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Lin Shaye
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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), Th…
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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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Lin Shaye, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Lin Shaye's Filmography
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Insidious: Out of the Further
as Elise Rainier
Scared to Death
as Max
1000 Women in Horror
as Self
House of Abraham
The Last Stand of Ellen Cole
as Ellen
Insidious: The Red Door
as Elise Rainier
Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story
as Self
Remote
as Kane
We Are Gathered Here Today
as Jean Cole
Living with Chucky
as Self
The Quarry: Movie Mode
as Constance Hackett
Frank and Penelope
as Ophelia
Pines
as Julie (voice)
Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman
as Mrs. Bundy
The Call
as Edith Cranston
The Horror Crowd
as Self
Max Reload and the Nether Blasters
as Mrs. Wylder
The Voices
as The Vagabond
Dreamkatcher
as Ruth
Darkness Falls
as Angela Anderson
The Grudge
as Faith Matheson
Gothic Harvest
as Griselda
Ambition
as Lady Bum
Get Gone
as Mama
Room for Rent
as Joyce
The Final Wish
as Kate Hammond
Herbert West: Reanimator
as Meredith
The Main Course: The Making of Critters 2
as Self
They Bite!: The Making of Critters
as Self
Los Angeles Overnight
as Cousins
Insidious: The Last Key
as Elise Rainier
All About the Money
as Mrs. Womack
Buster's Mal Heart
as Pauline
The Black Room
as Miss Black
Grow House
as Mrs. Gilliam
Mountain Top
as Muriel Miller
Abattoir
as Allie
Ouija: Origin of Evil
as Old Paulina Zander
The Midnight Man
as Anna
Director's Cut
as Captain Wheeler
Texas Heart
as Mrs. Smith
Jack Goes Home
as Teresa
Tales of Halloween
as Lynn's Mother
Helen Keller vs. Nightwolves
as Helen Keller
Insidious: Chapter 3
as Elise Rainier
Don Quixote: The Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha
as The Grand Lady
Grace
as Helen
Ouija
as Paulina Zander
Lost Time
as Mysterious Woman
The Signal
as Mirabelle
All American Christmas Carol
as Barbara Belnap
Big Ass Spider!
as Mrs. Jefferson
Insidious: Chapter 2
as Elise Rainier
Crazy Kind of Love
as Denise Mack
Noobz
as Mrs. Theodore
Life's an Itch
as Gloria
Matchmaker Santa
as Debbie
FDR: American Badass!
as Eleanor Roosevelt
3 Days of Normal
as May
Jewtopia
as Dr. Sutton
The Three Stooges
as Nurse Crotchet
Waffle Hut
as Jerrie Wolf
Rosewood Lane
as Mrs. Hawthorne
Chillerama
as Baglady / Nurse Maleva
A Good Old Fashioned Orgy
as Dody
I Was a Teenage Werebear
Insidious
as Elise Rainier
Take Me Home
as Jill
Sedona
as Claire
Goldberg - P.I.
as Violet
Farewell Mr. Kringle
as Zelda
The Land of the Astronauts
Next Stop Murder
as Detective Reeson
The Accidental Death of Joey by Sue
as Mrs. Rawlings
Small Town Saturday Night
as Phyllis Ryan
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
as Self
No Poster
Pickin' and Grinnin'
as Bonnie Johnson
2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams
as Granny Boone
The Penthouse
as Frances
Killer by Nature
as Leona
VideoDome Rent-O-Rama
as The Lush
Dark Moon Rising
as Sunny
Stuntmen
as Bumble Jackson
American Cowslip
as Lou Anne
My Sister's Keeper
as Nurse Adele
Doggie Heaven
as Woman
Starz Inside: In the Gutter
as Self
Chronic Town
as Nurse
Asylum
as String's Mother
Killer Pad
as Marge
Chasing Robert
as Martha the Bookie
The Election
as The Wife
Homo Erectus
as Museum Guide
Pledge This!
