Lin Shaye
Current Interest
3.0
Current interest in this person
Rating Distribution
Based on 140 rated titles
Title
Year
Attention
Insidious: Out of the Further
as Elise Rainier
2026
58.0
Insidious
as Elise Rainier
2011
57.9
Insidious: The Red Door
as Elise Rainier
2023
54.6
A Nightmare on Elm Street
as Teacher
1984
54.6
Dumb and Dumber
as Mrs. Neugeboren
1994
54.0
Insidious: Chapter 2
as Elise Rainier
2013
53.9
Insidious: The Last Key
as Elise Rainier
2018
53.8
My Sister's Keeper
as Nurse Adele
2009
53.1
Insidious: Chapter 3
as Elise Rainier
2015
52.8
A Cinderella Story
as Mrs. Wells
2004
52.6
There's Something About Mary
as Magda
1998
52.2
The Grudge
as Faith Matheson
2019
48.5
Ouija: Origin of Evil
as Old Paulina Zander
2016
48.1
Frank and Penelope
as Ophelia
2022
47.8
Ouija
as Paulina Zander
2014
46.7
The Signal
as Mirabelle
2014
46.0
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
as Witness
1993
45.9
Last Man Standing
as The Madame
1996
45.3
Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd
as Margie
2003
44.1
Critters
as Sally
1986
43.7
The Hidden
as Carol Miller
1987
42.3
Kingpin
as Landlady
1996
42.2
Pump Up the Volume
as PTA Parent #3
1990
40.7
Corrina, Corrina
as Repeat Nanny
1994
40.7
Detroit Rock City
as Mrs. Bruce
1999
38.6
2001 Maniacs
as Granny Boone
2005
38.2
A Good Old Fashioned Orgy
as Dody
2011
37.6
Boat Trip
as Sonya the Coach
2002
37.5
Critters 3
as Sal (archive footage)
1991
36.5
Jewtopia
as Dr. Sutton
2012
35.6
Dead End
as Laura Harrington
2003
35.4
Say It Isn't So
as Nurse Bautista
2001
35.1
Critters 2
as Sal
1988
34.2
Goin' South
as Parasol Lady
1978
32.0
Alone in the Dark
as Receptionist at Haven
1982
31.6
Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman
as Mrs. Bundy
2021
31.4
Tales of Halloween
as Lynn's Mother
2015
30.9
The Call
as Edith Cranston
2020
27.7
Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again
as Nurse with Telegram
1982
27.7
The Midnight Man
as Anna
2016
27.2
Abattoir
as Allie
2016
26.9
Pledge This!
as Miss Prin
2007
25.3
Room for Rent
as Joyce
2019
24.7
The Temp
as Rosemary
1993
24.1
The Final Wish
as Kate Hammond
2019
24.0
Chillerama
as Baglady / Nurse Maleva
2011
23.2
Take Me Home
as Jill
2011
23.0
Asylum
as String's Mother
2008
22.5
The Last Stand of Ellen Cole
as Ellen
2024
22.5
Amityville: A New Generation
as Nurse Turner
1993
22.2
Big Ass Spider!
as Mrs. Jefferson
2013
22.1
Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror
as Clara
2006
22.0
Slam Dance
as Librarian
1987
22.0
Buster's Mal Heart
as Pauline
2017
21.4
Confessions of an Action Star
as Samantha Jones
2005
20.6
2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams
as Granny Boone
2010
19.8
Darkness Falls
as Angela Anderson
2020
19.2
Drop Dead Sexy
as Ma Muzzy
2005
18.9
Book of Love
as Mrs. Flynn
1990
18.2
Hate Crime
as Kathleen Slansky
2005
18.2
Dreamkatcher
as Ruth
2020
18.1
The Black Room
as Miss Black
2017
17.8
Crazy Kind of Love
as Denise Mack
2013
17.7
Nature of the Beast
as Carol Powell
1995
17.4
Three of Hearts
as Operator
1993
17.2
Jack Goes Home
as Teresa
2016
17.1
Small Town Saturday Night
as Phyllis Ryan
2010
16.0
Mountain Top
as Muriel Miller
2017
15.7
Bachelor Party Vegas
as Cassandra
2006
15.7
Grace
as Helen
2014
15.5
Max Reload and the Nether Blasters
as Mrs. Wylder
2020
15.4
Rosewood Lane
as Mrs. Hawthorne
2011
15.2
Sketch Artist II: Hands That See
