Lin Shaye

Known for ActingBorn 1943-10-12 (age 82)Detroit, Michigan, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

House of Abraham

A Cry for Love

Dead Talk Live

A Secret Space

Common Side Effects

Pines

The Last Stand of Ellen Cole

Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy

ER

My Name Is Earl

Frasier

The Twilight Zone

Private Practice

My So-Called Life

Frank and Penelope

Mountain Top

My Sister's Keeper

The Seeding of Sarah Burns

1000 Women in Horror

Highway to Heaven

Crossing Jordan

Who's the Boss?

A Nightmare on Elm Street

Becker

The Election

Insidious

The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal

Penny Dreadful: City of Angels

Pump Up the Volume

Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman

Insidious: Chapter 2

Cagney & Lacey

The Almost Guys

The Hidden

Detroit Rock City

Insidious: The Red Door

Arli$$

Living with Chucky

Next Stop Murder

A Cinderella Story

Corrina, Corrina

Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

There's Something About Mary

Me, Myself & Irene

Dumb and Dumber

Take Me Home

Eli Roth's History of Horror

Room for Rent