Insidious: Out of the Further2026
As Elise Rainier
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Lin Shaye
Born
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.
Filmography (189)
Insidious2011
As Elise Rainier
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Insidious: The Red Door2023
As Elise Rainier
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Insidious: Chapter 32015
As Elise Rainier
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Insidious: The Last Key2018
As Elise Rainier
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Insidious: Chapter 22013
As Elise Rainier
TMDb 6.7 / 10
A Nightmare on Elm Street1984
As Teacher
TMDb 7.4 / 10
Dumb and Dumber1994
As Mrs. Neugeboren
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Me, Myself & Irene2000
As Mrs. Caleron
TMDb 6.6 / 10
The Last Stand of Ellen Cole2024
As Ellen
TMDb 8.3 / 10
A Cinderella Story2004
As Mrs. Wells
TMDb 6.6 / 10
The Running Man1987
As Propaganda Officer
TMDb 6.5 / 10
There's Something About Mary1998
As Magda
TMDb 6.6 / 10
The Grudge2019
As Faith Matheson
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Cellular2004
As Exotic Car Driver
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Wes Craven's New Nightmare1994
As Nurse with Pills
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Signal2014
As Mirabelle
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Hidden1987
As Carol Miller
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Critters1986
As Sally
TMDb 6.5 / 10
My Sister's Keeper2009
As Nurse Adele
TMDb 7.4 / 10
Last Man Standing1996
As The Madame
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Ouija2014
As Paulina Zander
TMDb 5.1 / 10
Snakes on a Plane2006
As Grace
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Brewster's Millions1985
As Journalist at Rally
TMDb 6.6 / 10
The Three Stooges2012
As Nurse Crotchet
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Barely Legal2003
As Tequlia
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Kingpin1996
As Landlady
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Critters 31991
As Sal (archive footage)
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd2003
As Margie
TMDb 4.2 / 10
Dead End2003
As Laura Harrington
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Ouija: Origin of Evil2016
As Old Paulina Zander
TMDb 6.2 / 10
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 11993
As Witness
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Boat Trip2002
As Sonya the Coach
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Frank and Penelope2022
As Ophelia
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Critters 21988
As Sal
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Stuck on You2003
As Makeup Babe
TMDb 5.4 / 10
2001 Maniacs2005
As Granny Boone
TMDb 5.4 / 10
The Long Riders1980
As Kate
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy2010
As Self
TMDb 7.8 / 10
The Midnight Man2016
As Anna
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Corrina, Corrina1994
As Repeat Nanny
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Detroit Rock City1999
As Mrs. Bruce
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Goin' South1978
As Parasol Lady
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Pump Up the Volume1990
As PTA Parent #3
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Mistress1987
As Woman Customer
TMDb 4.3 / 10
The Call2020
As Edith Cranston
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Extreme Prejudice1987
As Employment Office Clerk
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Tales of Halloween2015
As Lynn's Mother
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Big Ass Spider!2013
As Mrs. Jefferson
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Project: ALF1996
As Waitress
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Say It Isn't So2001
As Nurse Bautista
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Buster's Mal Heart2017
As Pauline
TMDb 6.1 / 10
A Good Old Fashioned Orgy2011
As Dody
TMDb 5.9 / 10
The Temp1993
As Rosemary
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Abattoir2016
As Allie
TMDb 4.5 / 10
Homo Erectus2007
As Museum Guide
TMDb 4.0 / 10
Take Me Home2011
As Jill
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Pledge This!2007
As Miss Prin
TMDb 2.9 / 10
Chillerama2011
