Lin Shaye
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 (2020), Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman (2021), and the Insidious film series (2010–2023). 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Lin Shaye, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Movies (45)
Insidious: The Bleeding World
as Elise Rainier
2026
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
as Self - (archive footage)
2025
1000 Women in Horror
as Self
2025
House of Abraham
2025
The Last Stand of Ellen Cole
as Ellen
2024
Scared to Death
as Max
2024
Insidious: The Red Door
as Elise Rainier
2023
Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story
as Self
2022
Remote
as Kane
2022
We Are Gathered Here Today
as Jean Cole
2022
Living with Chucky
as Self
2022
The Quarry
as Constance Hackett
2022
Frank and Penelope
as Ophelia
2022
Pines
as Julie (voice)
2022
Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman
as Mrs. Bundy
2021
The Call
as Edith Cranston
2020
The Horror Crowd
as Self
2020
Max Reload and the Nether Blasters
as Mrs. Wylder
2020
The Voices
as The Vagabond
2020
Dreamkatcher
as Ruth
2020
Darkness Falls
as Angela Anderson
2020
The Grudge
as Faith Matheson
2019
Gothic Harvest
as Griselda
2019
Ambition
as Lady Bum
2019
Get Gone
as Mama
2019
Room for Rent
as Joyce
2019
The Final Wish
as Kate Hammond
2019
Herbert West: Reanimator
as Meredith
2018
The Main Course: The Making of Critters 2
as Self
2018
They Bite!: The Making of Critters
as Self
2018
Los Angeles Overnight
as Cousins
2018
Insidious: The Last Key
as Elise Rainier
2018
All About the Money
as Mrs. Womack
2017
Buster's Mal Heart
as Pauline
2017
The Black Room
as Miss Black
2017
Grow House
as Mrs. Gilliam
2017
Mountain Top
as Muriel Miller
2017
Abattoir
as Allie
2016
Ouija: Origin of Evil
as Old Paulina Zander
2016
The Midnight Man
as Anna
2016
Director's Cut
as Captain Wheeler
2016
Texas Heart
as Mrs. Smith
2016
Jack Goes Home
as Teresa
2016
Tales of Halloween
as Lynn's Mother
2015
Helen Keller vs. Nightwolves
as Helen Keller
2015
