Lin Shaye (born October 12, 1943) is an American actress. She is best known for her work in horror franchises, including Nightmare on Elm Street, Ouija, and Insidious. Shaye 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.
Grace
Snakes on a Plane
Teacher
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Magda
There's Something About Mary
Sal
Critters 2
Larry's Mom
Surf School
Sally
Critters
Granny Boone
2001 Maniacs
Nurse Bautista
Say It Isn't So
Landlady
Kingpin
Laura Harrington
Dead End
Nurse with Pills
New Nightmare
Nurse Turner
Amityville: A New Generation
Kathleen Slansky
Hate Crime
Larry's mom
Surf School
Carol Miller
The Hidden
Mrs. Bruce
Detroit Rock City
The Madame
Last Man Standing
Rubber Rose Maid
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
Ms. Harding
Who's Your Daddy?
Granny Boone
2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams
Ophelia
Frank and Penelope
Darla
Trading Favors
Leona
Killer by Nature
Clara
Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror
Mrs. Brodrick
Hoboken Hollow
Rosemary
The Temp
Elise Rainier
Insidious
The Aunt (voice)
The Old World
Julie (voice)
Pines
Detective Reeson
Next Stop Murder
Laura Crowley
Contagion
Elise Rainier
Insidious: Chapter 2
Jill
Take Me Home
Joan Pierson
Carrier
Eleanor Roosevelt
FDR: American Badass!
The Wife
The Election
Operator
Three of Hearts
Zelda
Farewell Mr. Kringle
Martha the Bookie
Chasing Robert
Claire
Sedona
Denise Mack
Crazy Kind of Love
Mrs. Jefferson
Big Ass Spider!
Woman
Doggie Heaven
May
3 Days of Normal
Barbara Belnap
All American Christmas Carol
Elise Rainier
Insidious: The Red Door
Elise
A Letter from My Father
2nd Nurse
The Seeding of Sarah Burns
Wendy O'Hara
Down the P.C.H.
Mirabelle
The Signal
Jean Cole
We Are Gathered Here Today
Self
Living with Chucky
Without Charlie
Baglady / Nurse Maleva
Chillerama
Ma Muzzy
Drop Dead Sexy
Woman on Beach
Summer Fantasy
I Was a Teenage Werebear
Gloria
Life's an Itch
Mrs. Hawthorne
Rosewood Lane
Parasol Lady
Goin' South
Repo Boss
The Almost Guys
Cassandra
Bachelor Party Vegas
Self
The Main Course: The Making of Critters 2
Mysterious Woman
Lost Time
Helen
Grace
Mrs. Theodore
Noobz
Mrs. Gilliam
Grow House
Freida
The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal
Museum Guide
Homo Erectus
Journalist at Rally
Brewster's Millions
Elise Rainier
Insidious: Chapter 3
Kane
Remote
Bonnie Johnson
Pickin' and Grinnin'
Paulina Zander
Ouija
Helen Keller
Helen Keller vs. Nightwolves
Lynn's Mother
Tales of Halloween
A Cry for Love
Inmate
Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, the Last Chapter
Captain Wheeler
Director's Cut
Celeste
Roadside Prophets
Dody
A Good Old Fashioned Orgy
Frances
The Penthouse
Jeannie
Unbeatable Harold
Sonya the Coach
Boat Trip
Teresa
Jack Goes Home
Nurse
The Possession at Gladstone Manor
Whore
Hester Street
Pauline
Buster's Mal Heart
Max
Scared to Death
Allie
Abattoir
Miss Desmond
Breakfast with Einstein
Mrs. Smith
Texas Heart
Élise Rainier
Insidious: The Last Key
Margie
Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd
Bumble Jackson
Stuntmen
Libby
Attention Shoppers
Stillwatch
Old Paulina Zander
Ouija: Origin of Evil
Bratty Kid's Mom
Lucky Stiff
Nurse with Telegram
Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again
Anemic Counter Girl
My Demon Lover
Carol Powell
Nature of the Beast
Miss Prin
Pledge This!
Marge
Killer Pad
Jenny Buono
The Hillside Strangler
Nancy Forrester
Driftwood
String's Mother
Asylum
Sunny
Dark Moon Rising
Miss Black
The Black Room
Mrs. Wells
A Cinderella Story
Phyllis Ryan
Small Town Saturday Night
Librarian
Slam Dance
The Grand Lady
Don Quixote: The Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha
Bonnie
Sketch Artist II: Hands That See
Mrs. Womack
All About the Money
Witness
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
Mrs. Neugeboren
Dumb and Dumber
Jinny Macintosh
Wish You Were Dead
Anna
The Midnight Man
Nurse
Chronic Town
Nurse Crotchet
The Three Stooges
Faith Matheson
The Grudge
Waitress
Project: ALF
Meredith
Herbert West: Reanimator
Muriel Miller
Mountain Top
Angela Anderson
Darkness Falls
Kate Hammond
The Final Wish
Foreman #2
In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance
Makeup Babe
Stuck on You
Nurse Adele
My Sister's Keeper
Kate
The Long Riders
Repeat Nanny
Corrina, Corrina
Exotic Car Driver
Cellular
Dr. Sutton
Jewtopia
Violet
Goldberg - P.I.
Joyce
Room for Rent
Self
They Bite!: The Making of Critters
Self
Starz Inside: In the Gutter
Griselda
Gothic Harvest
Jerrie Wolf
Waffle Hut
Cousins
Los Angeles Overnight
Mama
Get Gone
Ruth
Dreamkatcher
The Vagabond
The Voices
Samantha Jones
Confessions of an Action Star
Mrs. Caleron
Me, Myself & Irene
Lou Anne
American Cowslip
Phyliis Cardell
Trial by Fire
Debbie
Matchmaker Santa
Propaganda Officer
The Running Man
Mrs. Wylder
Max Reload and the Nether Blasters
Receptionist at Haven
Alone in the Dark
The Land of the Astronauts
Meemaw
Dead of Nowhere 3D
Herself
The Horror Crowd
Before Memory
Edith Cranston
The Call
Lisa's Nurse
Living Out Loud
Lady Bum
Ambition
Willow
Piggy Banks
Self
Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story
PTA Parent #3
Pump Up the Volume
Employment Office Clerk
Extreme Prejudice
The Lush
VideoDome Rent-O-Rama
Make up Artist
Brain Smasher... A Love Story
Mrs. Bundy
Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman
Self
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
Sandra
Sex and the Married Woman
Amy
A Secret Space
Why Me?
Woman Customer
Mistress
Mrs. Flynn
Book of Love
Tequlia
Barely Legal
Sal (archive footage)
Critters 3
Ellen
The Last Stand of Ellen Cole
Marge
ManFast
Aunt Dottie
Devoted
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
177
Gender
Female
Birthday
1943-10-12
Place of Birth
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Also Known As
Linda "Lin" Shaye