Lin Shaye
Current Interest
2.8
▼ 0.4Current interest in this person
Rating Distribution
Based on 140 rated titles
Title
Year
Pulse
Insidious: Out of the Further
as Elise Rainier
2026
36.0
A Nightmare on Elm Street
as Teacher
1984
19.1
Dumb and Dumber
as Mrs. Neugeboren
1994
18.4
Ouija: Origin of Evil
as Old Paulina Zander
2016
16.1
Insidious
as Elise Rainier
2011
15.8
Corrina, Corrina
as Repeat Nanny
1994
15.6
Ouija
as Paulina Zander
2014
14.3
The Signal
as Mirabelle
2014
13.3
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
as Witness
1993
13.0
The Hidden
as Carol Miller
1987
12.3
Last Man Standing
as The Madame
1996
12.1
Kingpin
as Landlady
1996
11.9
Pump Up the Volume
as PTA Parent #3
1990
11.0
There's Something About Mary
as Magda
1998
10.0
A Good Old Fashioned Orgy
as Dody
2011
9.8
Critters 3
as Sal (archive footage)
1991
8.7
Say It Isn't So
as Nurse Bautista
2001
8.6
Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again
as Nurse with Telegram
1982
8.1
Insidious: The Last Key
as Elise Rainier
2018
7.5
Insidious: Chapter 2
as Elise Rainier
2013
7.4
Alone in the Dark
as Receptionist at Haven
1982
7.3
Insidious: The Red Door
as Elise Rainier
2023
7.1
Goin' South
as Parasol Lady
1978
6.9
Insidious: Chapter 3
as Elise Rainier
2015
6.1
A Cinderella Story
as Mrs. Wells
2004
5.3
My Sister's Keeper
as Nurse Adele
2009
5.2
The Temp
as Rosemary
1993
4.5
The Grudge
as Faith Matheson
2019
4.4
Critters
as Sally
1986
3.6
Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd
as Margie
2003
3.6
The Last Stand of Ellen Cole
as Ellen
2024
3.3
Pledge This!
as Miss Prin
2007
3.2
The Call
as Edith Cranston
2020
3.1
Detroit Rock City
as Mrs. Bruce
1999
2.9
Confessions of an Action Star
as Samantha Jones
2005
2.8
Tales of Halloween
as Lynn's Mother
2015
2.7
2001 Maniacs
as Granny Boone
2005
2.6
Drop Dead Sexy
as Ma Muzzy
2005
2.5
Dead End
as Laura Harrington
2003
2.5
My Demon Lover
as Anemic Counter Girl
1987
2.3
Living Out Loud
as Lisa's Nurse
1998
2.3
Crazy Kind of Love
as Denise Mack
2013
2.3
Critters 2
as Sal
1988
2.2
Boat Trip
as Sonya the Coach
2002
2.0
Frank and Penelope
as Ophelia
2022
2.0
Small Town Saturday Night
as Phyllis Ryan
2010
2.0
Three of Hearts
as Operator
1993
1.9
Jewtopia
as Dr. Sutton
2012
1.8
Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman
as Mrs. Bundy
2021
1.8
Homo Erectus
as Museum Guide
2007
1.5
Chillerama
as Baglady / Nurse Maleva
2011
1.4
Abattoir
as Allie
2016
1.4
Born Killers
as Willow
2005
1.4
Rosewood Lane
as Mrs. Hawthorne
2011
1.4
Grace
as Helen
2014
1.4
Darkness Falls
as Angela Anderson
2020
1.2
The Midnight Man
as Anna
2016
1.1
All About the Money
as Mrs. Womack
2017
1.1
Amityville: A New Generation
as Nurse Turner
1993
1.1
The Final Wish
as Kate Hammond
2019
1.1
Book of Love
as Mrs. Flynn
1990
1.1
Take Me Home
as Jill
2011
1.0
Big Ass Spider!
