Lin Shaye

Personal Info

Birthday

October 12, 1943

(81 years old)

Place of Birth

Detroit, Michigan, USA

Also Known As

Linda "Lin" Shaye

لین شی

Lin Shaye

Biography

Lin Shaye (born October 12, 1943) is an American actress. She is best known for her work in horror franchises, including Nightmare on Elm Street, Ouija, and Insidious. Shaye 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.

Known For

Frasier

Crossing Jordan

The Twilight Zone

My Name Is Earl

Falcon Crest

Highway to Heaven

The Last Stand of Ellen Cole

Filmography

2025
1000 Women in Horror
as Self
2024
The Last Stand of Ellen Cole
as Ellen
Scared to Death
as Max
2023
Insidious: The Red Door
as Elise Rainier
2022
Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story
as Self
Remote
as Kane
We Are Gathered Here Today
as Jean Cole
Living with Chucky
as Self
Frank and Penelope
as Ophelia
Pines
as Julie (voice)
2021
Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman
as Mrs. Bundy
2020
The Call
as Edith Cranston
The Horror Crowd
as Herself
Max Reload and the Nether Blasters
as Mrs. Wylder
The Voices
as The Vagabond
Dreamkatcher
as Ruth
Darkness Falls
as Angela Anderson
2019
The Grudge
as Faith Matheson
Gothic Harvest
as Griselda
Ambition
as Lady Bum
Get Gone
as Mama
Room for Rent
as Joyce
The Final Wish
as Kate Hammond
2018
Herbert West: Reanimator
as Meredith
The Main Course: The Making of Critters 2
as Self
They Bite!: The Making of Critters
as Self
Los Angeles Overnight
as Cousins
Insidious: The Last Key
as Elise Rainier
2017
All About the Money
as Mrs. Womack
Buster's Mal Heart
as Pauline
The Black Room
as Miss Black
Grow House
as Mrs. Gilliam
Mountain Top
as Muriel Miller
2016
Abattoir
as Allie
Ouija: Origin of Evil
as Old Paulina Zander
The Midnight Man
as Anna
Director's Cut
as Captain Wheeler
Texas Heart
as Mrs. Smith
Jack Goes Home
as Teresa
2015
Tales of Halloween
as Lynn's Mother
Helen Keller vs. Nightwolves
as Helen Keller
Insidious: Chapter 3
as Elise Rainier
Don Quixote: The Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha
as The Grand Lady
2014
Grace
as Helen
Ouija
as Paulina Zander
Lost Time
as Mysterious Woman
The Signal
as Mirabelle
2013
All American Christmas Carol
as Barbara Belnap
Big Ass Spider!
as Mrs. Jefferson
Insidious: Chapter 2
as Elise Rainier
Crazy Kind of Love
as Denise Mack
Noobz
as Mrs. Theodore
2012
Life's an Itch
as Gloria
Matchmaker Santa
as Debbie
FDR: American Badass!
as Eleanor Roosevelt
3 Days of Normal
as May
Jewtopia
as Dr. Sutton
The Three Stooges
as Nurse Crotchet
Waffle Hut
as Jerrie Wolf
2011
Rosewood Lane
as Mrs. Hawthorne
Chillerama
as Baglady / Nurse Maleva
A Good Old Fashioned Orgy
as Dody
Insidious
as Elise Rainier
Take Me Home
as Jill
Sedona
as Claire
Goldberg - P.I.
as Violet
2010
Farewell Mr. Kringle
as Zelda
Next Stop Murder
as Detective Reeson
2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams
as Granny Boone
Small Town Saturday Night
as Phyllis Ryan
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
as Self
Pickin' and Grinnin'
as Bonnie Johnson
The Penthouse
as Frances
VideoDome Rent-O-Rama
as The Lush
Killer by Nature
as Leona
2009
Dark Moon Rising
as Sunny
Stuntmen
as Bumble Jackson
American Cowslip
as Lou Anne
My Sister's Keeper
as Nurse Adele
2008
Doggie Heaven
as Woman
Starz Inside: In the Gutter
as Self
Chronic Town
as Nurse
Asylum
as String's Mother
Killer Pad
as Marge
2007
Chasing Robert
as Martha the Bookie
The Election
as The Wife
Homo Erectus
as Museum Guide
Pledge This!
as Miss Prin
2006
Driftwood
as Nancy Forrester
Surf School
as Larry's Mom
Down the P.C.H.
as Wendy O'Hara
Snakes on a Plane
as Grace
Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror
as Clara
Bachelor Party Vegas
as Cassandra
Hoboken Hollow
as Mrs. Brodrick
Unbeatable Harold
as Jeannie
2005
2001 Maniacs
as Granny Boone
Drop Dead Sexy
as Ma Muzzy
Confessions of an Action Star
as Samantha Jones
Hate Crime
as Kathleen Slansky
Born Killers
as Willow
2004
The Hillside Strangler
as Jenny Buono
Cellular
as Exotic Car Driver
A Cinderella Story
as Mrs. Wells
The Almost Guys
as Repo Boss
Who's Your Daddy?
as Ms. Harding
2003
Dead End
as Laura Harrington
Stuck on You
as Makeup Babe
Barely Legal
as Tequlia
Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd
as Margie
ManFast
as Marge
2002
Boat Trip
as Sonya the Coach
Wish You Were Dead
as Jinny Macintosh
Contagion
as Laura Crowley
2001
A Letter from My Father
as Elise
Say It Isn't So
as Nurse Bautista
2000
Attention Shoppers
as Libby
Me, Myself & Irene
as Mrs. Caleron
1999
Detroit Rock City
as Mrs. Bruce
1998
Living Out Loud
as Lisa's Nurse
There's Something About Mary
as Magda
Breakfast with Einstein
as Miss Desmond
1997
Trading Favors
as Darla
1996
Last Man Standing
as The Madame
Kingpin
as Landlady
Project: ALF
as Waitress
1995
Nature of the Beast
as Carol Powell
Trial by Fire
as Phyliis Cardell
Sketch Artist II: Hands That See
as Bonnie
1994
Dumb and Dumber
as Mrs. Neugeboren
Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, the Last Chapter
as Inmate
New Nightmare
as Nurse with Pills
Corrina, Corrina
as Repeat Nanny
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
as Rubber Rose Maid
In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance
as Foreman #2
1993
Brain Smasher... A Love Story
as Make up Artist
Amityville: A New Generation
as Nurse Turner
Three of Hearts
as Operator
The Temp
as Rosemary
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
as Witness
1992
Roadside Prophets
as Celeste
1991
Critters 3
as Sal (archive footage)
1990
Pump Up the Volume
as PTA Parent #3
Book of Love
as Mrs. Flynn
1988
Lucky Stiff
as Bratty Kid's Mom
Critters 2
as Sal
1987
The Running Man
as Propaganda Officer
The Hidden
as Carol Miller
Mistress
as Woman Customer
Slam Dance
as Librarian
Extreme Prejudice
as Employment Office Clerk
My Demon Lover
as Anemic Counter Girl
1986
Critters
as Sally
1985
Brewster's Millions
as Journalist at Rally
1984
A Nightmare on Elm Street
as Teacher
Summer Fantasy
as Woman on Beach
1982
Alone in the Dark
as Receptionist at Haven
Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again
as Nurse with Telegram
1980
The Long Riders
as Kate
1979
The Seeding of Sarah Burns
as 2nd Nurse
The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal
as Freida
1978
Goin' South
as Parasol Lady
1977
A Secret Space
as Amy
Sex and the Married Woman
as Sandra
1975
Hester Street
as Whore