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Birthday: Oct 12, 1943
Place of Birth: Detroit, Michigan, USA

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.

Filmography
Movie Cast Year
Snakes on a Plane Grace 2006
A Nightmare on Elm Street Teacher 1984
There's Something About Mary Magda 1998
Critters 2 Sally 1988
Surf School Larry's Mom 2006
Critters Sally 1986
2001 Maniacs Granny Boone 2005
Say It Isn't So Nurse Bautista 2001
Kingpin Landlady 1996
Dead End Laura Harrington 2003
New Nightmare Nurse with Pills 1994
Amityville: A New Generation Nurse Turner 1993
Hate Crime Kathleen Slansky 2005
Surf School Larry's mom 2006
The Hidden Carol Miller 1987
Detroit Rock City Mrs. Bruce 1999
Last Man Standing The Madame 1996
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues Rubber Rose Maid 1994
Who's Your Daddy? Ms. Harding 2004
2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams Granny Boone 2010
Frank and Penelope Ophelia 2022
Trading Favors Darla 1997
Killer by Nature Leona 2010
Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror Clara 2006
Hoboken Hollow Mrs. Brodrick 2006
The Temp Rosemary 1993
Insidious Elise Rainier 2011
The Old World The Aunt (voice) 1970
Pines Julie (voice) 2022
Next Stop Murder Detective Reeson 2010
Contagion Laura Crowley 2002
Insidious: Chapter 2 Elise Rainier 2013
Take Me Home Jill 2011
Carrier Joan Pierson 1970
FDR: American Badass! Eleanor Roosevelt 2012
The Election The Wife 2007
Three of Hearts Operator 1993
Farewell Mr. Kringle Zelda 2010
Chasing Robert Martha the Bookie 2007
Sedona Claire 2011
Crazy Kind of Love Denise Mack 2013
Big Ass Spider! Mrs. Jefferson 2013
Doggie Heaven Woman 2008
3 Days of Normal May 2012
All American Christmas Carol Barbara Belnap 2013
Insidious: The Red Door Elise Rainier 2023
A Letter from My Father Elise 2001
The Seeding of Sarah Burns 2nd Nurse 1979
Down the P.C.H. Wendy O'Hara 2006
The Signal Mirabelle 2014
We Are Gathered Here Today Jean Cole 2022
Living with Chucky Self 2022
Without Charlie 2001
Chillerama Baglady / Nurse Maleva 2011
Drop Dead Sexy Ma Muzzy 2005
Summer Fantasy Woman on Beach 1984
I Was a Teenage Werebear 2011
Life's an Itch Gloria 2012
Rosewood Lane Mrs. Hawthorne 2011
Goin' South Parasol Lady 1978
The Almost Guys Repo Boss 2004
Bachelor Party Vegas Cassandra 2006
The Main Course: The Making of Critters 2 Self 2018
Lost Time Mysterious Woman 2014
Grace Helen 2014
Noobz Mrs. Theodore 2013
Grow House Mrs. Gilliam 2017
The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal Freida 1979
Homo Erectus Museum Guide 2007
Brewster's Millions Journalist at Rally 1985
Insidious: Chapter 3 Elise Rainier 2015
Remote Kane 2022
Pickin' and Grinnin' Bonnie Johnson 2010
Ouija Paulina Zander 2014
Helen Keller vs. Nightwolves Helen Keller 2015
Tales of Halloween Lynn's Mother 2015
A Cry for Love 1980
Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, the Last Chapter Inmate 1994
Director's Cut Captain Wheeler 2016
Roadside Prophets Celeste 1992
A Good Old Fashioned Orgy Dody 2011
The Penthouse Frances 2010
Unbeatable Harold Jeannie 2006
Boat Trip Sonya the Coach 2002
Jack Goes Home Teresa 2016
The Possession at Gladstone Manor Nurse 1970
Hester Street Whore 1975
Buster's Mal Heart Pauline 2017
Scared to Death Max 2024
Abattoir Allie 2016
Breakfast with Einstein Miss Desmond 1998
Texas Heart Mrs. Smith 2016
Insidious: The Last Key Élise Rainier 2018
Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd Margie 2003
Stuntmen Bumble Jackson 2009
Attention Shoppers Libby 2000
