Lin Shaye’s filmography
Known for
All roles, 189
Newest first
- 2026
Insidious: Out of the Further, Elise Rainier, actor.
Scared to Death, Max, actor, producing. - 2025
Common Side Effects, Sonia (voice), actor · 3 eps..
House of Abraham, Actor, producing. - 2024
The Last Stand of Ellen Cole, Ellen, actor, producing. - 2023
Insidious: The Red Door, Elise Rainier, actor. - 2022
Frank and Penelope, Ophelia, actor.
Pines, Julie (voice), actor.
We Are Gathered Here Today, Jean Cole, actor.
The Quarry: Movie Mode, Constance Hackett, actor.
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- 2022
Remote, Kane, actor. - 2021
Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman, Mrs. Bundy, actor. - 2020
Penny Dreadful: City of Angels, Dottie Minter, actor · 6 eps..
The Call, Edith Cranston, actor.
Dreamkatcher, Ruth, actor, producing.
Max Reload and the Nether Blasters, Mrs. Wylder, actor.
Darkness Falls, Angela Anderson, actor.
The Voices, The Vagabond, actor. - 2019
The Grudge, Faith Matheson, actor.
The Final Wish, Kate Hammond, actor.
Room for Rent, Joyce, actor, producing.
Ambition, Lady Bum, actor.
Gothic Harvest, Griselda, actor.
Get Gone, Mama, actor. - 2018
Insidious: The Last Key, Elise Rainier, actor.
Los Angeles Overnight, Cousins, actor.
Herbert West: Reanimator, Meredith, actor. - 2017
Buster's Mal Heart, Pauline, actor.
The Black Room, Miss Black, actor.
All About the Money, Mrs. Womack, actor.
Mountain Top, Muriel Miller, actor.
Grow House, Mrs. Gilliam, actor. - 2016
Ouija: Origin of Evil, Old Paulina Zander, actor.
The Midnight Man, Anna, actor.
Abattoir, Allie, actor.
Jack Goes Home, Teresa, actor.
Director's Cut, Captain Wheeler, actor.
Texas Heart, Mrs. Smith, actor. - 2015
Insidious: Chapter 3, Elise Rainier, actor.
Tales of Halloween, Lynn's Mother, actor.
Don Quixote: The Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha, The Grand Lady, actor.
Helen Keller vs. Nightwolves, Helen Keller, actor. - 2014
Ouija, Paulina Zander, actor.
The Signal, Mirabelle, actor.
Grace, Helen, actor.
Lost Time, Mysterious Woman, actor. - 2013
Insidious: Chapter 2, Elise Rainier, actor.
Big Ass Spider!, Mrs. Jefferson, actor.
Noobz, Mrs. Theodore, actor.
Crazy Kind of Love, Denise Mack, actor.
All American Christmas Carol, Barbara Belnap, actor.
Insidious: Spectral Sightings, Elise, actor · 3 eps.. - 2012
The Three Stooges, Nurse Crotchet, actor.
FDR: American Badass!, Eleanor Roosevelt, actor.
Matchmaker Santa, Debbie, actor.
Jewtopia, Dr. Sutton, actor.
EastSiders, Diane, actor · 1 ep..
3 Days of Normal, May, actor.
Life's an Itch, Gloria, actor.
Waffle Hut, Jerrie Wolf, actor. - 2011
Insidious, Elise Rainier, actor.
A Good Old Fashioned Orgy, Dody, actor.
Take Me Home, Jill, actor.
Chillerama, Baglady, Nurse Maleva, actor.
Rosewood Lane, Mrs. Hawthorne, actor.
I Was a Teenage Werebear, Actor.
Sedona, Claire, actor.
Goldberg - P.I., Violet, actor. - 2010
2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams, Granny Boone, actor.
Small Town Saturday Night, Phyllis Ryan, actor.
The Penthouse, Frances, actor.
Farewell Mr. Kringle, Zelda, actor.
The Land of the Astronauts, Actor.
