Lin Shaye

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Lin Shaye

Born 12 October 1943 82 years old Detroit, Michigan, USA Who else is 82? → TMDB ↗

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 (2019), Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman (2021), and the Insidious film series (2010–2026).

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The numbers

Computed from the record
32age in their first credit on record (1975)
51years on screen and counting
10credits in 2010, their busiest year
187dated credits on record
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Movie credits

Newest first
The Old World poster

The Old World

as The Aunt (voice)
No poster

Carrier

as Joan Pierson
No poster

The Possession at Gladstone Manor

as Nurse
No poster

Dead of Nowhere 3D

as Meemaw
Before Memory poster

Before Memory
No poster

Devoted

as Aunt Dottie
No poster

The Bench
Mascotland poster

Mascotland
Thread: An Insidious Tale poster

Thread: An Insidious Tale

as Elise Rainier
Jackson's Hole poster

Jackson's Hole

as Netter
Insidious: Out of the Further poster Age: 82

Insidious: Out of the Further

2026
as Elise Rainier
Scared to Death poster Age: 82

Scared to Death

2026
as Max
House of Abraham poster Age: 81

House of Abraham

2025
The Last Stand of Ellen Cole poster Age: 81

The Last Stand of Ellen Cole

2024
as Ellen
Insidious: The Red Door poster Age: 79

Insidious: The Red Door

2023
as Elise Rainier
Remote poster Age: 78

Remote

2022
as Kane
We Are Gathered Here Today poster Age: 78

We Are Gathered Here Today

2022
as Jean Cole
The Quarry: Movie Mode poster Age: 78

The Quarry: Movie Mode

2022
as Constance Hackett
Frank and Penelope poster Age: 78

Frank and Penelope

2022
as Ophelia
Pines poster Age: 78

Pines

2022
as Julie (voice)
Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman poster Age: 77

Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman

2021
as Mrs. Bundy
The Call poster Age: 77

The Call

2020
as Edith Cranston
Max Reload and the Nether Blasters poster Age: 76

Max Reload and the Nether Blasters

2020
as Mrs. Wylder
The Voices poster Age: 76

The Voices

2020
as The Vagabond
Dreamkatcher poster Age: 76

Dreamkatcher

2020
as Ruth
Darkness Falls poster Age: 76

Darkness Falls

2020
as Angela Anderson
The Grudge poster Age: 76

The Grudge

2019
as Faith Matheson
Gothic Harvest poster Age: 76

Gothic Harvest

2019
as Griselda
Ambition poster Age: 75

Ambition

2019
as Lady Bum
Get Gone poster Age: 75

Get Gone

2019
as Mama
Room for Rent poster Age: 75

Room for Rent

2019
as Joyce
The Final Wish poster Age: 75

The Final Wish

2019
as Kate Hammond
Herbert West: Reanimator poster Age: 75

Herbert West: Reanimator

2018
as Meredith
Los Angeles Overnight poster Age: 74

Los Angeles Overnight

2018
as Cousins
Insidious: The Last Key poster Age: 74

Insidious: The Last Key

2018
as Elise Rainier
All About the Money poster Age: 73

All About the Money

2017
as Mrs. Womack
Buster's Mal Heart poster Age: 73

Buster's Mal Heart

2017
as Pauline
The Black Room poster Age: 73

The Black Room

2017
as Miss Black
Grow House poster Age: 73

Grow House

2017
as Mrs. Gilliam
Mountain Top poster Age: 73

Mountain Top

2017
as Muriel Miller
Abattoir poster Age: 73

Abattoir

2016
as Allie
Ouija: Origin of Evil poster Age: 73

Ouija: Origin of Evil

2016
as Old Paulina Zander
The Midnight Man poster Age: 72

The Midnight Man

2016
as Anna
Director's Cut poster Age: 72

Director's Cut

2016
as Captain Wheeler
Texas Heart poster Age: 72

Texas Heart

2016
as Mrs. Smith
Jack Goes Home poster Age: 72

Jack Goes Home

2016
as Teresa
Tales of Halloween poster Age: 72

Tales of Halloween

2015
as Lynn's Mother
Helen Keller vs. Nightwolves poster Age: 71

Helen Keller vs. Nightwolves

2015
as Helen Keller
Insidious: Chapter 3 poster Age: 71

Insidious: Chapter 3

2015
as Elise Rainier
Don Quixote: The Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha poster Age: 71

Don Quixote: The Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha

2015
as The Grand Lady
Grace poster Age: 71

Grace

2014
as Helen
Ouija poster Age: 71

Ouija

2014
as Paulina Zander
Lost Time poster Age: 70

Lost Time

2014
as Mysterious Woman
The Signal poster Age: 70

The Signal

2014
as Mirabelle
All American Christmas Carol poster Age: 70

All American Christmas Carol

2013
as Barbara Belnap
Big Ass Spider! poster Age: 70

Big Ass Spider!

