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