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Lin Shaye
Born · October 12, 1943 (81 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Detroit, Michigan, USA
Bio
Lin attended the University of Michigan, where she was an Art History major, although acting in as many University productions as possible, including "Bye Bye Birdie" and "On The Town". After U of M, she attended Columbia University School of the Arts, and acquired a Master of Fine Arts degree in Acting. She stayed in New York upon graduation and worked in numerous off- and off-off- Broadway productions, as well as Lincoln Center and Broadway. She has studied with some of the finest: Uta Hagen, Stella Adler and Lee Strasberg. Lin is a lifetime member of the Actors Studio. She is also the younger sister of producer Robert Shaye.
Insidious: The Red Door
Elise Rainier
6.6
2023
Frank and Penelope
Ophelia
7.3
2022
Pines
Julie (voice)
8.0
2022
All American Christmas Carol
Barbara Belnap
4.4
2013
Big Ass Spider!
Mrs. Jefferson
5.6
2013
Insidious: Chapter 2
Elise Rainier
6.7
2013
Crazy Kind of Love
Denise Mack
5.6
2013
FDR: American Badass!
Eleanor Roosevelt
5.0
2012
3 Days of Normal
May
4.8
2012
Insidious
Elise Rainier
6.9
2011
Take Me Home
Jill
6.5
2011
Sedona
Claire
5.6
2011
Farewell Mr. Kringle
Zelda
6.5
2010
Next Stop Murder
Detective Reeson
5.8
2010
2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams
Granny Boone
4.0
2010
Killer by Nature
Leona
3.7
2010
Doggie Heaven
Woman
5.2
2008
Chasing Robert
Martha the Bookie
2.0
2007
The Election
The Wife
7.0
2007
Surf School
Larry's Mom
2.7
2006
Surf School
Larry's mom
2.7
2006
Down the P.C.H.
Wendy O'Hara
2.5
2006
Snakes on a Plane
Grace
5.4
2006
Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror
Clara
4.8
2006
Hoboken Hollow
Mrs. Brodrick
3.7
2006
2001 Maniacs
Granny Boone
5.4
2005
Hate Crime
Kathleen Slansky
5.9
2005
Who's Your Daddy?
Ms. Harding
4.9
2004
Dead End
Laura Harrington
6.3
2003
Contagion
Laura Crowley
4.0
2002
A Letter from My Father
Elise
0.0
2001
Say It Isn't So
Nurse Bautista
4.7
2001
Detroit Rock City
Mrs. Bruce
6.7
1999
There's Something About Mary
Magda
6.6
1998
Trading Favors
Darla
4.4
1997
Last Man Standing
The Madame
6.4
1996
Kingpin
Landlady
6.5
1996
New Nightmare
Nurse with Pills
6.4
1994
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
Rubber Rose Maid
4.4
1994
Amityville: A New Generation
Nurse Turner
4.1
1993
Three of Hearts
Operator
4.7
1993
The Temp
Rosemary
4.6
1993
Critters 2
Sally
6.3
1988
The Hidden
Carol Miller
6.9
1987
Critters
Sally
6.5
1986
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Teacher
7.3
1984
The Old World
The Aunt (voice)
0.0
Carrier
Joan Pierson
0.0
Scared to Death
Max
0.0
2024
Remote
Kane
0.0
2022
We Are Gathered Here Today
Jean Cole
6.0
2022
Living with Chucky
Self
6.7
2022
The Main Course: The Making of Critters 2
Self
0.0
2018
Insidious: The Last Key
Élise Rainier
6.3
2018
Buster's Mal Heart
Pauline
6.2
2017
Grow House
Mrs. Gilliam
6.8
