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Lin Shaye

Highest Rated: 100% We Are Gathered Here Today (2022)

Lowest Rated: 0% Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman (2021)

Birthday: Oct 12, 1943

Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan, USA

Lin Shaye made her feature debut in Jack Nicholson's "Goin' South" (1978) soon after arriving in Los Angles. A favorite of Walter Hill, having worked in four of his films (as of 1999), she also acted in eight pictures produced by her older brother Robert Shaye before the Farrelly brothers rescued her from anonymity, giving her the first of her memorably unpleasant characters, an irate, upper-class dog owner in "Dumb and Dumber" (1994). As she told Stephen Schaefer in the BOSTON HERALD (August 11, 1999), "I come out to the set and Pete [Farrelly] says--and remember, this is their first movie too--'She screams when they open the door.' I said, 'What if instead of screaming, I had them do my hair like a poodle? And since people are like their dogs, if she goes'--and I did a little poodle cry."

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Highest rated movies

100% 60% We Are Gathered Here Today Watchlist 88% 100% Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story Watchlist
86% 63% Roadside Prophets
Watchlist 84% 61% There's Something About Mary Watchlist 83% 60% Max Reload and the Nether Blasters Watchlist
83% 80% Room for Rent
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81% 73% The Long Riders
Watchlist 80% 86% Director's Cut Watchlist
80% 79% Texas Heart
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78% 45% Big Ass Spider!
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Lin Shaye

Lin Shaye Lin Shaye INSIDIOUS: CHAPTER 2, Lin Shaye, 2013, ph: Matt Kennedy/©FilmDistrict INSIDIOUS: THE LAST KEY, (AKA INSIDIOUS: CHAPTER 4), L-R: WRITER/PRODUCER/ACTOR LEIGH WHANNELL, DIRECTOR ADAM ROBITEL, LIN SHAYE ON SET, 2018. PH: JUSTIN LUBIN/©UNIVERSAL Lin Shaye in Screen Gems' THE GRUDGE. DETROIT ROCK CITY, Lin Shaye, 1999, (c)New Line Cinema THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY, Lin Shaye, 1998. TM and Copyright © 20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved. KINGPIN, Lin Shaye, 1996 INSIDIOUS: THE LAST KEY, (AKA INSIDIOUS: CHAPTER 4), L-R: LIN SHAYE, TESSA FERRER, 2018. PH: JUSTIN LUBIN/©UNIVERSAL INSIDIOUS: THE LAST KEY, (AKA INSIDIOUS: CHAPTER 4), L-R: LIN SHAYE, SPENCER LOCKE (ON GROUND), BRUCE DAVIDSON, LEIGH WHANNELL, ANGUS SAMPSON, 2018. PH: JUSTIN LUBIN/©UNIVERSAL View more photos

