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Lin Shaye
Highest Rated: 100% We Are Gathered Here Today (2022)
Lowest Rated: Not Available
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."
Photos
Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38% | 70% | Insidious: The Red Door | Elise Rainier (Character) | $82.0M | 2023 |
| 88% | 100% | Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story | Self | - | 2022 |
| 100% | No Score Yet | We Are Gathered Here Today | Jean Cole (Character) | - | 2022 |
| 25% | 81% | Frank & Penelope | Ophelia (Character) | - | 2022 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Gnashing | Julia (Voice) | - | 2022 |
| 0% | 19% | Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman | Mrs. Bundy (Character) | - | 2021 |
| 44% | 67% | The Call | Edith Cranston (Character) | $515.2K | 2020 |
| 85% | 61% | Max Reload and the Nether Blasters | Mrs. Wylder (Character) | - | 2020 |
| 13% | No Score Yet | Darkness Falls | Angela Anderson (Character) | - | 2020 |
| No Score Yet | 74% | The Voices | The Vagabond (Character) | - | 2020 |
| No Score Yet | 43% | Dreamkatcher |
Ruth (Character), Executive Producer |
- | 2020 |
| 20% | 23% | The Grudge | Faith Matheson (Character) | $21.2M | 2020 |
| 0% | 45% | Get Gone | Mama (Character) | - | 2019 |
| 83% | 81% | 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 |
| 33% | 50% | Insidious: The Last Key | Elise Rainier (Character) | $67.3M | 2018 |
| No Score Yet | 90% | Los Angeles Overnight | Unknown (Character) | - | 2018 |
| No Score Yet | 60% | Mountain Top | Muriel Miller (Character) | - | 2017 |
| No Score Yet | 95% | All About the Money | Mrs. Womack (Character) | - | 2017 |
| No Score Yet | 13% | The Black Room | Miss Black (Character) | - | 2017 |
| No Score Yet | 72% | Grow House | Mrs. Gilliam (Character) | - | 2017 |
| 80% | 85% | Director's Cut | Captain Wheeler (Character) | - | 2016 |
| 27% | 33% | The Midnight Man | Anna (Character) | - | 2016 |
| 70% | 55% | Buster's Mal Heart | Pauline (Character) | $72.6K | 2016 |
| 35% | 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 | 38% | Grace: The Possession | Unknown (Character) | - | 2014 |
| 61% | 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 |
| 39% | 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 | 59% | 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 | 78% | 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 |
| 36% | 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 |
| 67% | 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 |
| 17% | 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% | 60% | Dead End | Laura Harrington (Character) | - | 2003 |
| 10% | 23% | Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd | Margie (Character) | $26.1M | 2003 |
| 7% | 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 |
| 50% | 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 | 57% | Sketch Artist II: Hands That See | Bonnie (Character) | - | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | 28% | 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 |
| 50% | 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 | 81% | 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 | 97% | Becker | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1998 |
| 95% | 94% | Frasier | Anne (Guest Star) | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 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 |