Know For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1943-10-12 (82 years old)
Place of Birth
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Also known As
Linda "Lin" Shaye
لین شی
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.
2006
as Grace
1984
as Teacher
1998
as Magda
1988
as Sal
2006
as Larry's Mom
1986
as Sally
2005
as Granny Boone
2001
as Nurse Bautista
1996
as Landlady
2003
as Laura Harrington
1994
as Nurse with Pills
1993
as Nurse Turner
2005
as Kathleen Slansky
2006
as Larry's mom
1987
as Carol Miller
1999
as Mrs. Bruce
1996
as The Madame
1994
as Rubber Rose Maid
2004
as Ms. Harding
2010
as Granny Boone
2022
as Ophelia
1997
as Darla
2010
as Leona
2006
as Clara
2006
as Mrs. Brodrick
1993
as Rosemary
2011
as Elise Rainier
-
as The Aunt (voice)
2022
as Julie (voice)
2010
as Detective Reeson
2002
as Laura Crowley
2013
as Elise Rainier
2011
as Jill
-
as Joan Pierson
2012
as Eleanor Roosevelt
2007
as The Wife
1993
as Operator
2010
as Zelda
2007
as Martha the Bookie
2011
as Claire
2013
as Denise Mack
2013
as Mrs. Jefferson
2008
as Woman
2012
as May
2013
as Barbara Belnap
2023
as Elise Rainier
2001
as Elise
1979
as 2nd Nurse
2006
as Wendy O'Hara
2014
as Mirabelle
2022
as Jean Cole
2022
as Self
2001
2011
as Baglady / Nurse Maleva
2005
as Ma Muzzy
1984
as Woman on Beach
2012
as Gloria
2011
as Mrs. Hawthorne
1978
as Parasol Lady
2004
as Repo Boss
2006
as Cassandra
2018
2014
as Mysterious Woman
2014
as Helen
2013
as Mrs. Theodore
2017
as Mrs. Gilliam
1979
as Freida
2007
as Museum Guide
1985
as Journalist at Rally
2015
as Elise Rainier
2022
as Kane
2010
as Bonnie Johnson
2014
as Paulina Zander
2015
as Helen Keller
2015
as Lynn's Mother
1980
1994
2016
as Captain Wheeler
1992
as Celeste
2011
as Dody
2010
as Frances
2006
as Jeannie
2002
as Sonya the Coach
2016
as Teresa
-
1975
as Whore
2017
as Pauline
2024
as Max
2016
as Allie
1998
as Miss Desmond
2016
as Mrs. Smith
2018
as Elise Rainier
2003
2009
as Bumble Jackson
2000
as Libby
1987
2016
as Old Paulina Zander
1988
as Bratty Kid's Mom
1982
as Nurse with Telegram
1987
as Anemic Counter Girl
1995
as Carol Powell
2007
as Miss Prin
2008
as Marge
2004
as Jenny Buono
2006
as Nancy Forrester
2008
as String's Mother
2009
as Sunny
2017
as Miss Black
2004
as Mrs. Wells
2010
as Phyllis Ryan
1987
as Librarian
2015
as The Grand Lady
1995
as Bonnie
2017
as Mrs. Womack
1993
as Witness
1994
as Mrs. Neugeboren
2002
as Jinny Macintosh
2016
as Anna
2008
as Nurse
2012
as Nurse Crotchet
2019
as Faith Matheson
1996
as Waitress
2018
as Meredith
2017
as Muriel Miller
2020
as Angela Anderson
2019
as Kate Hammond
1994
as Foreman #2
2003
as Makeup Babe
2009
as Nurse Adele
1980
as Kate
1994
as Repeat Nanny
2004
as Exotic Car Driver
2012
as Dr. Sutton
2011
as Violet
2019
as Joyce
2018
2008
as Self
2019
as Griselda
2012
as Jerrie Wolf
2018
as Cousins
2019
as Mama
2020
as Ruth
2020
as The Vagabond
2005
as Samantha Jones
2000
as Mrs. Caleron
2009
as Lou Anne
1995
as Phyliis Cardell
2012
as Debbie
1987
as Propaganda Officer
2020
as Mrs. Wylder
1982
as Receptionist at Haven
2010
-
as Meemaw
2020
as Herself
2020
as Edith Cranston
1998
as Lisa's Nurse
2019
as Lady Bum
2005
as Willow
1990
as PTA Parent #3
1987
as Employment Office Clerk
2010
as The Lush
1993
as Make up Artist
2021
as Mrs. Bundy
2010
1977
as Sandra
1977
as Amy
1984
1987
as Woman Customer
1990
as Mrs. Flynn
2003
as Tequlia
1991
as Sal (archive footage)
2024
as Ellen
2003
as Marge
-
as Aunt Dottie
2025
2025
as Self
2019
as Co-Producer
2020
as Executive Producer
2024
as Executive Producer
2024
as Executive Producer
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