Lin Shaye

Actor

Born: October 12, 1943 (age 82)
From: 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:…

Filmography (189)

Insidious: Out of the Further (2026)
Elise Rainier
Scared to Death (2026)
Max
1000 Women in Horror (2025)
Self
House of Abraham (2025)
The Last Stand of Ellen Cole (2024)
Ellen
Insidious: The Red Door (2023)
Elise Rainier
Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story (2022)
Self
Remote (2022)
Kane
We Are Gathered Here Today (2022)
Jean Cole
Living with Chucky (2022)
Self
The Quarry: Movie Mode (2022)
Constance Hackett
Frank and Penelope (2022)
Ophelia
Pines (2022)
Julie (voice)
Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman (2021)
Mrs. Bundy
The Call (2020)
Edith Cranston
The Horror Crowd (2020)
Self
Max Reload and the Nether Blasters (2020)
Mrs. Wylder
The Voices (2020)
The Vagabond
Dreamkatcher (2020)
Ruth
Darkness Falls (2020)
Angela Anderson
The Grudge (2019)
Faith Matheson
Gothic Harvest (2019)
Griselda
Ambition (2019)
Lady Bum
Get Gone (2019)
Mama
Room for Rent (2019)
Joyce
The Final Wish (2019)
Kate Hammond
Herbert West: Reanimator (2018)
Meredith
The Main Course: The Making of Critters 2 (2018)
Self
They Bite!: The Making of Critters (2018)
Self
Los Angeles Overnight (2018)
Cousins