Killer by Nature, Leona, actor.
Next Stop Murder, Detective Reeson, actor.
The Accidental Death of Joey by Sue, Mrs. Rawlings, actor. - Pickin' and Grinnin', Bonnie Johnson, actor.
VideoDome Rent-O-Rama, The Lush, actor. - 2009
My Sister's Keeper, Nurse Adele, actor.
Dark Moon Rising, Sunny, actor.
American Cowslip, Lou Anne, actor.
Stuntmen, Bumble Jackson, actor. - 2008
Asylum, String's Mother, actor.
Killer Pad, Marge, actor.
Doggie Heaven, Woman, actor.
Chronic Town, Nurse, actor. - 2007
Private Practice, Mrs. Taylor, actor · 1 ep..
Pledge This!, Miss Prin, actor.
Homo Erectus, Museum Guide, actor.
The Election, The Wife, actor.
Chasing Robert, Martha the Bookie, actor. - 2006
Snakes on a Plane, Grace, actor.
Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror, Clara, actor.
Bachelor Party Vegas, Cassandra, actor.
Surf School, Larry's Mom, actor.
Driftwood, Nancy Forrester, actor.
Hoboken Hollow, Mrs. Brodrick, actor.
Down the P.C.H., Wendy O'Hara, actor.
Unbeatable Harold, Jeannie, actor. - 2005
My Name Is Earl, Paul's Mom, actor · 1 ep..
2001 Maniacs, Granny Boone, actor.
Drop Dead Sexy, Ma Muzzy, actor.
Hate Crime, Kathleen Slansky, actor.
Born Killers, Willow, actor.
Confessions of an Action Star, Samantha Jones, actor. - 2004
A Cinderella Story, Mrs. Wells, actor.
Cellular, Exotic Car Driver, actor.
Who's Your Daddy?, Ms. Harding, actor.
The Hillside Strangler, Jenny Buono, actor.
The Almost Guys, Repo Boss, actor. - 2003
Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd, Margie, actor.
Stuck on You, Makeup Babe, actor.
Dead End, Laura Harrington, actor.
Barely Legal, Tequlia, actor.
ManFast, Marge, actor. - 2002
Boat Trip, Sonya the Coach, actor.
Contagion, Laura Crowley, actor.
Wish You Were Dead, Jinny Macintosh, actor. - 2001
Say It Isn't So, Nurse Bautista, actor.
Crossing Jordan, Leather Lauren, actor · 1 ep.. - Without Charlie, Actor.
- A Letter from My Father, Elise, actor.
- 2000
Me, Myself & Irene, Mrs. Caleron, actor.
Attention Shoppers, Libby, actor. - 1999
Detroit Rock City, Mrs. Bruce, actor. - 1998
There's Something About Mary, Magda, actor.
Becker, Mrs. Cooper, actor · 1 ep..
Living Out Loud, Lisa's Nurse, actor.
Breakfast with Einstein, Miss Desmond, actor. - 1997
Perversions of Science, Nurse, actor · 1 ep..
Trading Favors, Darla, actor. - 1996
Last Man Standing, The Madame, actor.
Kingpin, Landlady, actor.
Project: ALF, Waitress, actor.
Arli$$, Shurja, actor · 1 ep.. - 1995
Nature of the Beast, Carol Powell, actor.
Sketch Artist II: Hands That See, Bonnie, actor.
Trial by Fire, Phyliis Cardell, actor. - 1994
Dumb and Dumber, Mrs. Neugeboren, actor.
Wes Craven's New Nightmare, Nurse with Pills, actor.
ER, Margaret, actor · 1 ep..
Corrina, Corrina, Repeat Nanny, actor.
My So-Called Life, Parent #2, actor · 1 ep..
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, Rubber Rose Maid, actor.
Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, the Last Chapter, Inmate, actor.
In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance, Foreman #2, actor. - 1993
Frasier, Anne, actor · 1 ep..
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1, Witness, actor.
