Lin attended the University of Michigan, where she was an Art History major, although acting in as many University productions as possible, including “Bye Bye Birdie” and “On The Town”. After U of M, she attended Columbia University School of the Arts, and acquired a Master of Fine Arts degree in Acting. She stayed in New York upon graduation and … IMDB Wikipedia $800 Thousand 1943 1943-10-12 5′ 2″ (1.57 m) A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) Actress Detroit Insidious (2010) Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013) Libra Lin Shaye Net Worth Linda Shaye Marshall Rubinoff Michigan October 12 Soundtrack There’s Something About Mary (1998) U.S. University of Michigan
Title |
Year |
Status |
Character |
Role |
On the Lot |
2007 |
Short |
Various |
Actress |
Homo Erectus |
2007 |
|
Museum Guide |
Actress |
Kush |
2007 |
|
Susan |
Actress |
Pledge This! |
2006 |
|
Miss Prin |
Actress |
Driftwood |
2006 |
|
Nancy Forrester |
Actress |
Down the P.C.H. |
2006 |
|
Wendy O’Hara |
Actress |
Surf School |
2006 |
|
Larry’s Mom |
Actress |
Snakes on a Plane |
2006 |
|
Grace |
Actress |
Hood of Horror |
2006 |
|
Clara |
Actress |
My Name Is Earl |
2006 |
TV Series |
Paul’s Mom |
Actress |
Bachelor Party Vegas |
2006 |
Video |
Cassandra |
Actress |
Hoboken Hollow |
2006 |
|
Mrs. Brodrick |
Actress |
Unbeatable Harold |
2006 |
|
Jeannie |
Actress |
Born Killers |
2005 |
|
Willow |
Actress |
Jesus, Mary and Joey |
2005 |
|
Lulu |
Actress |
2001 Maniacs |
2005 |
|
Granny Boone |
Actress |
Drop Dead Sexy |
2005 |
|
Ma Muzzy |
Actress |
Confessions of an Action Star |
2005 |
|
Samantha Jones |
Actress |
Hate Crime |
2005 |
|
Kathleen Slansky |
Actress |
The Hillside Strangler |
2004 |
|
Jenny Buono |
Actress |
Wear Something Nice |
2004 |
Short |
Mom |
Actress |
Cellular |
2004 |
|
Exotic Car Driver |
Actress |
A Cinderella Story |
2004 |
|
Mrs. Wells |
Actress |
The Latin Lover |
2004 |
Short |
Emilia |
Actress |
Cross Bronx |
2004 |
|
Barbara Green |
Actress |
Crossing Jordan |
2004 |
TV Series |
Leather Lauren |
Actress |
The Almost Guys |
2004 |
|
Repo Boss |
Actress |
Who’s Your Daddy? |
2004 |
Video |
Betsy Harding |
Actress |
Stuck on You |
2003 |
|
Makeup Babe |
Actress |
Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd |
2003 |
|
Margie |
Actress |
Barely Legal |
2003 |
|
Tequila |
Actress |
Manfast |
2003 |
|
Marge |
Actress |
Dead End |
2003/I |
|
Laura Harrington |
Actress |
Boat Trip |
2002 |
|
Sonya the Coach |
Actress |
Wish You Were Dead |
2002 |
|
Jinny Macintosh |
Actress |
Man of the Year |
2002 |
|
Flora |
Actress |
Contagion |
2002 |
|
Laura Crowley |
Actress |
Without Charlie |
2001 |
|
|
Actress |
Surfacing: AKA A Letter from My Father |
2001 |
|
Elise |
Actress |
Say It Isn’t So |
2001 |
|
Nurse Bautista |
Actress |
Code Blue |
2000 |
Video Game |
Leslie Miller (voice) |
Actress |
Attention Shoppers |
2000 |
|
Libby |
Actress |
Arli$$ |
2000 |
TV Series |
|
Actress |
Me, Myself & Irene |
2000 |
|
Mrs. Caleron (scenes deleted) |
Actress |
Detroit Rock City |
1999 |
|
Mrs. Bruce |
Actress |
Becker |
1998 |
TV Series |
Mrs. Cooper |
Actress |
Living Out Loud |
1998 |
|
Lisa’s Nurse |
Actress |
There’s Something About Mary |
1998 |
|
Magda |
Actress |
Breakfast with Einstein |
1998 |
TV Movie |
Miss Desmond |
Actress |
