Lin Shaye

80, from Detroit, Michigan, USA

Artwork for There's Something About MaryImage of Lin Shaye

Biography

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.

Timeline

2023Aged 80

  • Poster for Insidious: The Red Door

    Elise Rainier

2022Aged 79

  • Poster for Pines

    Julie (voice)

  • Poster for Frank and Penelope

    Ophelia

  • Poster for Living with Chucky

    Self

  • Poster for We Are Gathered Here Today

    Jean Cole

  • Poster for Remote

    Kane

  • Poster for Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

    Self

2021Aged 78

  • Poster for Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman

    Mrs. Bundy

2020Aged 77

  • Poster for Darkness Falls

    Angela Anderson

  • Poster for Dreamkatcher

    Ruth

  • Poster for The Voices

    The Vagabond

  • Poster for Max Reload and the Nether Blasters

    Mrs. Wylder

  • Poster for The Horror Crowd

    Herself

  • Poster for The Call

    Edith Cranston

2019Aged 76

  • Poster for The Final Wish

    Kate Hammond

  • Poster for Room for Rent

    Joyce

  • Poster for Get Gone

    Mama

  • Poster for Ambition

    Lady Bum

  • Poster for Gothic Harvest

    Griselda

  • Poster for The Grudge

    Faith Matheson

2018Aged 75

  • Poster for Insidious: The Last Key

    Élise Rainier

  • Poster for Los Angeles Overnight

    Cousins

  • Poster for They Bite!: The Making of Critters

    Self

  • Poster for The Main Course: The Making of Critters 2

    Self

  • Poster for Herbert West: Reanimator

    Meredith

2017Aged 74

  • Poster for Mountain Top

    Muriel Miller

  • Poster for Grow House

    Mrs. Gilliam

  • Poster for The Black Room

    Miss Black

  • Poster for Buster's Mal Heart

    Pauline

  • Poster for All About the Money

    Mrs. Womack

2016Aged 73

  • Poster for Jack Goes Home

    Teresa

  • Poster for Texas Heart

    Mrs. Smith

  • Poster for Director's Cut

    Captain Wheeler

  • Poster for The Midnight Man

    Anna

  • Poster for Ouija: Origin of Evil

    Old Paulina Zander

  • Poster for Abattoir

    Allie

2015Aged 72

  • Poster for Don Quixote: The Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha

    The Grand Lady

  • Poster for Insidious: Chapter 3

    Elise Rainier

  • Poster for Helen Keller vs. Nightwolves

    Helen Keller

  • Poster for Tales of Halloween

    Lynn's Mother

2014Aged 71

  • Poster for The Signal

    Mirabelle

  • Poster for Lost Time

    Mysterious Woman

  • Poster for Ouija

    Paulina Zander

  • Poster for Grace

    Helen

2013Aged 70

  • Poster for Noobz

    Mrs. Theodore

  • Poster for Crazy Kind of Love

    Denise Mack

  • Poster for Insidious: Chapter 2

    Elise Rainier

  • Poster for Big Ass Spider!

    Mrs. Jefferson

  • Poster for All American Christmas Carol

    Barbara Belnap

2012Aged 69

  • Poster for Waffle Hut

    Jerrie Wolf

  • Poster for The Three Stooges

    Nurse Crotchet

  • Poster for Jewtopia

    Dr. Sutton

  • Poster for 3 Days of Normal

    May

  • Poster for FDR: American Badass!

    Eleanor Roosevelt

  • Poster for Matchmaker Santa

    Debbie

  • Poster for Life's an Itch

    Gloria

2011Aged 68

  • Poster for Goldberg - P.I.

    Violet

  • Poster for Sedona

    Claire

  • Poster for Take Me Home

    Jill

  • Poster for Insidious

    Elise Rainier

  • Poster for I Was a Teenage Werebear

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for A Good Old Fashioned Orgy

    Dody

  • Poster for Chillerama

    Baglady / Nurse Maleva

  • Poster for Rosewood Lane

    Mrs. Hawthorne

2010Aged 67

  • Poster for VideoDome Rent-O-Rama

    The Lush

  • Poster for Killer by Nature

    Leona

  • Poster for The Penthouse

    Frances

  • Pickin' and Grinnin'

