Personal Info
Known Credits
176
Gender
Female
Birthdate
1943-10-12 (82 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Also Known For
Linda "Lin" Shaye
Lin Shaye
Biography
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, ...
Known For
Acting
2024 --
The Last Stand of Ellen Cole
| Ellen
2024 --
Scared to Death
| Max
2023 --
Insidious: The Red Door
| Elise Rainier
2022 --
Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story
| Self
2022 --
Remote
| Kane
2022 --
We Are Gathered Here Today
| Jean Cole
2022 --
Living with Chucky
| Self
2022 --
Frank and Penelope
| Ophelia
2022 --
Pines
| Julie (voice)
2021 --
Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman
| Mrs. Bundy
2020 --
The Call
| Edith Cranston
2020 --
The Horror Crowd
| Herself
2020 --
Max Reload and the Nether Blasters
| Mrs. Wylder
2020 --
The Voices
| The Vagabond
2020 --
Dreamkatcher
| Ruth
2020 --
Darkness Falls
| Angela Anderson
2019 --
The Grudge
| Faith Matheson
2019 --
Gothic Harvest
| Griselda
2019 --
Ambition
| Lady Bum
2019 --
Get Gone
| Mama
2019 --
Room for Rent
| Joyce
2019 --
The Final Wish
| Kate Hammond
2018 --
Herbert West: Reanimator
| Meredith
2018 --
They Bite!: The Making of Critters
| Self
2018 --
The Main Course: The Making of Critters 2
| Self
2018 --
Los Angeles Overnight
| Cousins
2018 --
Insidious: The Last Key
| Élise Rainier
2017 --
All About the Money
| Mrs. Womack
2017 --
Buster's Mal Heart
| Pauline
2017 --
The Black Room
| Miss Black
2017 --
Grow House
| Mrs. Gilliam
2017 --
Mountain Top
| Muriel Miller
2016 --
Abattoir
| Allie
2016 --
Ouija: Origin of Evil
| Old Paulina Zander
2016 --
The Midnight Man
| Anna
2016 --
Director's Cut
| Captain Wheeler
2016 --
Texas Heart
| Mrs. Smith
2016 --
Jack Goes Home
| Teresa
2015 --
Tales of Halloween
| Lynn's Mother
2015 --
Helen Keller vs. Nightwolves
| Helen Keller
2015 --
Insidious: Chapter 3
| Elise Rainier
2015 --
Don Quixote: The Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha
| The Grand Lady
2014 --
Grace
| Helen
2014 --
Ouija
| Paulina Zander
2014 --
Lost Time
| Mysterious Woman
2014 --
The Signal
| Mirabelle
2013 --
All American Christmas Carol
| Barbara Belnap
2013 --
Big Ass Spider!
| Mrs. Jefferson
2013 --
Insidious: Chapter 2
| Elise Rainier
2013 --
Crazy Kind of Love
| Denise Mack
2013 --
Noobz
| Mrs. Theodore
2012 --
Life's an Itch
| Gloria
2012 --
Matchmaker Santa
| Debbie
2012 --
FDR: American Badass!
| Eleanor Roosevelt
2012 --
3 Days of Normal
| May
2012 --
Jewtopia
| Dr. Sutton
2012 --
The Three Stooges
| Nurse Crotchet
2012 --
Waffle Hut
| Jerrie Wolf
2011 --
Rosewood Lane
| Mrs. Hawthorne
2011 --
Chillerama
| Baglady / Nurse Maleva
2011 --
A Good Old Fashioned Orgy
| Dody
2011 --
I Was a Teenage Werebear
|
2011 --
Insidious
| Elise Rainier
2011 --
Take Me Home
| Jill
2011 --
Sedona
| Claire
2011 --
Goldberg - P.I.
| Violet
2010 --
Farewell Mr. Kringle
| Zelda
2010 --
Black Limousine
|
2010 --
Next Stop Murder
| Detective Reeson
2010 --
2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams
| Granny Boone
2010 --
Small Town Saturday Night
| Phyllis Ryan
2010 --
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
| Self
2010 --
Pickin' and Grinnin'
| Bonnie Johnson
2010 --
The Penthouse
| Frances
2010 --
VideoDome Rent-O-Rama
| The Lush
2010 --
Killer by Nature
| Leona
2009 --
Dark Moon Rising
| Sunny
2009 --
Stuntmen
| Bumble Jackson
2009 --
American Cowslip
| Lou Anne
2009 --
My Sister's Keeper
| Nurse Adele
2008 --
Doggie Heaven
| Woman
2008 --
Starz Inside: In the Gutter
| Self
2008 --
Chronic Town
| Nurse
2008 --
Asylum
| String's Mother
2008 --
Killer Pad
| Marge
2007 --
Chasing Robert
| Martha the Bookie
2007 --
The Election
| The Wife
2007 --
Homo Erectus
| Museum Guide
2006 --
Pledge This!