Behind the Zipper with Magda |
1998 |
Video short |
Magda |
Actress |
Perversions of Science |
1997 |
TV Series |
Nurse |
Actress |
Trading Favors |
1997 |
|
Darla |
Actress |
Last Man Standing |
1996 |
|
The Madame |
Actress |
Kingpin |
1996 |
|
Landlady |
Actress |
Frasier |
1996 |
TV Series |
Anne |
Actress |
Project: ALF |
1996 |
TV Movie |
Waitress |
Actress |
Trial by Fire |
1995 |
TV Movie |
Phyllis Cardell |
Actress |
The Nature of the Beast |
1995 |
|
Carol Powell |
Actress |
Sketch Artist II: Hands That See |
1995 |
TV Movie |
Bonnie |
Actress |
Dumb & Dumber |
1994 |
|
Mrs. Neugeboren |
Actress |
My So-Called Life |
1994 |
TV Series |
Parent #2 |
Actress |
Corrina, Corrina |
1994 |
|
Repeat Nanny |
Actress |
New Nightmare |
1994 |
|
Nurse with Pills |
Actress |
In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance |
1994 |
TV Movie |
Foreman #2 |
Actress |
Sisters |
1993 |
TV Series |
Nightmare Host #2 |
Actress |
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues |
1993 |
|
Rubber Rose Maid |
Actress |
Amityville: A New Generation |
1993 |
Video |
Nurse Turner |
Actress |
Torch Song |
1993 |
TV Movie |
Teamster |
Actress |
Brain Smasher… A Love Story |
1993 |
Video |
Makeup Artist |
Actress |
Three of Hearts |
1993 |
|
Operator |
Actress |
The Temp |
1993 |
|
Rosemary |
Actress |
Loaded Weapon 1 |
1993 |
|
Witness |
Actress |
Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, the Last Chapter |
1992 |
TV Movie |
Inmate |
Actress |
Roadside Prophets |
1992 |
|
Celeste |
Actress |
Life Goes On |
1991 |
TV Series |
Parent #2 |
Actress |
Book of Love |
1990 |
|
Mrs. Flynn |
Actress |
Pump Up the Volume |
1990 |
|
PTA Parent #3 |
Actress |
Lucky Stiff |
1988 |
|
Bratty Kid’s Mom |
Actress |
Critters 2 |
1988 |
|
Sal |
Actress |
Highway to Heaven |
1988 |
TV Series |
Lila Barnes |
Actress |
The Running Man |
1987 |
|
Propaganda Officer |
Actress |
The Hidden |
1987 |
|
Carol Miller |
Actress |
Mistress |
1987 |
TV Movie |
Woman Customer |
Actress |
Slam Dance |
1987 |
|
Librarian |
Actress |
Who’s the Boss? |
1987 |
TV Series |
Mrs. Padnick |
Actress |
Extreme Prejudice |
1987 |
|
Employment Office Clerk |
Actress |
My Demon Lover |
1987 |
|
Anemic Counter Girl |
Actress |
Stillwatch |
1987 |
TV Movie |
|
Actress |
Critters |
1986 |
|
Sally |
Actress |
Falcon Crest |
1986 |
TV Series |
Smoking Female Prisoner |
Actress |
Cagney & Lacey |
1986 |
TV Series |
Secretary |
Actress |
The Twilight Zone |
1985 |
TV Series |
Kate Simmons (segment “Chameleon”) |
Actress |
Brewster’s Millions |
1985 |
|
Journalist at Rally |
Actress |
A Nightmare on Elm Street |
1984 |
|
Teacher |
Actress |
Summer Fantasy |
1984 |
TV Movie |
Woman on Beach |
Actress |
Why Me? |
1984 |
TV Movie |
|
Actress |
Jekyll and Hyde… Together Again |
1982 |
|
Nurse with Telegram |
Actress |
Alone in the Dark |
1982 |
|
Receptionist at Haven |
Actress |
A Cry for Love |
1980 |
TV Movie |
|
Actress |
The Long Riders |
1980 |
|
Kate |
Actress |
The Seeding of Sarah Burns |
1979 |
TV Movie |
2nd Nurse |
Actress |
The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal |
1979 |
TV Movie |
Freida |
Actress |
Goin’ South |
1978 |
|
Parasol Lady |
Actress |
A Secret Space |
1977 |
|
Amy |
Actress |
Eight Is Enough |
1977 |
TV Series |
|
Actress |
Sex and the Married Woman |
1977 |
