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

The Quarry: Movie Mode

A Cry for Love

House of Abraham

Dead Talk Live

Pines

A Secret Space

Common Side Effects

The Last Stand of Ellen Cole

Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy

ER

My Name Is Earl

My So-Called Life

Frasier

Frank and Penelope

Mountain Top

Private Practice

The Twilight Zone

My Sister's Keeper

Insidious: Out of the Further

The Seeding of Sarah Burns

Highway to Heaven

Who's the Boss?

Becker

Crossing Jordan

A Nightmare on Elm Street

Insidious

The Election

Pure Venom: The Making of Snakes on a Plane

1000 Women in Horror

Penny Dreadful: City of Angels

The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal

Pump Up the Volume

Arli$$

The Almost Guys

Insidious: Chapter 2

Living with Chucky

Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

Cagney & Lacey

Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman

Detroit Rock City

The Hidden

Insidious: The Red Door

Next Stop Murder

Corrina, Corrina

A Cinderella Story

Me, Myself & Irene

There's Something About Mary

Take Me Home