Actor
Lin Shaye
Known for Acting
Born 1943-10-12 in Detroit, Michigan, USA
Age 82
Mostly Horror, Thriller
1Films in catalog
190Credits
1975 to 2026Years active
120Trailers on Reactr
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).
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Scared to Death
2026 · Trailer
as Max
1000 Women in Horror
2025 · Trailer
as Self
House of Abraham
2025 · Trailer
The Last Stand of Ellen Cole
2024
as Ellen
Insidious: The Red Door
2023 · Trailer
as Elise Rainier
Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story
2022 · Trailer
as Self
Remote
2022
as Kane
We Are Gathered Here Today
2022 · Trailer
as Jean Cole
Living with Chucky
2022 · Trailer
as Self
The Quarry: Movie Mode
2022 · Trailer
as Constance Hackett
Frank and Penelope
2022 · Trailer
as Ophelia
Pines
2022 · Trailer
as Julie (voice)
Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman
2021 · Trailer
as Mrs. Bundy
The Call
2020 · Trailer
as Edith Cranston
The Horror Crowd
2020 · Trailer
as Self
Max Reload and the Nether Blasters
2020 · Trailer
as Mrs. Wylder
The Voices
2020 · Trailer
as The Vagabond
Dreamkatcher
2020 · Trailer
as Ruth
Darkness Falls
2020
as Angela Anderson
The Grudge
2019 · Trailer
as Faith Matheson
Gothic Harvest
2019 · Trailer
as Griselda
Ambition
2019
as Lady Bum
Get Gone
2019 · Trailer
as Mama
Room for Rent
2019 · Trailer
as Joyce
The Final Wish
2019 · Trailer
as Kate Hammond
Herbert West: Reanimator
2018
as Meredith
They Bite!: The Making of Critters
2018
as Self
The Main Course: The Making of Critters 2
2018
as Self
Los Angeles Overnight
2018 · Trailer
as Cousins
Insidious: The Last Key
2018 · Trailer
as Elise Rainier
All About the Money
2017 · Trailer
as Mrs. Womack
Buster's Mal Heart
2017 · Trailer
as Pauline
The Black Room
2017 · Trailer
as Miss Black
Grow House
2017 · Trailer
as Mrs. Gilliam
Mountain Top
2017 · Trailer
as Muriel Miller
Abattoir
2016 · Trailer
as Allie
Ouija: Origin of Evil
2016 · Trailer
as Old Paulina Zander
The Midnight Man
2016 · Trailer
as Anna
Director's Cut
2016 · Trailer
as Captain Wheeler
Texas Heart
2016
as Mrs. Smith
Jack Goes Home
2016 · Trailer
as Teresa
Tales of Halloween
2015 · Trailer
as Lynn's Mother
Helen Keller vs. Nightwolves
2015 · Trailer
as Helen Keller
Insidious: Chapter 3
2015 · Trailer
as Elise Rainier
Don Quixote: The Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha
2015 · Trailer
as The Grand Lady
Grace
2014
as Helen
Ouija
2014 · Trailer
as Paulina Zander
Lost Time
2014 · Trailer
as Mysterious Woman
The Signal
2014 · Trailer
as Mirabelle
All American Christmas Carol
2013 · Trailer
as Barbara Belnap
Big Ass Spider!
2013 · Trailer
as Mrs. Jefferson
Insidious: Chapter 2
2013 · Trailer
as Elise Rainier
Crazy Kind of Love
2013
as Denise Mack
Noobz
2013 · Trailer
as Mrs. Theodore
Life's an Itch
2012
as Gloria
Matchmaker Santa
2012 · Trailer
as Debbie
FDR: American Badass!
2012 · Trailer
as Eleanor Roosevelt
3 Days of Normal
2012 · Trailer
as May
Jewtopia
2012 · Trailer
as Dr. Sutton
The Three Stooges
2012 · Trailer
as Nurse Crotchet
Waffle Hut
2012
as Jerrie Wolf
Rosewood Lane
2011 · Trailer
as Mrs. Hawthorne
Chillerama
2011 · Trailer
as Baglady / Nurse Maleva
A Good Old Fashioned Orgy
2011 · Trailer
as Dody
I Was a Teenage Werebear
2011
Insidious
2011 · Trailer
as Elise Rainier
Take Me Home
2011 · Trailer
as Jill
Sedona
2011 · Trailer
as Claire
Goldberg - P.I.
2011
as Violet
Farewell Mr. Kringle
2010 · Trailer
as Zelda
The Land of the Astronauts
2010 · Trailer
Next Stop Murder
2010
as Detective Reeson
The Accidental Death of Joey by Sue
2010
as Mrs. Rawlings
Small Town Saturday Night
2010 · Trailer
as Phyllis Ryan
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
2010 · Trailer
as Self
Pickin' and Grinnin'
2010
as Bonnie Johnson
2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams
2010 · Trailer
as Granny Boone
The Penthouse
2010
as Frances
Killer by Nature
2010 · Trailer
as Leona
VideoDome Rent-O-Rama
2010
as The Lush
Dark Moon Rising
2009 · Trailer
as Sunny
Stuntmen
2009
as Bumble Jackson
American Cowslip
2009 · Trailer
as Lou Anne
My Sister's Keeper
2009 · Trailer
as Nurse Adele
Doggie Heaven
2008
as Woman
Starz Inside: In the Gutter
2008
as Self
Chronic Town
2008
as Nurse
Asylum
2008 · Trailer
as String's Mother
Killer Pad
2008 · Trailer
as Marge
Chasing Robert
2007
as Martha the Bookie
The Election
2007
as The Wife
Homo Erectus
2007 · Trailer
as Museum Guide
Pledge This!
