Lin Shaye
Acting
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Acting Credits
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 ...
Known For
Filmography
Scared to Death
2026
as Max
Insidious: Out of the Further
2026
as Elise Rainier
House of Abraham
2025
1000 Women in Horror
2025
as Self
Common Side Effects
2025
as Sonia (voice)
The Last Stand of Ellen Cole
2024
as Ellen
Insidious: The Red Door
2023
as Elise Rainier
Frank and Penelope
2022
as Ophelia
Pines
2022
as Julie (voice)
We Are Gathered Here Today
2022
as Jean Cole
Living with Chucky
2022
as Self
Remote
2022
as Kane
Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story
2022
as Self
The Quarry: Movie Mode
2022
as Constance Hackett
Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman
2021
as Mrs. Bundy
Behind the Monsters
2021
as Self
Darkness Falls
2020
as Angela Anderson
Dreamkatcher
2020
as Ruth
The Voices
2020
as The Vagabond
Max Reload and the Nether Blasters
2020
as Mrs. Wylder
The Horror Crowd
2020
as Self
The Call
2020
as Edith Cranston
Dead Talk Live
2020
as Self - Guest
Penny Dreadful: City of Angels
2020
as Dottie Minter
The Grudge
2019
as Faith Matheson
The Final Wish
2019
as Kate Hammond
Room for Rent
2019
as Joyce
Gothic Harvest
2019
as Griselda
Get Gone
2019
as Mama
Ambition
2019
as Lady Bum
The Main Course: The Making of Critters 2
2018
as Self
Insidious: The Last Key
2018
as Elise Rainier
Herbert West: Reanimator
2018
as Meredith
They Bite!: The Making of Critters
2018
as Self
Los Angeles Overnight
2018
as Cousins
Eli Roth's History of Horror
2018
as Self
Grow House
2017
as Mrs. Gilliam
Buster's Mal Heart
2017
as Pauline
The Black Room
2017
as Miss Black
All About the Money
2017
as Mrs. Womack
Mountain Top
2017
as Muriel Miller
Director's Cut
2016
as Captain Wheeler
Jack Goes Home
2016
as Teresa
Abattoir
2016
as Allie
Texas Heart
2016
as Mrs. Smith
Ouija: Origin of Evil
2016
as Old Paulina Zander
The Midnight Man
2016
as Anna
Insidious: Chapter 3
2015
as Elise Rainier
Helen Keller vs. Nightwolves
2015
as Helen Keller
Tales of Halloween
2015
as Lynn's Mother
Don Quixote: The Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha
2015
as The Grand Lady
The Signal
2014
as Mirabelle
Lost Time
2014
as Mysterious Woman
Grace
2014
as Helen
Ouija
2014
as Paulina Zander
Insidious: Chapter 2
2013
as Elise Rainier
Crazy Kind of Love
2013
as Denise Mack
Big Ass Spider!
2013
as Mrs. Jefferson
All American Christmas Carol
2013
as Barbara Belnap
Noobz
2013
as Mrs. Theodore
Insidious: Spectral Sightings
2013
as Elise
FDR: American Badass!
2012
as Eleanor Roosevelt
3 Days of Normal
2012
as May
Life's an Itch
2012
as Gloria
The Three Stooges
2012
as Nurse Crotchet
Jewtopia
2012
as Dr. Sutton
Waffle Hut
2012
as Jerrie Wolf
Matchmaker Santa
2012
as Debbie
EastSiders
2012
as Diane
Insidious
2011
as Elise Rainier
Take Me Home
2011
as Jill
Sedona
2011
as Claire
Chillerama
2011
as Baglady / Nurse Maleva
I Was a Teenage Werebear
2011
Rosewood Lane
2011
as Mrs. Hawthorne
A Good Old Fashioned Orgy
2011
as Dody
Goldberg - P.I.
2011
as Violet
2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams
2010
as Granny Boone
Killer by Nature
2010
as Leona
Next Stop Murder
2010
as Detective Reeson
Farewell Mr. Kringle
2010
as Zelda
Pickin' and Grinnin'
2010
as Bonnie Johnson
The Penthouse
2010
as Frances
Small Town Saturday Night
2010
as Phyllis Ryan
The Land of the Astronauts
2010
VideoDome Rent-O-Rama
2010
as The Lush
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
2010
as Self
The Accidental Death of Joey by Sue
2010
as Mrs. Rawlings
Stuntmen
2009
as Bumble Jackson
Dark Moon Rising
2009
as Sunny
My Sister's Keeper
2009
as Nurse Adele
American Cowslip
2009
as Lou Anne
Doggie Heaven
2008
as Woman
Killer Pad
2008
as Marge
Asylum
2008
as String's Mother
Chronic Town
2008
as Nurse
Starz Inside: In the Gutter
2008
as Self
The Election
2007
as The Wife
Chasing Robert
2007
as Martha the Bookie
Homo Erectus
2007
as Museum Guide
Pledge This!