As Baglady / Nurse Maleva
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman2021
As Mrs. Bundy
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Book of Love1990
As Mrs. Flynn
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Dreamkatcher2020
As Ruth
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Asylum2008
As String's Mother
TMDb 4.1 / 10
The Final Wish2019
As Kate Hammond
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Who's Your Daddy?2004
As Ms. Harding
TMDb 4.9 / 10
2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams2010
As Granny Boone
TMDb 3.8 / 10
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues1994
As Rubber Rose Maid
TMDb 4.3 / 10
Alone in the Dark1982
As Receptionist at Haven
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Grace2014
As Helen
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Three of Hearts1993
As Operator
TMDb 4.9 / 10
Slam Dance1987
As Librarian
TMDb 4.9 / 10
Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror2006
As Clara
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Drop Dead Sexy2005
As Ma Muzzy
TMDb 4.9 / 10
MascotlandRelease date TBA
Bachelor Party Vegas2006
As Cassandra
TMDb 4.9 / 10
The Hidden II1993
As Carol Miller (archive footage)
TMDb 3.8 / 10
Stillwatch1987
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Mountain Top2017
As Muriel Miller
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Room for Rent2019
As Joyce
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story2022
As Self
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Amityville: A New Generation1993
As Nurse Turner
TMDb 4.3 / 10
The Black Room2017
As Miss Black
TMDb 3.7 / 10
Living Out Loud1998
As Lisa's Nurse
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Texas Heart2016
As Mrs. Smith
TMDb 4.7 / 10
My Demon Lover1987
As Anemic Counter Girl
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Confessions of an Action Star2005
As Samantha Jones
TMDb 4.3 / 10
Jack Goes Home2016
As Teresa
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again1982
As Nurse with Telegram
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Living with Chucky2022
As Self
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Sedona2011
As Claire
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Born Killers2005
As Willow
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Pines2022
As Julie (voice)
TMDb 8.7 / 10
Wish You Were Dead2002
As Jinny Macintosh
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Sex and the Married Woman1977
As Sandra
TMDb 4.0 / 10
Snakes on a Plane: Meet the Reptiles2007
As Self
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Director's Cut2016
As Captain Wheeler
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Lucky Stiff1988
As Bratty Kid's Mom
TMDb 4.6 / 10
The Hillside Strangler2004
As Jenny Buono
TMDb 5.1 / 10
The Penthouse2010
As Frances
TMDb 3.4 / 10
Rosewood Lane2011
As Mrs. Hawthorne
TMDb 4.7 / 10
Contagion2002
As Laura Crowley
TMDb 4.2 / 10
Crazy Kind of Love2013
As Denise Mack
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Brain Smasher... A Love Story1993
As Make up Artist
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Hoboken Hollow2006
As Mrs. Brodrick
TMDb 3.8 / 10
Killer by Nature2010
As Leona
TMDb 3.1 / 10
Darkness Falls2020
As Angela Anderson
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Don Quixote: The Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha2015
As The Grand Lady
TMDb 5.4 / 10
All About the Money2017
As Mrs. Womack
TMDb 5.4 / 10
The Voices2020
As The Vagabond
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Scared to Death2026
As Max
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Matchmaker Santa2012
As Debbie
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Hate Crime2005
As Kathleen Slansky
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Attention Shoppers2000
As Libby
TMDb 4.3 / 10
The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal1979
As Freida
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Max Reload and the Nether Blasters2020
As Mrs. Wylder
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Grow House2017
As Mrs. Gilliam
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Hester Street1975
As Whore
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Helen Keller vs. Nightwolves2015