2013
as Mrs. Jefferson
Insidious: Chapter 2 poster Age: 69

Insidious: Chapter 2

2013
as Elise Rainier
Crazy Kind of Love poster Age: 69

Crazy Kind of Love

2013
as Denise Mack
Noobz poster Age: 69

Noobz

2013
as Mrs. Theodore
Life's an Itch poster Age: 69

Life's an Itch

2012
as Gloria
Matchmaker Santa poster Age: 69

Matchmaker Santa

2012
as Debbie
FDR: American Badass! poster Age: 68

FDR: American Badass!

2012
as Eleanor Roosevelt
3 Days of Normal poster Age: 68

3 Days of Normal

2012
as May
Jewtopia poster Age: 68

Jewtopia

2012
as Dr. Sutton
The Three Stooges poster Age: 68

The Three Stooges

2012
as Nurse Crotchet
Waffle Hut poster Age: 68

Waffle Hut

2012
as Jerrie Wolf
Rosewood Lane poster Age: 68

Rosewood Lane

2011
as Mrs. Hawthorne
Chillerama poster Age: 68

Chillerama

2011
as Baglady / Nurse Maleva
A Good Old Fashioned Orgy poster Age: 67

A Good Old Fashioned Orgy

2011
as Dody
I Was a Teenage Werebear poster Age: 67

I Was a Teenage Werebear

2011
Insidious poster Age: 67

Insidious

2011
as Elise Rainier
Take Me Home poster Age: 67

Take Me Home

2011
as Jill
Sedona poster Age: 67

Sedona

2011
as Claire
Goldberg - P.I. poster Age: 67

Goldberg - P.I.

2011
as Violet
Farewell Mr. Kringle poster Age: 67

Farewell Mr. Kringle

2010
as Zelda
The Land of the Astronauts poster Age: 67

The Land of the Astronauts

2010
Next Stop Murder poster Age: 66

Next Stop Murder

2010
as Detective Reeson
The Accidental Death of Joey by Sue poster Age: 66

The Accidental Death of Joey by Sue

2010
as Mrs. Rawlings
Small Town Saturday Night poster Age: 66

Small Town Saturday Night

2010
as Phyllis Ryan
No poster
Age: 66

Pickin' and Grinnin'

2010
as Bonnie Johnson
2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams poster Age: 66

2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams

2010
as Granny Boone
The Penthouse poster Age: 66

The Penthouse

2010
as Frances
VideoDome Rent-O-Rama poster Age: 66

VideoDome Rent-O-Rama

2010
as The Lush
Killer by Nature poster Age: 66

Killer by Nature

2010
as Leona
Dark Moon Rising poster Age: 65

Dark Moon Rising

2009
as Sunny
Stuntmen poster Age: 65

Stuntmen

2009
as Bumble Jackson
American Cowslip poster Age: 65

American Cowslip

2009
as Lou Anne
My Sister's Keeper poster Age: 65

My Sister's Keeper

2009
as Nurse Adele
Doggie Heaven poster Age: 65

Doggie Heaven

2008
as Woman
Chronic Town poster Age: 64

Chronic Town

2008
as Nurse
Asylum poster Age: 64

Asylum

2008
as String's Mother
Killer Pad poster Age: 64

Killer Pad

2008
as Marge
Chasing Robert poster Age: 63

Chasing Robert

2007
as Martha the Bookie
The Election poster Age: 63

The Election

2007
as The Wife
Homo Erectus poster Age: 63

Homo Erectus

2007
as Museum Guide
Pledge This! poster Age: 63

Pledge This!

2007
as Miss Prin
Driftwood poster Age: 63

Driftwood

2006
as Nancy Forrester
Surf School poster Age: 62

Surf School

2006
as Larry's Mom
Down the P.C.H. poster Age: 62

Down the P.C.H.