| Miss Prin
2006 --
Driftwood
| Nancy Forrester
2006 --
Down the P.C.H.
| Wendy O'Hara
2006 --
Surf School
| Larry's mom
2006 --
Surf School
| Larry's Mom
2006 --
Snakes on a Plane
| Grace
2006 --
Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror
| Clara
2006 --
Bachelor Party Vegas
| Cassandra
2006 --
Hoboken Hollow
| Mrs. Brodrick
2006 --
Unbeatable Harold
| Jeannie
2005 --
2001 Maniacs
| Granny Boone
2005 --
Drop Dead Sexy
| Ma Muzzy
2005 --
Confessions of an Action Star
| Samantha Jones
2005 --
Hate Crime
| Kathleen Slansky
2005 --
Born Killers
| Willow
2004 --
The Hillside Strangler
| Jenny Buono
2004 --
Cellular
| Exotic Car Driver
2004 --
A Cinderella Story
| Mrs. Wells
2004 --
The Almost Guys
| Repo Boss
2004 --
Who's Your Daddy?
| Ms. Harding
2003 --
Dead End
| Laura Harrington
2003 --
Stuck on You
| Makeup Babe
2003 --
Barely Legal
| Tequlia
2003 --
Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd
| Margie
2003 --
ManFast
| Marge
2002 --
Boat Trip
| Sonya the Coach
2002 --
Wish You Were Dead
| Jinny Macintosh
2002 --
Contagion
| Laura Crowley
2001 --
A Letter from My Father
| Elise
2001 --
Say It Isn't So
| Nurse Bautista
2001 --
Without Charlie
|
2000 --
Attention Shoppers
| Libby
2000 --
Me, Myself & Irene
| Mrs. Caleron
1999 --
Detroit Rock City
| Mrs. Bruce
1998 --
Living Out Loud
| Lisa's Nurse
1998 --
There's Something About Mary
| Magda
1998 --
Breakfast with Einstein
| Miss Desmond
1997 --
Trading Favors
| Darla
1996 --
Last Man Standing
| The Madame
1996 --
Kingpin
| Landlady
1996 --
Project: ALF
| Waitress
1995 --
Nature of the Beast
| Carol Powell
1995 --
Trial by Fire
| Phyliis Cardell
1995 --
Sketch Artist II: Hands That See
| Bonnie
1994 --
Dumb and Dumber
| Mrs. Neugeboren
1994 --
Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, the Last Chapter
| Inmate
1994 --
New Nightmare
| Nurse with Pills
1994 --
Corrina, Corrina
| Repeat Nanny
1994 --
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
| Rubber Rose Maid
1994 --
In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance
| Foreman #2
1993 --
Brain Smasher... A Love Story
| Make up Artist
1993 --
Amityville: A New Generation
| Nurse Turner
1993 --
Three of Hearts
| Operator
1993 --
The Temp
| Rosemary
1993 --
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
| Witness
1992 --
Roadside Prophets
| Celeste
1991 --
Critters 3
| Sal (archive footage)
1990 --
Pump Up the Volume
| PTA Parent #3
1990 --
Book of Love
| Mrs. Flynn
1988 --
Lucky Stiff
| Bratty Kid's Mom
1988 --
Critters 2
| Sally
1987 --
The Running Man
| Propaganda Officer
1987 --
The Hidden
| Carol Miller
1987 --
Mistress
| Woman Customer
1987 --
Slam Dance
| Librarian
1987 --
Extreme Prejudice
| Employment Office Clerk
1987 --
My Demon Lover
| Anemic Counter Girl
1987 --
Stillwatch
|
1986 --
Critters
| Sally
1985 --
Brewster's Millions
| Journalist at Rally
1984 --
A Nightmare on Elm Street
| Teacher
1984 --
Summer Fantasy
| Woman on Beach
1984 --
Why Me?
|
1982 --
Alone in the Dark
| Receptionist at Haven
1982 --
Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again
| Nurse with Telegram
1980 --
A Cry for Love
|
1980 --
The Long Riders
| Kate
1979 --
The Seeding of Sarah Burns
| 2nd Nurse
1979 --
The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal
| Freida
1978 --
Goin' South
| Parasol Lady
1977 --
A Secret Space
| Amy
1977 --
Sex and the Married Woman
| Sandra
1975 --
Hester Street
| Whore