2007
as Miss Prin
Snakes on a Plane: Meet the Reptiles
2007
as Self
Snakes on a Set: Behind the Scenes
2007
as Self
The Snake Pit: On the Set of 'Snakes on a Plane'
2007
as Self
Private Practice
2007
as Mrs. Taylor
Snakes on a Plane
2006
as Grace
Surf School
2006
as Larry's Mom
Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror
2006
as Clara
Hoboken Hollow
2006
as Mrs. Brodrick
Down the P.C.H.
2006
as Wendy O'Hara
Bachelor Party Vegas
2006
as Cassandra
Unbeatable Harold
2006
as Jeannie
Driftwood
2006
as Nancy Forrester
Pure Venom: The Making of Snakes on a Plane
2006
as Self
2001 Maniacs
2005
as Granny Boone
Hate Crime
2005
as Kathleen Slansky
Drop Dead Sexy
2005
as Ma Muzzy
Confessions of an Action Star
2005
as Samantha Jones
Born Killers
2005
as Willow
My Name Is Earl
2005
as Paul's Mom
Made in Hollywood
2005
as Self
Who's Your Daddy?
2004
as Ms. Harding
The Almost Guys
2004
as Repo Boss
The Hillside Strangler
2004
as Jenny Buono
A Cinderella Story
2004
as Mrs. Wells
Cellular
2004
as Exotic Car Driver
Dead End
2003
as Laura Harrington
Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd
2003
as Margie
Stuck on You
2003
as Makeup Babe
Barely Legal
2003
as Tequlia
ManFast
2003
as Marge
Contagion
2002
as Laura Crowley
Boat Trip
2002
as Sonya the Coach
Wish You Were Dead
2002
as Jinny Macintosh
Say It Isn't So
2001
as Nurse Bautista
A Letter from My Father
2001
as Elise
Without Charlie
2001
Crossing Jordan
2001
as Leather Lauren
Attention Shoppers
2000
as Libby
Me, Myself & Irene
2000
as Mrs. Caleron
Detroit Rock City
1999
as Mrs. Bruce
There's Something About Mary
1998
as Magda
Breakfast with Einstein
1998
as Miss Desmond
Living Out Loud
1998
as Lisa's Nurse
Becker
1998
as Mrs. Cooper
Trading Favors
1997
as Darla
Perversions of Science
1997
as Nurse
Kingpin
1996
as Landlady
Last Man Standing
1996
as The Madame
Project: ALF
1996
as Waitress
Arli$$
1996
as Shurja
Nature of the Beast
1995
as Carol Powell
Sketch Artist II: Hands That See
1995
as Bonnie
Trial by Fire
1995
as Phyliis Cardell
Wes Craven's New Nightmare
1994
as Nurse with Pills
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
1994
as Rubber Rose Maid
Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, the Last Chapter
1994
as Inmate
Dumb and Dumber
1994
as Mrs. Neugeboren
In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance
1994
as Foreman #2
Corrina, Corrina
1994
as Repeat Nanny
ER
1994
as Margaret
My So-Called Life
1994
as Parent #2
Amityville: A New Generation
1993
as Nurse Turner
The Temp
1993
as Rosemary
Three of Hearts
1993
as Operator
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
1993
as Witness
Brain Smasher... A Love Story
1993
as Make up Artist
The Hidden II
1993
as Carol Miller (archive footage)
Frasier
1993
as Anne
Roadside Prophets
1992
as Celeste
Critters 3
1991
as Sal (archive footage)
Pump Up the Volume
1990
as PTA Parent #3
Book of Love
1990
as Mrs. Flynn
Life Goes On
1989
as Parent #2
Critters 2
1988
as Sal
Lucky Stiff
1988
as Bratty Kid's Mom
The Hidden
1987
as Carol Miller
Stillwatch
1987
My Demon Lover
1987
as Anemic Counter Girl
Slam Dance
1987
as Librarian
The Running Man
1987
as Propaganda Officer
Extreme Prejudice
1987
as Employment Office Clerk
Mistress
1987
as Woman Customer
Critters
1986
as Sally
Brewster's Millions
1985
as Journalist at Rally
The Twilight Zone
1985
as Kate Simmons (segment "Chameleon")
A Nightmare on Elm Street
1984
as Teacher
Summer Fantasy
1984
as Woman on Beach
Why Me?
1984
Who's the Boss?
1984
as Mrs. Padnick
Highway to Heaven
1984
as Lila Barnes
Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again
1982
as Nurse with Telegram
Alone in the Dark
1982
as Receptionist at Haven
Cagney & Lacey
1982
as Secretary
Falcon Crest
1981
as Smoking Female Prisoner
A Cry for Love
1980
The Long Riders
1980
as Kate
The Seeding of Sarah Burns
1979
as 2nd Nurse
The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal
1979
as Freida
Goin' South
1978
as Parasol Lady
Sex and the Married Woman
1977
as Sandra
A Secret Space
1977
as Amy
Eight Is Enough
1977
as Band Member
Hester Street
1975
as Whore