    Bonnie Johnson

  • Poster for Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy

    Self

  • Poster for Small Town Saturday Night

    Phyllis Ryan

  • Poster for 2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams

    Granny Boone

  • Poster for Next Stop Murder

    Detective Reeson

  • Poster for Black Limousine

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Farewell Mr. Kringle

    Zelda

2009Aged 66

  • Poster for My Sister's Keeper

    Nurse Adele

  • Poster for American Cowslip

    Lou Anne

  • Poster for Stuntmen

    Bumble Jackson

  • Poster for Dark Moon Rising

    Sunny

2008Aged 65

2007Aged 64

  • Poster for Homo Erectus

    Museum Guide

  • Poster for The Election

    The Wife

  • Poster for Chasing Robert

    Martha the Bookie

2006Aged 63

2005Aged 62

  • Poster for Born Killers

    Willow

  • Poster for Hate Crime

    Kathleen Slansky

  • Poster for Confessions of an Action Star

    Samantha Jones

  • Poster for Drop Dead Sexy

    Ma Muzzy

  • Poster for 2001 Maniacs

    Granny Boone

2004Aged 61

  • Poster for Who's Your Daddy?

    Ms. Harding

  • Poster for The Almost Guys

    Repo Boss

  • Poster for A Cinderella Story

    Mrs. Wells

  • Poster for Cellular

    Exotic Car Driver

  • Poster for The Hillside Strangler

    Jenny Buono

2003Aged 60

  • Poster for Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd

    Margie

  • Poster for Barely Legal

    Tequila

  • Poster for Stuck on You

    Makeup Babe

  • Poster for Dead End

    Laura Harrington

2002Aged 59

  • Poster for Contagion

    Laura Crowley

  • Poster for Wish You Were Dead

    Jinny Macintosh

  • Poster for Boat Trip

    Sonya the Coach

2001Aged 58

2000Aged 57

  • Poster for Me, Myself & Irene

    Mrs. Caleron

  • Poster for Attention Shoppers

    Libby

1999Aged 56

  • Poster for Detroit Rock City

    Mrs. Bruce

1998Aged 55

  • Poster for Breakfast with Einstein

    Miss Desmond

  • Poster for There's Something About Mary

    Magda

  • Poster for Living Out Loud

    Lisa's Nurse

1997Aged 54

  • Poster for Trading Favors

    Darla

1996Aged 53

  • Poster for Project: ALF

    Waitress

  • Poster for Kingpin

    Landlady

  • Poster for Last Man Standing

    The Madame

1995Aged 52

  • Poster for Sketch Artist II: Hands That See

    Bonnie

  • Poster for Trial by Fire

    Phyliis Cardell

  • Poster for Nature of the Beast

    Carol Powell

1994Aged 51

  • Poster for In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance

    Foreman #2

  • Poster for Even Cowgirls Get the Blues

    Rubber Rose Maid

  • Poster for Corrina, Corrina

    Repeat Nanny

  • Poster for New Nightmare

    Nurse with Pills

  • Poster for Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, the Last Chapter

    Inmate

  • Poster for Dumb and Dumber

    Mrs. Neugeboren

1993Aged 50

  • Poster for National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1

    Witness

  • Poster for The Temp

    Rosemary

  • Poster for Three of Hearts

    Operator

  • Poster for Amityville: A New Generation

    Nurse Turner

  • Poster for Brain Smasher... A Love Story

    Make up Artist

1992Aged 49

  • Poster for Roadside Prophets

    Celeste

1990Aged 47

  • Poster for Pump Up the Volume

    PTA Parent 3

1988Aged 45

  • Poster for Critters 2

    Sally

  • Poster for Lucky Stiff

    Bratty Kid's Mom

1987Aged 44

  • Poster for Stillwatch

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for My Demon Lover

    Anemic Counter Girl

  • Poster for Extreme Prejudice

    Employment Office Clerk

  • Poster for Slam Dance

    Librarian

  • Poster for The Hidden

    Carol Miller

  • Poster for The Running Man

    Propaganda Officer

1986Aged 43

  • Poster for Critters

    Sally

1985Aged 42

  • Poster for Brewster's Millions

    Journalist at Rally

1984Aged 41

  • Poster for Summer Fantasy

    Woman on Beach

  • Poster for A Nightmare on Elm Street

    Teacher

1982Aged 39

  • Poster for Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again

    Nurse with Telegram

  • Poster for Alone in the Dark

    Receptionist at Haven

1980Aged 37

1979Aged 36

  • Poster for The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal

    Freida

  • Poster for The Seeding of Sarah Burns

    2nd Nurse

1978Aged 35

  • Poster for Goin' South

    Parasol Lady

1975Aged 32

  • Poster for Hester Street

    Whore

Year unknown