Filmography

Movies

Credit
40% 69% Insidious: The Red Door Elise Rainier (Character) $82.0M 2023
88% 100% Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story Self - 2022
100% 60% We Are Gathered Here Today Jean Cole (Character) - 2022
29% 81% Frank & Penelope Ophelia (Character) - 2022
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Gnashing Julia (Voice) - 2022
0% 18% Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman Mrs. Bundy (Character) - 2021
46% 66% The Call Edith Cranston (Character) $515.2K 2020
83% 60% Max Reload and the Nether Blasters Mrs. Wylder (Character) - 2020
13% 20% Darkness Falls Angela Anderson (Character) - 2020
No Score Yet 74% The Voices The Vagabond (Character) - 2020
No Score Yet 42% Dreamkatcher Ruth (Character),
Executive Producer 		- 2020
20% 23% The Grudge Faith Matheson (Character) $21.2M 2020
0% 45% Get Gone Mama (Character) - 2019
83% 80% Room for Rent Joyce (Character) - 2019
No Score Yet 43% Gothic Harvest Griselda (Character) - 2018
67% 23% The Final Wish Kate Hammond (Character) - 2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet Los Angeles Overnight Cousins (Character) - 2018
34% 49% Insidious: The Last Key Elise Rainier (Character) $67.3M 2018
No Score Yet 90% Los Angeles Overnight Unknown (Character) - 2018
No Score Yet 75% Mountain Top Muriel Miller (Character) - 2017
No Score Yet 96% All About the Money Mrs. Womack (Character) - 2017
No Score Yet 13% The Black Room Miss Black (Character) - 2017
No Score Yet 73% Grow House Mrs. Gilliam (Character) - 2017
80% 86% Director's Cut Captain Wheeler (Character) - 2016
27% 33% The Midnight Man Anna (Character) - 2016
69% 55% Buster's Mal Heart Pauline (Character) $72.6K 2016
37% 27% Abattoir Allie (Character) - 2016
31% 34% Jack Goes Home Teresa (Character) - 2016
80% 79% Texas Heart Mrs. Smith (Character) - 2016
No Score Yet 29% Don Quixote: The Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha The Grand Lady (Character) - 2015
No Score Yet 45% Helen Keller vs. Nightwolves Helen Keller (Character) - 2015
77% 43% Tales of Halloween Unknown (Character) - 2015
56% 51% Insidious: Chapter 3 Elise Rainier (Character) $52.2M 2015
No Score Yet 17% Lost Time Mysterious Woman (Character) - 2014
6% 24% Ouija Paulina Morris (Character) $50.8M 2014
No Score Yet 33% Grace: The Possession Unknown (Character) - 2014
60% 39% The Signal Mirabelle (Character) $597.4K 2014
No Score Yet 15% Grace Unknown (Character) - 2014
No Score Yet 29% All American Christmas Carol Barbara Belnap (Character) - 2013
78% 45% Big Ass Spider! Mrs. Jefferson (Character) - 2013
38% 57% Insidious: Chapter 2 Elise Rainier (Character) $83.6M 2013
No Score Yet 43% Noobz Mrs. Theodore (Character) - 2013
No Score Yet 38% Matchmaker Santa Debbie (Character) - 2012
No Score Yet 50% 3 Days of Normal May (Character) - 2012
No Score Yet 44% Crazy Kind of Love Denise Mack (Character) - 2012
No Score Yet 58% FDR: American Badass! Eleanor Roosevelt (Character) - 2012
33% 44% Chillerama Nurse Maleva (Character) - 2011
No Score Yet No Score Yet Jackie Goldberg Private Dick Violet (Character) - 2011
No Score Yet 79% Sedona Claire (Character) - 2011
No Score Yet 21% Rosewood Lane Mrs. Hawthorne (Character) - 2011
No Score Yet 67% Take Me Home Jill (Character) $15.0K 2011
7% 55% Losing Control Dolores (Character) - 2011
37% 41% A Good Old Fashioned Orgy Dody Henderson (Character) $154.6K 2011
No Score Yet No Score Yet Black Velvet Pool Lady (Character) - 2011
No Score Yet No Score Yet I Was a Teenage Werebear Nurse Maleva (Character) - 2011
No Score Yet No Score Yet Next Stop Murder Detective Reeson (Character) - 2010
No Score Yet 9% 2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams Granny Boone (Character) - 2010
No Score Yet No Score Yet Killer by Nature Leona (Character) - 2010
66% 62% Insidious Elise Rainier (Character) $54.0M 2010
No Score Yet 33% Black Limousine Mrs. Harris (Character) - 2010
No Score Yet 25% Small Town Saturday Night Phyllis Ryan (Character) - 2010
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Accidental Death of Joey by Sue Mrs. Rawlings (Character) - 2010
No Score Yet No Score Yet Farewell Mr. Kringle Zelda (Character) - 2010
No Score Yet 9% The Penthouse Frances Roc (Character) - 2009
No Score Yet 11% Wolf Moon Sunny (Character) - 2009
No Score Yet 51% American Cowslip Lou Anne (Character) - 2009
No Score Yet 97% Stuntmen Bumble Jackson (Character) - 2009
No Score Yet No Score Yet Chronic Town Nurse (Character) - 2008
No Score Yet 47% Kush Susan (Character) - 2007
No Score Yet No Score Yet Unbeatable Harold Jeannie (Character) - 2006
No Score Yet 40% Driftwood Nancy Forrester (Character) - 2006
No Score Yet 18% Surf School Larry's Mom (Character) - 2006
69% 49% Snakes on a Plane Grace (Character) $34.0M 2006
No Score Yet No Score Yet Down the P.C.H. Wendy O'Hara (Character) - 2006
No Score Yet 27% Sledge: The Untold Story Samantha Jones (Character) - 2005
No Score Yet 32% Hoboken Hollow Mrs. Brodrick (Character) - 2005
6% 61% Hate Crime Kathleen Slansky (Character) $40.8K 2005
No Score Yet 35% Bachelor Party Vegas Cassandra (Character) - 2005
No Score Yet 48% 2001 Maniacs Granny Boone (Character) - 2005
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Almost Guys Repo Boss (Character) - 2004
No Score Yet 23% Drop Dead Sexy Ma Muzzy (Character) - 2004
9% 32% The Hillside Strangler Jenny Buono (Character) - 2004
11% 53% A Cinderella Story Mrs. Wells (Character) $51.4M 2004
No Score Yet 39% Who's Your Daddy? Ms. Harding (Character) - 2003
78% 59% Dead End Laura Harrington (Character) - 2003
10% 23% Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd Margie (Character) $26.1M 2003
6% 36% Boat Trip Sonja (Character) $8.6M 2003
No Score Yet 47% Man of the Year Flora (Character) - 2002
No Score Yet 39% Contagion Laura Crowley (Character) - 2001
No Score Yet 55% Wish You Were Dead Jinny Macintosh (Character) - 2000
48% 57% Me, Myself & Irene Mrs. Caleron (scenes deleted) (Character) $90.6M 2000
51% 82% Detroit Rock City Mrs. Bruce (Character) $4.2M 1999
84% 61% There's Something About Mary Magda (Character) $176.5M 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet Breakfast With Einstein Unknown (Character) - 1998
49% 69% Kingpin Roy's Landlady (Character) $25.0M 1996
No Score Yet 56% Sketch Artist II: Hands That See Bonnie (Character) - 1995
No Score Yet 27% Amityville: A New Generation Nurse Turner (Character) - 1993
21% 50% National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 Witness (Character) $28.0M 1993
No Score Yet No Score Yet Torch Song Teamster (Character) - 1993
86% 63% Roadside Prophets Celeste (Character) $141.7K 1992
52% 45% Critters Sally (Character) $11.3M 1986
81% 73% The Long Riders Kate (Character) - 1980
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal Freida (Character) - 1979

TV

Credit
58% 77% American Gothic Unknown (Guest Star) 2016
No Score Yet 80% Private Practice Unknown (Guest Star) 2013
68% No Score Yet Dirty Sexy Money Leslie Donovan (Guest Star) 2007
82% 88% My Name Is Earl Paul's Mom (Guest Star) 2006
No Score Yet 96% Becker Unknown (Guest Star) 1998
95% 95% Frasier Anne (Guest Star) 1996
No Score Yet 64% Highway to Heaven Lila Barnes (Guest Star) 1988
No Score Yet No Score Yet Who's the Boss? Unknown (Guest Star) 1987
No Score Yet No Score Yet Eight Is Enough Unknown (Guest Star) 1977