as Mrs. Jefferson
2013
1.0
Helen Keller vs. Nightwolves
as Helen Keller
2015
1.0
2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams
as Granny Boone
2010
1.0
Buster's Mal Heart
as Pauline
2017
0.9
Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror
as Clara
2006
0.9
Bachelor Party Vegas
as Cassandra
2006
0.9
The Land of the Astronauts
2010
0.8
3 Days of Normal
as May
2012
0.7
Nature of the Beast
as Carol Powell
1995
0.7
Asylum
as String's Mother
2008
0.7
Jack Goes Home
as Teresa
2016
0.6
Trading Favors
as Darla
1997
0.6
VideoDome Rent-O-Rama
as The Lush
2010
0.5
Dark Moon Rising
as Sunny
2009
0.5
Don Quixote: The Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha
as The Grand Lady
2015
0.5
The Black Room
as Miss Black
2017
0.5
The Hillside Strangler
as Jenny Buono
2004
0.4
Texas Heart
as Mrs. Smith
2016
0.4
Room for Rent
as Joyce
2019
0.4
Scared to Death
as Max
2026
0.4
Unbeatable Harold
as Jeannie
2006
0.4
Hoboken Hollow
as Mrs. Brodrick
2006
0.3
Slam Dance
as Librarian
1987
0.3
Dreamkatcher
as Ruth
2020
0.3
Max Reload and the Nether Blasters
as Mrs. Wylder
2020
0.3
Starz Inside: In the Gutter
as Self
2008
0.3
Sketch Artist II: Hands That See
as Bonnie
1995
0.3
A Cry for Love
1980
0.2
Wish You Were Dead
as Jinny Macintosh
2002
0.2
Sedona
as Claire
2011
0.2
Director's Cut
as Captain Wheeler
2016
0.2
Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story
as Self
2022
0.2
All American Christmas Carol
as Barbara Belnap
2013
0.2
Noobz
as Mrs. Theodore
2013
0.2
The Accidental Death of Joey by Sue
as Mrs. Rawlings
2010
0.2
Mountain Top
as Muriel Miller
2017
0.2
Living with Chucky
as Self
2022
0.2
I Was a Teenage Werebear
2011
0.2
Killer Pad
as Marge
2008
0.2
Grow House
as Mrs. Gilliam
2017
0.1
Roadside Prophets
as Celeste
1992
0.1
Hate Crime
as Kathleen Slansky
2005
0.1
Life's an Itch
as Gloria
2012
0.1
Down the P.C.H.
as Wendy O'Hara
2006
0.1
Matchmaker Santa
as Debbie
2012
0.1
Driftwood
as Nancy Forrester
2006
0.1
Stuntmen
as Bumble Jackson
2009
0.1
The Penthouse
as Frances
2010
0.1
Surf School
as Larry's mom
2006
0.1
American Cowslip
as Lou Anne
2009
0.1
ManFast
as Marge
2003
0.1
Pickin' and Grinnin'
as Bonnie Johnson
2010
0.1
Killer by Nature
as Leona
2010
0.1
Next Stop Murder
as Detective Reeson
2010
0.1
Contagion
as Laura Crowley
2002
0.1
Chronic Town
as Nurse
2008
0.1
Why Me?
1984
0.1
FDR: American Badass!
as Eleanor Roosevelt
2012
0.1
The Election
as The Wife
2007
0.1
Farewell Mr. Kringle
as Zelda
2010
0.1
The Almost Guys
as Repo Boss
2004
0.1
Doggie Heaven
as Woman
2008
0.1
Summer Fantasy
as Woman on Beach
1984
0.1
Attention Shoppers
as Libby
2000
0.1
Goldberg - P.I.
as Violet
2011
0.1
Lost Time
as Mysterious Woman
2014
0.1
Ambition
as Lady Bum
2019
0.1
Los Angeles Overnight
as Cousins
2018
0.1
Herbert West: Reanimator
as Meredith
2018
0.1
Gothic Harvest
as Griselda
2019
0.1
Get Gone
as Mama
2019
0.1
The Voices
as The Vagabond
2020
0.1
Waffle Hut
as Jerrie Wolf
2012
0.1
The Horror Crowd
as Self
2020
0.1
Pines
as Julie (voice)
2022
0.1
Chasing Robert
as Martha the Bookie
2007
0.1
A Letter from My Father
as Elise
2001
0.1
Without Charlie
2001
0.1
House of Abraham
2025
0.1
Frequently 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.