2006
as Wendy O'Hara
Snakes on a Plane poster Age: 62

Snakes on a Plane

2006
as Grace
Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror poster Age: 62

Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror

2006
as Clara
Bachelor Party Vegas poster Age: 62

Bachelor Party Vegas

2006
as Cassandra
Hoboken Hollow poster Age: 62

Hoboken Hollow

2006
as Mrs. Brodrick
Unbeatable Harold poster Age: 62

Unbeatable Harold

2006
as Jeannie
2001 Maniacs poster Age: 61

2001 Maniacs

2005
as Granny Boone
Drop Dead Sexy poster Age: 61

Drop Dead Sexy

2005
as Ma Muzzy
Confessions of an Action Star poster Age: 61

Confessions of an Action Star

2005
as Samantha Jones
Hate Crime poster Age: 61

Hate Crime

2005
as Kathleen Slansky
Born Killers poster Age: 61

Born Killers

2005
as Willow
The Hillside Strangler poster Age: 61

The Hillside Strangler

2004
as Jenny Buono
Cellular poster Age: 60

Cellular

2004
as Exotic Car Driver
A Cinderella Story poster Age: 60

A Cinderella Story

2004
as Mrs. Wells
The Almost Guys poster Age: 60

The Almost Guys

2004
as Repo Boss
Who's Your Daddy? poster Age: 60

Who's Your Daddy?

2004
as Ms. Harding
Dead End poster Age: 60

Dead End

2003
as Laura Harrington
Stuck on You poster Age: 60

Stuck on You

2003
as Makeup Babe
Barely Legal poster Age: 59

Barely Legal

2003
as Tequlia
Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd poster Age: 59

Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd

2003
as Margie
ManFast poster Age: 59

ManFast

2003
as Marge
Boat Trip poster Age: 58

Boat Trip

2002
as Sonya the Coach
Wish You Were Dead poster Age: 58

Wish You Were Dead

2002
as Jinny Macintosh
Contagion poster Age: 58

Contagion

2002
as Laura Crowley
No poster
Age: 58

A Letter from My Father

2001
as Elise
Say It Isn't So poster Age: 57

Say It Isn't So

2001
as Nurse Bautista
No poster
Age: 57

Without Charlie

2001
Attention Shoppers poster Age: 56

Attention Shoppers

2000
as Libby
Me, Myself & Irene poster Age: 56

Me, Myself & Irene

2000
as Mrs. Caleron
Detroit Rock City poster Age: 55

Detroit Rock City

1999
as Mrs. Bruce
Living Out Loud poster Age: 55

Living Out Loud

1998
as Lisa's Nurse
There's Something About Mary poster Age: 54

There's Something About Mary

1998
as Magda
Breakfast with Einstein poster Age: 54

Breakfast with Einstein

1998
as Miss Desmond
Trading Favors poster Age: 53

Trading Favors

1997
as Darla
Last Man Standing poster Age: 52

Last Man Standing

1996
as The Madame
Kingpin poster Age: 52

Kingpin

1996
as Landlady
Project: ALF poster Age: 52

Project: ALF

1996
as Waitress
Nature of the Beast poster Age: 52

Nature of the Beast

1995
as Carol Powell
Trial by Fire poster Age: 51

Trial by Fire

1995
as Phyliis Cardell
Sketch Artist II: Hands That See poster Age: 51

Sketch Artist II: Hands That See

1995
as Bonnie
Dumb and Dumber poster Age: 51

Dumb and Dumber

1994
as Mrs. Neugeboren
Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, the Last Chapter poster Age: 51

Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, the Last Chapter

1994
as Inmate
Wes Craven's New Nightmare poster Age: 51

Wes Craven's New Nightmare

1994
as Nurse with Pills
Corrina, Corrina poster Age: 50

Corrina, Corrina

1994
as Repeat Nanny
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues poster Age: 50

Even Cowgirls Get the Blues

1994
as Rubber Rose Maid
In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance poster Age: 50

In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance

1994
as Foreman #2
Brain Smasher... A Love Story poster Age: 50

Brain Smasher... A Love Story

1993
as Make up Artist
Amityville: A New Generation poster Age: 49

Amityville: A New Generation

1993
as Nurse Turner
Three of Hearts poster Age: 49

Three of Hearts

1993
as Operator
The Temp poster Age: 49

The Temp

1993
as Rosemary
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 poster Age: 49

