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Personal Info

Gender

Female

Birthday

1943-10-12 (81 years old)

Place of Birth

Detroit, Michigan, USA

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

Acting

2025

Common Side Effects as Sonia (voice)

2024

2023

Insidious: The Red Door as Elise Rainier

2022

2021

2020

Darkness Falls as Angela Anderson
Dreamkatcher as Ruth
The Voices as The Vagabond
The Horror Crowd as Herself
The Call as Edith Cranston
Dead Talk Live as Self - Guest

2019

The Grudge as Faith Matheson
The Final Wish as Kate Hammond
Room for Rent as Joyce
Gothic Harvest as Griselda
Get Gone as Mama
Ambition as Lady Bum

2018

2017

Grow House as Mrs. Gilliam
The Black Room as Miss Black
All About the Money as Mrs. Womack
Mountain Top as Muriel Miller

2016

Director's Cut as Captain Wheeler
Jack Goes Home as Teresa
Abattoir as Allie
Texas Heart as Mrs. Smith
Ouija: Origin of Evil as Old Paulina Zander

2015

2014

The Signal as Mirabelle
Lost Time as Mysterious Woman
Grace as Helen
Ouija as Paulina Zander

2013

Insidious: Chapter 2 as Elise Rainier
Crazy Kind of Love as Denise Mack
Big Ass Spider! as Mrs. Jefferson
Noobz as Mrs. Theodore

2012

FDR: American Badass! as Eleanor Roosevelt
Life's an Itch as Gloria
The Three Stooges as Nurse Crotchet
Jewtopia as Dr. Sutton
Waffle Hut as Jerrie Wolf
EastSiders as Diane

2011

Insidious as Elise Rainier
Take Me Home as Jill
Sedona as Claire
Chillerama as Baglady / Nurse Maleva
Rosewood Lane as Mrs. Hawthorne
Goldberg - P.I. as Violet

2010

2009

Stuntmen as Bumble Jackson
My Sister's Keeper as Nurse Adele
American Cowslip as Lou Anne

2008

Doggie Heaven as Woman
Asylum as String's Mother
Killer Pad as Marge
Chronic Town as Nurse

2007

The Election as The Wife
Chasing Robert as Martha the Bookie
Homo Erectus as Museum Guide
Pledge This! as Miss Prin
Private Practice as Mrs. Taylor

2006

Surf School as Larry's Mom
Surf School as Larry's mom
Hoboken Hollow as Mrs. Brodrick
Down the P.C.H. as Wendy O'Hara
Driftwood as Nancy Forrester

2005

2001 Maniacs as Granny Boone
Hate Crime as Kathleen Slansky
Drop Dead Sexy as Ma Muzzy
Born Killers as Willow
My Name Is Earl as Paul's Mom

2004

Who's Your Daddy? as Ms. Harding
The Almost Guys as Repo Boss
The Hillside Strangler as Jenny Buono
A Cinderella Story as Mrs. Wells
Cellular as Exotic Car Driver

2003

Dead End as Laura Harrington
Stuck on You as Makeup Babe
Barely Legal as Tequlia
ManFast as Marge

2002

Contagion as Laura Crowley
Boat Trip as Sonya the Coach
Wish You Were Dead as Jinny Macintosh

2001

2000

Me, Myself & Irene as Mrs. Caleron

1999

Detroit Rock City as Mrs. Bruce

1998

Breakfast with Einstein as Miss Desmond
Living Out Loud as Lisa's Nurse
Becker as Mrs. Cooper

1997

1996

Kingpin as Landlady
Last Man Standing as The Madame
Project: ALF as Waitress

1995

Nature of the Beast as Carol Powell
Trial by Fire as Phyliis Cardell

1994

New Nightmare as Nurse with Pills
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues as Rubber Rose Maid
Dumb and Dumber as Mrs. Neugeboren
Corrina, Corrina as Repeat Nanny
ER as Margaret
My So-Called Life as Parent #2

1993

1992

1991

Critters 3 as Sal (archive footage)

1990

Pump Up the Volume as PTA Parent #3
Book of Love as Mrs. Flynn

1989

Life Goes On as Parent #2

1988

Critters 2 as Sal
Lucky Stiff as Bratty Kid's Mom

1987

The Hidden as Carol Miller
My Demon Lover as Anemic Counter Girl
Slam Dance as Librarian
The Running Man as Propaganda Officer
Extreme Prejudice as Employment Office Clerk
Mistress as Woman Customer

1986

Critters as Sally

1985

Brewster's Millions as Journalist at Rally
The Twilight Zone as Kate Simmons (segment "Chameleon")

1984

Summer Fantasy as Woman on Beach
Who's the Boss? as Mrs. Padnick
Highway to Heaven as Lila Barnes

1982

Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again as Nurse with Telegram
Alone in the Dark as Receptionist at Haven
Cagney & Lacey as Secretary

1981

Falcon Crest as Smoking Female Prisoner

1980

1979

1978

Goin' South as Parasol Lady

1977

1975

Hester Street as Whore

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The Old World as The Aunt (voice)
Carrier as Joan Pierson
Devoted as Aunt Dottie

Production

2024

Scared to Death as Executive Producer
The Last Stand of Ellen Cole as Executive Producer

2020

Dreamkatcher as Executive Producer

2019

Room for Rent as Co-Producer