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