National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1

1993
as Witness
Roadside Prophets poster Age: 48

Roadside Prophets

1992
as Celeste
Critters 3 poster Age: 48

Critters 3

1991
as Sal (archive footage)
Pump Up the Volume poster Age: 46

Pump Up the Volume

1990
as PTA Parent #3
Book of Love poster Age: 46

Book of Love

1990
as Mrs. Flynn
Lucky Stiff poster Age: 45

Lucky Stiff

1988
as Bratty Kid's Mom
Critters 2 poster Age: 44

Critters 2

1988
as Sal
The Running Man poster Age: 44

The Running Man

1987
as Propaganda Officer
The Hidden poster Age: 44

The Hidden

1987
as Carol Miller
Mistress poster Age: 43

Mistress

1987
as Woman Customer
Slam Dance poster Age: 43

Slam Dance

1987
as Librarian
Extreme Prejudice poster Age: 43

Extreme Prejudice

1987
as Employment Office Clerk
My Demon Lover poster Age: 43

My Demon Lover

1987
as Anemic Counter Girl
Stillwatch poster Age: 43

Stillwatch

1987
Critters poster Age: 42

Critters

1986
as Sally
Brewster's Millions poster Age: 41

Brewster's Millions

1985
as Journalist at Rally
A Nightmare on Elm Street poster Age: 41

A Nightmare on Elm Street

1984
as Teacher
Summer Fantasy poster Age: 40

Summer Fantasy

1984
as Woman on Beach
Why Me? poster Age: 40

Why Me?

1984
Alone in the Dark poster Age: 39

Alone in the Dark

1982
as Receptionist at Haven
Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again poster Age: 39

Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again

1982
as Nurse with Telegram
No poster
Age: 37

A Cry for Love

1980
The Long Riders poster Age: 36

The Long Riders

1980
as Kate
The Seeding of Sarah Burns poster Age: 35

The Seeding of Sarah Burns

1979
as 2nd Nurse
The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal poster Age: 35

The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal

1979
as Freida
Goin' South poster Age: 34

Goin' South

1978
as Parasol Lady
A Secret Space poster Age: 34

A Secret Space

1977
as Amy
Sex and the Married Woman poster Age: 33

Sex and the Married Woman

1977
as Sandra
Hester Street poster Age: 32

Hester Street

1975
as Whore
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TV credits

Newest first
Common Side Effects poster Age: 81

Common Side Effects

2025
as Sonia (voice)
Penny Dreadful: City of Angels poster Age: 76

Penny Dreadful: City of Angels

2020
as Dottie Minter
Insidious: Spectral Sightings poster Age: 69

Insidious: Spectral Sightings

2013
as Elise
EastSiders poster Age: 69

EastSiders

2012
as Diane
Private Practice poster Age: 63

Private Practice

2007
as Mrs. Taylor
My Name Is Earl poster Age: 61

My Name Is Earl

2005
as Paul's Mom
Crossing Jordan poster Age: 57

Crossing Jordan

2001
as Leather Lauren
Becker poster Age: 55

Becker

1998
as Mrs. Cooper
Perversions of Science poster Age: 53

Perversions of Science

1997
as Nurse
Arli$$ poster Age: 52

Arli$$

1996
as Shurja
ER poster Age: 50

ER

1994
as Margaret
My So-Called Life poster Age: 50

My So-Called Life

1994
as Parent #2
Frasier poster Age: 49

Frasier

1993
as Anne
Life Goes On poster Age: 45

Life Goes On

1989
as Parent #2
The Twilight Zone poster Age: 41

The Twilight Zone

1985
as Kate Simmons (segment "Chameleon")
Who's the Boss? poster Age: 40

Who's the Boss?

1984
as Mrs. Padnick
Highway to Heaven poster Age: 40

Highway to Heaven

1984
as Lila Barnes
Cagney & Lacey poster Age: 38

Cagney & Lacey

1982
as Secretary
Falcon Crest poster Age: 38

Falcon Crest

1981
as Smoking Female Prisoner
Eight Is Enough poster Age: 33

Eight Is Enough

1977
as Band Member
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