loud
Lisa's Nurse
19985.9
There's Something About Mary
Magda
19986.6
Breakfast with Einstein
Miss Desmond
19984.1
Trading Favors
Darla
19974.6
Last Man Standing
The Madame
19966.4
Kingpin
Landlady
19966.5
Project: ALF
Waitress
19966.0
Nature of the Beast
Carol Powell
19955.9
Trial by Fire
Phyliis Cardell
19955.5
Sketch Artist II: Hands That See
Bonnie
19956.0
Dumb and Dumber
Mrs. Neugeboren
19946.7
Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, the Last Chapter
Inmate
19946.3
Wes Craven's New Nightmare
Nurse with Pills
19946.5
Corrina, Corrina
Repeat Nanny
19946.7
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
Rubber Rose Maid
19944.4
In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance
Foreman #2
19945.7
Brain Smasher... A Love Story
Make up Artist
19935.2
Amityville: A New Generation
Nurse Turner
19934.3
Three of Hearts
Operator
19934.9
The Temp
Rosemary
19934.8
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
Witness
19936.1
Roadside Prophets
Celeste
19925.5
Critters 3
Sal (archive footage)
19915.3
Pump Up the Volume
PTA Parent #3
19907.1
Book of Love
Mrs. Flynn
19905.5
Lucky Stiff
Bratty Kid's Mom
19884.6
Critters 2
Sal
19886.2
The Running Man
Propaganda Officer
19876.5
The Hidden
Carol Miller
19876.9
Mistress
Woman Customer
19874.3
Slam Dance
Librarian
19874.8
My Demon Lover
Anemic Counter Girl
19875.3
Extreme Prejudice
Employment Office Clerk
19876.3
Stillwatch
19876.6
Critters
Sally
19866.5
Brewster's Millions
Journalist at Rally
19856.6
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Teacher
19847.3
Summer Fantasy
Woman on Beach
19845.3
Why Me?
19845.6
Alone in the Dark
Receptionist at Haven
19825.9
Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again
Nurse with Telegram
19825.0
—
A Cry for Love
198010.0
The Long Riders
Kate
19806.7
The Seeding of Sarah Burns
2nd Nurse
19797.5
The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal
Freida
19797.3
Goin' South
Parasol Lady
19785.8
A Secret Space
Amy
19779.0
Sex and the Married Woman
Sandra
19774.0
Hester Street
Whore
19756.2
The Old World
The Aunt (voice)
N/A
—
Carrier
Joan Pierson
N/A
—
The Possession at Gladstone Manor
Nurse
N/A
—
Dead of Nowhere 3D
Meemaw
N/A
Before Memory
N/A1.0
—
Devoted
Aunt Dottie
N/A
—
The Bench
N/A
Jackson's Hole
Netter
N/A
Mascotland
N/A
Thread: An Insidious Tale
Elise Rainier
N/A