as Miss Prin
Snakes on a Plane: Meet the Reptiles
as Self
Snakes on a Set: Behind the Scenes
as Self
The Snake Pit: On the Set of 'Snakes on a Plane'
as Self
Driftwood
as Nancy Forrester
Surf School
as Larry's Mom
Down the P.C.H.
as Wendy O'Hara
Snakes on a Plane
as Grace
Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror
as Clara
Bachelor Party Vegas
as Cassandra
Hoboken Hollow
as Mrs. Brodrick
Pure Venom: The Making of Snakes on a Plane
as Self
Unbeatable Harold
as Jeannie
2001 Maniacs
as Granny Boone
Drop Dead Sexy
as Ma Muzzy
Confessions of an Action Star
as Samantha Jones
Hate Crime
as Kathleen Slansky
Born Killers
as Willow
The Hillside Strangler
as Jenny Buono
Cellular
as Exotic Car Driver
A Cinderella Story
as Mrs. Wells
The Almost Guys
as Repo Boss
Who's Your Daddy?
as Ms. Harding
Dead End
as Laura Harrington
Stuck on You
as Makeup Babe
Barely Legal
as Tequlia
Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd
as Margie
ManFast
as Marge
Boat Trip
as Sonya the Coach
Wish You Were Dead
as Jinny Macintosh
Contagion
as Laura Crowley
No Poster
A Letter from My Father
as Elise
Say It Isn't So
as Nurse Bautista
No Poster
Without Charlie
Attention Shoppers
as Libby
Me, Myself & Irene
as Mrs. Caleron
Detroit Rock City
as Mrs. Bruce
Living Out Loud
as Lisa's Nurse
There's Something About Mary
as Magda
Breakfast with Einstein
as Miss Desmond
Trading Favors
as Darla
Last Man Standing
as The Madame
Kingpin
as Landlady
Project: ALF
as Waitress
Nature of the Beast
as Carol Powell
Trial by Fire
as Phyliis Cardell
Sketch Artist II: Hands That See
as Bonnie
Dumb and Dumber
as Mrs. Neugeboren
Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, the Last Chapter
as Inmate
Wes Craven's New Nightmare
as Nurse with Pills
Corrina, Corrina
as Repeat Nanny
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
as Rubber Rose Maid
In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance
as Foreman #2
Brain Smasher... A Love Story
as Make up Artist
The Hidden II
as Carol Miller (archive footage)
Amityville: A New Generation
as Nurse Turner
Three of Hearts
as Operator
The Temp
as Rosemary
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
as Witness
Roadside Prophets
as Celeste
Critters 3
as Sal (archive footage)
Pump Up the Volume
as PTA Parent #3
Book of Love
as Mrs. Flynn
Lucky Stiff
as Bratty Kid's Mom
Critters 2
as Sal
The Running Man
as Propaganda Officer
The Hidden
as Carol Miller
Mistress
as Woman Customer
Slam Dance
as Librarian
Extreme Prejudice
as Employment Office Clerk
My Demon Lover
as Anemic Counter Girl
Stillwatch
Critters
as Sally
Brewster's Millions
as Journalist at Rally
A Nightmare on Elm Street
as Teacher
Summer Fantasy
as Woman on Beach
Why Me?
Alone in the Dark
as Receptionist at Haven
Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again
as Nurse with Telegram
No Poster
A Cry for Love
The Long Riders
as Kate
The Seeding of Sarah Burns
as 2nd Nurse
The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal
as Freida
Goin' South
as Parasol Lady
A Secret Space
as Amy
Sex and the Married Woman
as Sandra
Hester Street
as Whore
Mascotland
Before Memory
No Poster
Dead of Nowhere 3D
as Meemaw
The Old World
as The Aunt (voice)
Jackson's Hole
as Netter
No Poster
The Possession at Gladstone Manor
as Nurse
No Poster
Devoted
as Aunt Dottie
No Poster
The Bench
No Poster
Carrier
as Joan Pierson