Amityville: A New Generation, Nurse Turner, actor.
The Temp, Rosemary, actor.
Three of Hearts, Operator, actor.
Brain Smasher... A Love Story, Make up Artist, actor.
The Hidden II, Carol Miller (archive footage), actor. - 1992
Roadside Prophets, Celeste, actor. - 1991
Critters 3, Sal (archive footage), actor. - 1990
Pump Up the Volume, PTA Parent #3, actor.
Book of Love, Mrs. Flynn, actor. - 1989
Life Goes On, Parent #2, actor · 1 ep.. - 1988
Critters 2, Sal, actor.
Lucky Stiff, Bratty Kid's Mom, actor. - 1987
The Running Man, Propaganda Officer, actor.
The Hidden, Carol Miller, actor.
Extreme Prejudice, Employment Office Clerk, actor.
Slam Dance, Librarian, actor.
My Demon Lover, Anemic Counter Girl, actor.
Stillwatch, Actor.
Mistress, Woman Customer, actor. - 1986
Critters, Sally, actor. - 1985
Brewster's Millions, Journalist at Rally, actor.
The Twilight Zone, Kate Simmons (segment "Chameleon"), actor · 1 ep.. - 1984
A Nightmare on Elm Street, Teacher, actor.
Who's the Boss?, Mrs. Padnick, actor · 1 ep..
Highway to Heaven, Lila Barnes, actor · 1 ep..
Why Me?, Actor.
Summer Fantasy, Woman on Beach, actor. - 1982
Alone in the Dark, Receptionist at Haven, actor.
Cagney & Lacey, Secretary, actor · 1 ep..
Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again, Nurse with Telegram, actor. - 1981
Falcon Crest, Smoking Female Prisoner, actor · 1 ep.. - 1980
The Long Riders, Kate, actor. - A Cry for Love, Actor.
- 1979
The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal, Freida, actor.
The Seeding of Sarah Burns, 2nd Nurse, actor. - 1978
Goin' South, Parasol Lady, actor. - 1977
Eight Is Enough, Band Member, actor · 1 ep..
Sex and the Married Woman, Sandra, actor.
A Secret Space, Amy, actor. - 1975
Hester Street, Whore, actor.
Before Memory, Actor.
As herself: 17 appearances
award shows, making-of films, documentaries, talk shows
Filmography: TMDB.
Coming soon with Lin Shaye
8 more with no date
Mascotland, Devoted, The Possession at Gladstone Manor, Dead of Nowhere 3D, Jackson's Hole
Release dates: TMDB. They may change.
Who is Lin Shaye?
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).
Shaye is also well known for her comedic roles in numerous films by the Farrelly brothers, including Dumb and Dumber (1994), Kingpin (1996), There's Something About Mary (1998), Detroit Rock City (1999), Me, Myself & Irene (2000), Stuck on You (2003), and The Three Stooges (2012).
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Biography: TMDB.
At a glance
- Born
- October 12, 1943 (age 83)
- Place of birth
- Detroit, Michigan, USA
Facts: TMDB.
Online
Lin Shaye’s career in numbers
- roles: 169 films and 20 series
- 189
- TV episodes
- 29
- years behind the camera, since 1975
- 51
- top rated: “Insidious: Out of the Further” (TMDB)
- 7.7
Genres of her features
- comedy47%
- horror35%
- thriller29%
- drama27%
- romance15%
Numbers from the TMDB filmography, genres from 169 features. One film can have several genres.
Most often with Lin Shaye
Counted from TMDB casts and crews.
Frequently asked questions about Lin Shaye
How old is Lin Shaye?
83 years old. She was born on October 12, 1943 in Detroit.
What has Lin Shaye been in?
Among others: “Insidious”, “Dumb and Dumber”, and “A Nightmare on Elm Street”.
Sources: TMDB (person data, filmography, photos). As of November 13, 2026. This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB. · Ta strona po polsku