Stillwatch 1987
Ouija: Origin of Evil Old Paulina Zander 2016
Lucky Stiff Bratty Kid's Mom 1988
Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again Nurse with Telegram 1982
My Demon Lover Anemic Counter Girl 1987
Nature of the Beast Carol Powell 1995
Pledge This! Miss Prin 2006
Killer Pad Marge 2008
The Hillside Strangler Jenny Buono 2004
Driftwood Nancy Forrester 2006
Asylum String's Mother 2008
Dark Moon Rising Sunny 2009
The Black Room Miss Black 2017
A Cinderella Story Mrs. Wells 2004
Small Town Saturday Night Phyllis Ryan 2010
Slam Dance Librarian 1987
Don Quixote: The Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha The Grand Lady 2015
Sketch Artist II: Hands That See Bonnie 1995
All About the Money Mrs. Womack 2017
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 Witness 1993
Dumb and Dumber Mrs. Neugeboren 1994
Wish You Were Dead Jinny Macintosh 2002
The Midnight Man Anna 2016
Chronic Town Nurse 2008
The Three Stooges Nurse Crotchet 2012
The Grudge Faith Matheson 2019
Project: ALF Waitress 1996
Herbert West: Reanimator Meredith 2018
Mountain Top Muriel Miller 2017
Darkness Falls Angela Anderson 2020
The Final Wish Kate Hammond 2019
In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance Foreman #2 1994
Stuck on You Makeup Babe 2003
My Sister's Keeper Nurse Adele 2009
The Long Riders Kate 1980
Corrina, Corrina Repeat Nanny 1994
Cellular Exotic Car Driver 2004
Jewtopia Dr. Sutton 2012
Goldberg - P.I. Violet 2011
Room for Rent Joyce 2019
They Bite!: The Making of Critters Self 2018
Starz Inside: In the Gutter Self 2008
Gothic Harvest Griselda 2019
Waffle Hut Jerrie Wolf 2012
Los Angeles Overnight Cousins 2018
Get Gone Mama 2019
Dreamkatcher Ruth 2020
The Voices The Vagabond 2020
Confessions of an Action Star Samantha Jones 2005
Me, Myself & Irene Mrs. Caleron 2000
American Cowslip Lou Anne 2009
Trial by Fire Phyliis Cardell 1995
Matchmaker Santa Debbie 2012
The Running Man Propaganda Officer 1987
Max Reload and the Nether Blasters Mrs. Wylder 2020
Alone in the Dark Receptionist at Haven 1982
Black Limousine 2010
Dead of Nowhere 3D Meemaw 1970
The Horror Crowd Herself 2020
Before Memory 1970
The Call Edith Cranston 2020
Living Out Loud Lisa's Nurse 1998
Ambition Lady Bum 2019
Born Killers Willow 2005
Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story Self 2022
Pump Up the Volume PTA Parent #3 1990
Extreme Prejudice Employment Office Clerk 1987
VideoDome Rent-O-Rama The Lush 2010
Brain Smasher... A Love Story Make up Artist 1993
Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman Mrs. Bundy 2021
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy Self 2010
Sex and the Married Woman Sandra 1977
A Secret Space Amy 1977
Why Me? 1984
Mistress Woman Customer 1987
Book of Love Mrs. Flynn 1990
Barely Legal Tequlia 2003
Critters 3 Sal (archive footage) 1991
Series Cast Year
Perversions of Science Nurse 1997
Who's the Boss? Mrs. Padnick 1984
My Name Is Earl Paul's Mom 2005
Highway to Heaven Lila Barnes 1984
Frasier Anne 1993
Becker Mrs. Cooper 1998
ER Margaret 1994
Behind the Monsters Self 2021
EastSiders Diane 2012
My So-Called Life Parent #2 1994
Eli Roth's History of Horror Self 2018
Dead Talk Live Self - Guest 2020
The Twilight Zone Kate Simmons 1985
Falcon Crest Smoking Female Prisoner 1981
Cagney & Lacey Secretary 1982
Penny Dreadful: City of Angels Dottie Minter 2020
Crossing Jordan Leather Lauren 2001
Eight Is Enough Band Member 1977
Life Goes On Parent #2 1989
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