As Helen Keller
TMDb 5.1 / 10
Jewtopia2012
As Dr. Sutton
TMDb 4.7 / 10
Next Stop Murder2010
As Detective Reeson
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Surf School2006
As Larry's Mom
TMDb 2.8 / 10
Nature of the Beast1995
As Carol Powell
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Small Town Saturday Night2010
As Phyllis Ryan
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Killer Pad2008
As Marge
TMDb 3.8 / 10
Dark Moon Rising2009
As Sunny
TMDb 4.5 / 10
Sketch Artist II: Hands That See1995
As Bonnie
TMDb 6.0 / 10
I Was a Teenage Werebear2011
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Pure Venom: The Making of Snakes on a Plane2006
As Self
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Horror Crowd2020
As Self
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Ambition2019
As Lady Bum
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Roadside Prophets1992
As Celeste
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Trial by Fire1995
As Phyliis Cardell
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Get Gone2019
As Mama
TMDb 4.3 / 10
Trading Favors1997
As Darla
TMDb 4.6 / 10
House of Abraham2025
TMDb 9.5 / 10
FDR: American Badass!2012
As Eleanor Roosevelt
TMDb 5.1 / 10
Stuntmen2009
As Bumble Jackson
TMDb 3.4 / 10
Chasing Robert2007
As Martha the Bookie
TMDb 2.0 / 10
Snakes on a Set: Behind the Scenes2007
As Self
Chronic Town2008
As Nurse
TMDb 6.0 / 10
3 Days of Normal2012
As May
TMDb 4.3 / 10
Pickin' and Grinnin'
Pickin' and Grinnin'2010
As Bonnie Johnson
TMDb 2.0 / 10
Farewell Mr. Kringle2010
As Zelda
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Driftwood2006
As Nancy Forrester
TMDb 4.5 / 10
The Quarry: Movie Mode2022
As Constance Hackett
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Breakfast with Einstein1998
As Miss Desmond
TMDb 4.1 / 10
A Secret Space1977
As Amy
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Starz Inside: In the Gutter2008
As Self
TMDb 4.5 / 10
Life's an Itch2012
As Gloria
TMDb 3.0 / 10
ManFast2003
As Marge
TMDb 4.1 / 10
All American Christmas Carol2013
As Barbara Belnap
TMDb 4.2 / 10
Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, the Last Chapter1994
As Inmate
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Noobz2013
As Mrs. Theodore
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Waffle Hut2012
As Jerrie Wolf
Goldberg - P.I.2011
As Violet
Herbert West: Reanimator2018
As Meredith
TMDb 4.7 / 10
We Are Gathered Here Today2022
As Jean Cole
TMDb 6.0 / 10
1000 Women in Horror2025
As Self
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Lost Time2014
As Mysterious Woman
TMDb 3.3 / 10
Down the P.C.H.2006
As Wendy O'Hara
TMDb 4.3 / 10
Summer Fantasy1984
As Woman on Beach
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Gothic Harvest2019
As Griselda
TMDb 3.6 / 10
Unbeatable Harold2006
As Jeannie
TMDb 5.0 / 10
The Snake Pit: On the Set of 'Snakes on a Plane'2007
As Self
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Doggie Heaven2008
As Woman
TMDb 5.1 / 10
Los Angeles Overnight2018
As Cousins
TMDb 4.2 / 10
The Seeding of Sarah Burns1979
As 2nd Nurse
TMDb 7.5 / 10
The Land of the Astronauts2010
TMDb 6.3 / 10
VideoDome Rent-O-Rama2010
As The Lush
A Cry for Love
A Cry for Love1980
TMDb 10.0 / 10
In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance1994
As Foreman #2
TMDb 5.7 / 10
The Almost Guys2004
As Repo Boss
TMDb 6.8 / 10
American Cowslip2009
As Lou Anne
TMDb 5.1 / 10
The Old WorldRelease date TBA
As The Aunt (voice)
They Bite!: The Making of Critters2018
As Self
Jackson's HoleRelease date TBA
As Netter
The Election2007
As The Wife
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Accidental Death of Joey by Sue2010
As Mrs. Rawlings
TMDb 1.0 / 10
Remote2022
As Kane
The Main Course: The Making of Critters 22018
As Self
Dead of Nowhere 3D
Dead of Nowhere 3DRelease date TBA
As Meemaw
Why Me?1984
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Without Charlie
Without Charlie2001
TMDb 4.5 / 10
Carrier
CarrierRelease date TBA
As Joan Pierson
Devoted
DevotedRelease date TBA
As Aunt Dottie
The Bench
The BenchRelease date TBA
The Possession at Gladstone Manor
The Possession at Gladstone ManorRelease date TBA
As Nurse
Before MemoryRelease date TBA
TMDb 1.0 / 10
A Letter from My Father
A Letter from My Father2001
As Elise
Filmography and biography: TMDb