2007 · Trailer
as Miss Prin
Snakes on a Plane: Meet the Reptiles
2007
as Self
Snakes on a Set: Behind the Scenes
2007
as Self
The Snake Pit: On the Set of 'Snakes on a Plane'
2007
as Self
Driftwood
2006
as Nancy Forrester
Surf School
2006 · Trailer
as Larry's Mom
Down the P.C.H.
2006
as Wendy O'Hara
Snakes on a Plane
2006 · Trailer
as Grace
Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror
2006 · Trailer
as Clara
Bachelor Party Vegas
2006 · Trailer
as Cassandra
Hoboken Hollow
2006
as Mrs. Brodrick
Pure Venom: The Making of Snakes on a Plane
2006
as Self
Unbeatable Harold
2006
as Jeannie
2001 Maniacs
2005 · Trailer
as Granny Boone
Drop Dead Sexy
2005 · Trailer
as Ma Muzzy
Confessions of an Action Star
2005 · Trailer
as Samantha Jones
Hate Crime
2005 · Trailer
as Kathleen Slansky
Born Killers
2005 · Trailer
as Willow
The Hillside Strangler
2004 · Trailer
as Jenny Buono
Cellular
2004 · Trailer
as Exotic Car Driver
A Cinderella Story
2004 · Trailer
as Mrs. Wells
The Almost Guys
2004 · Trailer
as Repo Boss
Who's Your Daddy?
2004
as Ms. Harding
Dead End
2003 · Trailer
as Laura Harrington
Stuck on You
2003 · Trailer
as Makeup Babe
Barely Legal
2003
as Tequlia
Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd
2003 · Trailer
as Margie
ManFast
2003 · Trailer
as Marge
Boat Trip
2002 · Trailer
as Sonya the Coach
Wish You Were Dead
2002
as Jinny Macintosh
Contagion
2002
as Laura Crowley
A Letter from My Father
2001
as Elise
Say It Isn't So
2001 · Trailer
as Nurse Bautista
Without Charlie
2001
Attention Shoppers
2000 · Trailer
as Libby
Me, Myself & Irene
2000 · Trailer
as Mrs. Caleron
Detroit Rock City
1999 · Trailer
as Mrs. Bruce
Living Out Loud
1998
as Lisa's Nurse
There's Something About Mary
1998 · Trailer
as Magda
Breakfast with Einstein
1998
as Miss Desmond
Trading Favors
1997
as Darla
Last Man Standing
1996 · Trailer
as The Madame
Kingpin
1996 · Trailer
as Landlady
Project: ALF
1996
as Waitress
Nature of the Beast
1995
as Carol Powell
Trial by Fire
1995
as Phyliis Cardell
Sketch Artist II: Hands That See
1995
as Bonnie
Dumb and Dumber
1994 · Trailer
as Mrs. Neugeboren
Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, the Last Chapter
1994
as Inmate
Wes Craven's New Nightmare
1994 · Trailer
as Nurse with Pills
Corrina, Corrina
1994 · Trailer
as Repeat Nanny
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
1994 · Trailer
as Rubber Rose Maid
In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance
1994
as Foreman #2
Brain Smasher... A Love Story
1993 · Trailer
as Make up Artist
The Hidden II
1993
as Carol Miller (archive footage)
Amityville: A New Generation
1993 · Trailer
as Nurse Turner
Three of Hearts
1993 · Trailer
as Operator
The Temp
1993 · Trailer
as Rosemary
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
1993 · Trailer
as Witness
Roadside Prophets
1992 · Trailer
as Celeste
Critters 3
1991 · Trailer
as Sal (archive footage)
Pump Up the Volume
1990 · Trailer
as PTA Parent #3
Book of Love
1990
as Mrs. Flynn
Lucky Stiff
1988
as Bratty Kid's Mom
Critters 2
1988 · Trailer
as Sal
The Running Man
1987 · Trailer
as Propaganda Officer
The Hidden
1987 · Trailer
as Carol Miller
Mistress
1987
as Woman Customer
Slam Dance
1987 · Trailer
as Librarian
Extreme Prejudice
1987 · Trailer
as Employment Office Clerk
My Demon Lover
1987 · Trailer
as Anemic Counter Girl
Stillwatch
1987
Critters
1986 · Trailer
as Sally
Brewster's Millions
1985 · Trailer
as Journalist at Rally
A Nightmare on Elm Street
1984 · Trailer
as Teacher
Summer Fantasy
1984
as Woman on Beach
Why Me?
1984
Alone in the Dark
1982 · Trailer
as Receptionist at Haven
Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again
1982 · Trailer
as Nurse with Telegram
A Cry for Love
1980
The Long Riders
1980 · Trailer
as Kate
The Seeding of Sarah Burns
1979
as 2nd Nurse
The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal
1979
as Freida
Goin' South
1978 · Trailer
as Parasol Lady
A Secret Space
1977
as Amy
Sex and the Married Woman
1977
as Sandra
Hester Street
1975 · Trailer
as Whore
Thread: An Insidious Tale
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as Elise Rainier
Before Memory
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Mascotland
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The Possession at Gladstone Manor
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as Nurse
The Old World
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as The Aunt (voice)
Jackson's Hole
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as Netter
Devoted
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as Aunt Dottie
Carrier
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as Joan Pierson
Dead of Nowhere 3D
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as Meemaw
The Bench
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