2017
Abattoir
Allie
4.4
2016
Ouija: Origin of Evil
Old Paulina Zander
6.1
2016
Director's Cut
Captain Wheeler
6.2
2016
Texas Heart
Mrs. Smith
5.7
2016
Jack Goes Home
Teresa
5.2
2016
Tales of Halloween
Lynn's Mother
5.7
2015
Helen Keller vs. Nightwolves
Helen Keller
5.0
2015
Insidious: Chapter 3
Elise Rainier
6.3
2015
Grace
Helen
4.9
2014
Ouija
Paulina Zander
5.1
2014
Lost Time
Mysterious Woman
3.2
2014
The Signal
Mirabelle
6.0
2014
Noobz
Mrs. Theodore
6.1
2013
Life's an Itch
Gloria
2.3
2012
Rosewood Lane
Mrs. Hawthorne
4.8
2011
Chillerama
Baglady / Nurse Maleva
5.7
2011
A Good Old Fashioned Orgy
Dody
5.9
2011
I Was a Teenage Werebear
6.3
2011
Pickin' and Grinnin'
Bonnie Johnson
0.0
2010
The Penthouse
Frances
3.6
2010
Stuntmen
Bumble Jackson
3.3
2009
Homo Erectus
Museum Guide
3.9
2007
Bachelor Party Vegas
Cassandra
4.9
2006
Unbeatable Harold
Jeannie
3.0
2006
Drop Dead Sexy
Ma Muzzy
4.9
2005
The Almost Guys
Repo Boss
6.7
2004
Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd
Margie
4.2
2003
Boat Trip
Sonya the Coach
5.3
2002
Without Charlie
0.0
2001
Attention Shoppers
Libby
2.5
2000
Breakfast with Einstein
Miss Desmond
2.8
1998
Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, the Last Chapter
Inmate
5.7
1994
Roadside Prophets
Celeste
5.7
1992
Stillwatch
6.5
1987
Brewster's Millions
Journalist at Rally
6.6
1985
Summer Fantasy
Woman on Beach
5.0
1984
A Cry for Love
0.0
1980
The Seeding of Sarah Burns
2nd Nurse
6.0
1979
The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal
Freida
6.0
1979
Goin' South
Parasol Lady
5.8
1978
The Possession at Gladstone Manor
Nurse
0.0
Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story
Self
5.8
2022
Behind the Monsters
Self · (6 episodes)
5.7
2021
Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman
Mrs. Bundy
6.7
2021
The Call
Edith Cranston
5.5
2020
The Horror Crowd
Herself
6.0
2020
Max Reload and the Nether Blasters
Mrs. Wylder
6.2
2020
The Voices
The Vagabond
5.2
2020
Dreamkatcher
Ruth
5.2
2020
Penny Dreadful: City of Angels
Dottie Minter · (6 episodes)
6.8
2020
Dead Talk Live
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
9.0
2020
Darkness Falls
Angela Anderson
5.5
2020
The Grudge
Faith Matheson
5.4
2019
Gothic Harvest
Griselda
4.5
2019
Ambition
Lady Bum
5.1
2019
Get Gone
Mama
4.5
2019
Room for Rent
Joyce
6.4
2019
The Final Wish
Kate Hammond
5.0
2019
Herbert West: Reanimator
Meredith
4.7
2018
They Bite!: The Making of Critters
Self
0.0
2018
Eli Roth's History of Horror
Self · (1 episode)
6.5
2018
Los Angeles Overnight
Cousins
4.3
2018
All About the Money
Mrs. Womack
5.7
2017
The Black Room
Miss Black
3.8
2017
Mountain Top
Muriel Miller
7.1
2017
The Midnight Man
Anna
5.8
2016
Don Quixote: The Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha
The Grand Lady
5.8
2015
EastSiders
Diane · (1 episode)
6.4
2012
Matchmaker Santa
Debbie
5.8
2012
Jewtopia
Dr. Sutton
4.7
2012
The Three Stooges
Nurse Crotchet
5.8
2012
Waffle Hut
Jerrie Wolf
0.0
2012
Goldberg - P.I.
