Lin Shaye

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1943-10-12 (82 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.

Acting

2006

1988

2006

Surf School

as Larry's Mom

1986

Critters

as Sally

2005

2001 Maniacs

as Granny Boone

2001

Say It Isn't So

as Nurse Bautista

1996

Kingpin

as Landlady

2003

Dead End

as Laura Harrington

1994

New Nightmare

as Nurse with Pills

1993

2005

Hate Crime

as Kathleen Slansky

2006

Surf School

as Larry's mom

1987

The Hidden

as Carol Miller

1999

Detroit Rock City

as Mrs. Bruce

1996

Last Man Standing

as The Madame

1994

Even Cowgirls Get the Blues

as Rubber Rose Maid

2004

Who's Your Daddy?

as Ms. Harding

2022

1997

2010

2006

Hoboken Hollow

as Mrs. Brodrick

1993

The Temp

as Rosemary

2011

Insidious

as Elise Rainier

-

The Old World

as The Aunt (voice)

2022

Pines

as Julie (voice)

2010

Next Stop Murder

as Detective Reeson

2002

Contagion

as Laura Crowley

2013

Insidious: Chapter 2

as Elise Rainier

2011

-

Carrier

as Joan Pierson

2012

FDR: American Badass!

as Eleanor Roosevelt

2007

The Election

as The Wife

1993

Three of Hearts

as Operator

2007

Chasing Robert

as Martha the Bookie

2011

Sedona

as Claire

2013

Crazy Kind of Love

as Denise Mack

2013

Big Ass Spider!

as Mrs. Jefferson

2008

2013

2023

Insidious: The Red Door

as Elise Rainier

2006

Down the P.C.H.

as Wendy O'Hara

2014

The Signal

as Mirabelle

2011

Chillerama

as Baglady / Nurse Maleva

2005

Drop Dead Sexy

as Ma Muzzy

1984

Summer Fantasy

as Woman on Beach

2012

2011

Rosewood Lane

as Mrs. Hawthorne

1978

Goin' South

as Parasol Lady

2004

The Almost Guys

as Repo Boss

2006

2014

Lost Time

as Mysterious Woman

2014

Grace

as Helen

2013

Noobz

as Mrs. Theodore

2017

Grow House

as Mrs. Gilliam

2007

Homo Erectus

as Museum Guide

1985

Brewster's Millions

as Journalist at Rally

2015

Insidious: Chapter 3

as Elise Rainier

2022

Remote

as Kane

2010

Pickin' and Grinnin'

as Bonnie Johnson

2014

Ouija

as Paulina Zander

2015

2015

Tales of Halloween

as Lynn's Mother

2016

Director's Cut

as Captain Wheeler

1992

2010

The Penthouse

as Frances

2006

2002

Boat Trip

as Sonya the Coach

2016

1975

2017

2024

2016

Abattoir

as Allie

1998

2016

Texas Heart

as Mrs. Smith

2018

Insidious: The Last Key

as Elise Rainier

2009

Stuntmen

as Bumble Jackson

2000

2016

Ouija: Origin of Evil

as Old Paulina Zander

1988

Lucky Stiff

as Bratty Kid's Mom

1982

Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again

as Nurse with Telegram

1987

My Demon Lover

as Anemic Counter Girl

1995

Nature of the Beast

as Carol Powell

2007

Pledge This!

as Miss Prin

2008

Killer Pad

as Marge

2004

2006

Driftwood

as Nancy Forrester

2008

Asylum

as String's Mother

2009

2017

The Black Room

as Miss Black

2004

A Cinderella Story

as Mrs. Wells

2010

1987

Slam Dance

as Librarian

2017

All About the Money

as Mrs. Womack

1994

Dumb and Dumber

as Mrs. Neugeboren

2002

Wish You Were Dead

as Jinny Macintosh

2016

2008

Chronic Town

as Nurse

2012

The Three Stooges

as Nurse Crotchet

2019

The Grudge

as Faith Matheson

1996

Project: ALF

as Waitress

2017

Mountain Top

as Muriel Miller

2020

Darkness Falls

as Angela Anderson

2019

The Final Wish

as Kate Hammond

2003

Stuck on You

as Makeup Babe

2009

My Sister's Keeper

as Nurse Adele

1980

1994

Corrina, Corrina

as Repeat Nanny

2004

Cellular

as Exotic Car Driver

2012

Jewtopia

as Dr. Sutton

2011

2019

2019

Gothic Harvest

as Griselda

2012

Waffle Hut

as Jerrie Wolf

2018

2019

Get Gone

as Mama

2020

2020

The Voices

as The Vagabond

2005

2000

Me, Myself & Irene

as Mrs. Caleron

2009

American Cowslip

as Lou Anne

1995

Trial by Fire

as Phyliis Cardell

2012

1987

The Running Man

as Propaganda Officer

1982

Alone in the Dark

as Receptionist at Haven

2020

2020

The Call

as Edith Cranston

1998

Living Out Loud

as Lisa's Nurse

2019

Ambition

as Lady Bum

2005

Born Killers

as Willow

1990

Pump Up the Volume

as PTA Parent #3

1987

Extreme Prejudice

as Employment Office Clerk

2010

1993

1977

1987

Mistress

as Woman Customer

1990

Book of Love

as Mrs. Flynn

2003

Barely Legal

as Tequlia

1991

Critters 3

as Sal (archive footage)

2003

ManFast

as Marge

-

Devoted

as Aunt Dottie

Production

2019

Room for Rent

as Co-Producer

2020

Dreamkatcher

as Executive Producer

2024

Scared to Death

as Executive Producer

2024

The Last Stand of Ellen Cole

as Executive Producer

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