as Bonnie
1995
15.2
Don Quixote: The Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha
as The Grand Lady
2015
15.1
Living Out Loud
as Lisa's Nurse
1998
13.3
Wish You Were Dead
as Jinny Macintosh
2002
13.3
Hoboken Hollow
as Mrs. Brodrick
2006
13.2
Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story
as Self
2022
13.1
Homo Erectus
as Museum Guide
2007
12.9
All American Christmas Carol
as Barbara Belnap
2013
12.6
The Penthouse
as Frances
2010
12.5
All About the Money
as Mrs. Womack
2017
12.0
Grow House
as Mrs. Gilliam
2017
11.5
Driftwood
as Nancy Forrester
2006
11.4
Texas Heart
as Mrs. Smith
2016
10.4
Helen Keller vs. Nightwolves
as Helen Keller
2015
9.1
Dark Moon Rising
as Sunny
2009
8.4
I Was a Teenage Werebear
2011
8.3
My Demon Lover
as Anemic Counter Girl
1987
7.9
Living with Chucky
as Self
2022
7.5
The Hillside Strangler
as Jenny Buono
2004
7.2
Born Killers
as Willow
2005
7.1
Chasing Robert
as Martha the Bookie
2007
6.8
Surf School
as Larry's mom
2006
6.8
Director's Cut
as Captain Wheeler
2016
6.7
Noobz
as Mrs. Theodore
2013
5.9
Contagion
as Laura Crowley
2002
5.8Starz Inside: In the Gutter
as Self
2008
5.7
Life's an Itch
as Gloria
2012
5.5
Killer by Nature
as Leona
2010
5.4
House of Abraham
2025
4.6
3 Days of Normal
as May
2012
4.5
FDR: American Badass!
as Eleanor Roosevelt
2012
4.1
Farewell Mr. Kringle
as Zelda
2010
4.0
Scared to Death
as Max
2026
3.8
The Land of the Astronauts
2010
3.8
Matchmaker Santa
as Debbie
2012
3.8
American Cowslip
as Lou Anne
2009
3.6
Gothic Harvest
as Griselda
2019
3.5
Trading Favors
as Darla
1997
3.5
Sedona
as Claire
2011
3.3
Waffle Hut
as Jerrie Wolf
2012
3.2
Doggie Heaven
as Woman
2008
2.6A Cry for Love
1980
2.4
Los Angeles Overnight
as Cousins
2018
2.1
Summer Fantasy
as Woman on Beach
1984
2.1
VideoDome Rent-O-Rama
as The Lush
2010
2.0
Pines
as Julie (voice)
2022
1.9
The Voices
as The Vagabond
2020
1.9
Roadside Prophets
as Celeste
1992
1.4
The Almost Guys
as Repo Boss
2004
1.2
Attention Shoppers
as Libby
2000
1.2Down the P.C.H.
as Wendy O'Hara
2006
1.1
Goldberg - P.I.
as Violet
2011
1.1
Stuntmen
as Bumble Jackson
2009
1.0
Killer Pad
as Marge
2008
0.9
Next Stop Murder
as Detective Reeson
2010
0.9
Why Me?
1984
0.8
Ambition
as Lady Bum
2019
0.4
Chronic Town
as Nurse
2008
0.4
Unbeatable Harold
as Jeannie
2006
0.4
Lost Time
as Mysterious Woman
2014
0.4
ManFast
as Marge
2003
0.3
The Horror Crowd
as Self
2020
0.3Pickin' and Grinnin'
as Bonnie Johnson
2010
0.3Without Charlie
2001
0.2A Letter from My Father
as Elise
2001
0.2
Herbert West: Reanimator
as Meredith
2018
0.2
The Election
as The Wife
2007
0.1
The Accidental Death of Joey by Sue
as Mrs. Rawlings
2010
0.1
Get Gone
as Mama
2019
0.1Frequently Asked Questions About Lin Shaye
Lin Shaye has appeared in 141 titles, including 141 movies and 0 television shows.
The earliest title currently listed in Lin Shaye's filmography is Goin' South (1978).
The most recent title featuring Lin Shaye is Insidious: Out of the Further (2026).
One of the highest rated titles featuring Lin Shaye is Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story with an IMDb rating of 7.6.
Lin Shaye has been active for approximately 48 years, with credits spanning from 1978 to 2026.
Titles featuring Lin Shaye currently have an average IMDb rating of 5.2.
The busiest years in Lin Shaye's career include 2010, 2011, 2006.