Violet
0.0
2011
Black Limousine
6.9
2010
Small Town Saturday Night
Phyllis Ryan
5.5
2010
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
Self
7.8
2010
VideoDome Rent-O-Rama
The Lush
0.0
2010
Dark Moon Rising
Sunny
4.1
2009
American Cowslip
Lou Anne
5.4
2009
My Sister's Keeper
Nurse Adele
7.4
2009
Starz Inside: In the Gutter
Self
4.5
2008
Chronic Town
Nurse
6.0
2008
Asylum
String's Mother
4.0
2008
Killer Pad
Marge
4.2
2008
Private Practice
Mrs. Taylor · (1 episode)
7.6
2007
Pledge This!
Miss Prin
2.8
2006
Driftwood
Nancy Forrester
4.4
2006
My Name Is Earl
Paul's Mom · (1 episode)
7.7
2005
Confessions of an Action Star
Samantha Jones
4.3
2005
Born Killers
Willow
5.0
2005
The Hillside Strangler
Jenny Buono
4.9
2004
Cellular
Exotic Car Driver
6.4
2004
A Cinderella Story
Mrs. Wells
6.6
2004
Stuck on You
Makeup Babe
5.3
2003
Barely Legal
Tequlia
6.0
2003
Wish You Were Dead
Jinny Macintosh
5.6
2002
Crossing Jordan
Leather Lauren · (1 episode)
7.2
2001
Me, Myself & Irene
Mrs. Caleron
6.6
2000
Becker
Mrs. Cooper · (1 episode)
7.2
1998
Living Out Loud
Lisa's Nurse
5.8
1998
Perversions of Science
Nurse · (1 episode)
5.7
1997
Project: ALF
Waitress
5.8
1996
Nature of the Beast
Carol Powell
5.9
1995
Trial by Fire
Phyliis Cardell
5.8
1995
Sketch Artist II: Hands That See
Bonnie
6.0
1995
Dumb and Dumber
Mrs. Neugeboren
6.6
1994
ER
Margaret · (1 episode)
7.8
1994
Brain Smasher... A Love Story
Make up Artist
5.1
1993
Frasier
Anne · (1 episode)
7.7
1993
Critters 3
Sal (archive footage)
5.3
1991
Pump Up the Volume
PTA Parent #3
7.1
1990
Life Goes On
Parent #2 · (1 episode)
6.4
1989
The Running Man
Propaganda Officer
6.5
1987
Alone in the Dark
Receptionist at Haven
5.8
1982
Dead of Nowhere 3D
Meemaw
0.0
Before Memory
1.0
My So-Called Life
Parent #2 · (1 episode)
7.6
1994
Corrina, Corrina
Repeat Nanny
6.7
1994
In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance
Foreman #2
3.5
1994
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
Witness
6.0
1993
Book of Love
Mrs. Flynn
5.6
1990
Lucky Stiff
Bratty Kid's Mom
4.6
1988
Mistress
Woman Customer
3.5
1987
Slam Dance
Librarian
4.9
1987
My Demon Lover
Anemic Counter Girl
5.4
1987
Extreme Prejudice
Employment Office Clerk
6.2
1987
The Twilight Zone
Kate Simmons · (1 episode)
7.7
1985
Who's the Boss?
Mrs. Padnick · (1 episode)
7.5
1984
Highway to Heaven
Lila Barnes · (1 episode)
7.4
1984
Why Me?
5.4
1984
Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again
Nurse with Telegram
5.1
1982
Cagney & Lacey
Secretary · (1 episode)
6.9
1982
Falcon Crest
Smoking Female Prisoner · (1 episode)
5.6
1981
The Long Riders
Kate
6.7
1980
A Secret Space
Amy
0.0
1977
Sex and the Married Woman
Sandra
1.0
1977
Eight Is Enough
Band Member · (1 episode)
6.1
1977
Hester Street
Whore
6.2
1975