TV Movie |
Sandra |
Actress |
Hester Street |
1975 |
|
Whore |
Actress |
Re-Animator: Evolution |
2017 |
pre-production |
Meredith |
Actress |
Insidious: Chapter 4 |
2017 |
post-production |
Elise Rainier |
Actress |
Mountain Top |
2017 |
post-production |
Muriel Miller |
Actress |
Grow House |
2017 |
post-production |
Mrs. Gilliam |
Actress |
Sick People |
2016 |
completed |
Waitress (Sandra) |
Actress |
The Black Room |
2016 |
completed |
Miss Black |
Actress |
Before Memory |
|
filming |
Grandma Kasper |
Actress |
Los Angeles Overnight |
|
completed |
Cousins |
Actress |
Grip and Electric |
2016 |
TV Series |
Glenda |
Actress |
All About the Money |
2016 |
|
Mrs. Womack |
Actress |
Ouija: Origin of Evil |
2016 |
|
Lina Zander (2013) |
Actress |
The Midnight Man |
2016/III |
|
Anna |
Actress |
Buster’s Mal Heart |
2016 |
|
Pauline |
Actress |
American Gothic |
2016 |
TV Series |
Lila |
Actress |
Still the King |
2016 |
TV Series |
Ruthie |
Actress |
Abattoir |
2016 |
|
Allie |
Actress |
Texas Heart |
2016 |
|
Mrs. Smith |
Actress |
Jack Goes Home |
2016 |
|
Teresa |
Actress |
Director’s Cut |
2016 |
|
Captain Wheeler |
Actress |
Helen Keller vs. Nightwolves |
2015 |
|
Helen Keller |
Actress |
Tales of Halloween |
2015 |
|
Lynn’s Mother (segment “Grim Grinning Ghost”) |
Actress |
Insidious: Chapter 3 |
2015 |
|
Elise Rainier |
Actress |
Don Quixote |
2015 |
|
The Grand Lady |
Actress |
Hell Hunters |
2015 |
TV Series |
Ethel |
Actress |
Ouija |
2014/II |
|
Paulina Zander |
Actress |
Grace |
2014/I |
|
Helen |
Actress |
Lost Time |
2014 |
|
Mysterious Woman |
Actress |
The Signal |
2014 |
|
Mirabelle |
Actress |
Killing Winston Jones |
2014 |
|
Madeline Jones |
Actress |
Things You Shouldn’t Say Past Midnight |
2014 |
TV Series |
Mrs. Abramson |
Actress |
All American Christmas Carol |
2013 |
|
Barbara Belnap |
Actress |
Insidious: Chapter 2 |
2013 |
|
Elise Rainier |
Actress |
Crazy Kind of Love |
2013 |
|
Denise Mack |
Actress |
Big Ass Spider! |
2013 |
|
Mrs. Jefferson |
Actress |
Kroll Show |
2013 |
TV Series |
|
Actress |
Private Practice |
2013 |
TV Series |
Mrs. Taylor |
Actress |
Bayou Tales |
2013 |
|
Margot |
Actress |
Insidious: Spectral Sightings |
2013 |
TV Series short |
Elise |
Actress |
Dr. 420 |
2012 |
Video short |
Dr. 420 |
Actress |
Waffle Hut |
2012 |
TV Movie |
Jerrie Wolf (2012) |
Actress |
Life’s an Itch |
2012 |
|
Gloria |
Actress |
Matchmaker Santa |
2012 |
TV Movie |
Debbie |
Actress |
Noobz |
2012 |
|
Mrs. Theodore |
Actress |
3 Days of Normal |
2012 |
|
May |
Actress |
Jewtopia |
2012 |
|
Dr. Sutton |
Actress |
The Three Stooges |
2012 |
|
Nurse Crotchet |
Actress |
FDR: American Badass! |
2012 |
|
Eleanor Roosevelt |
Actress |
Brave New World |
2011 |
TV Movie |
Kathy |
Actress |
Dead of Nowhere 3D |
2011 |
Short |
Meemaw |
Actress |
Rosewood Lane |
2011 |
|
Mrs. Hawthorne |
Actress |
I Was a Teenage Werebear |
2011 |
Short |
Nurse Maleva |
Actress |
Chillerama |
2011 |
|
Baglady / Nurse Maleva (segments “Wadzilla” and “I Was a Teenage Werebear”) |
Actress |
A Good Old Fashioned Orgy |
2011 |
|
Dody |
Actress |
Take Me Home |
2011 |
|
Jill |
Actress |
Losing Control |
2011 |
|
Dolores |
Actress |
Sedona |
2011 |
|
Claire |
Actress |
Black Velvet |
2011 |
|
Pool Lady |
Actress |
Goldberg – P.I. |
2011 |
|
Violet |
Actress |
Red & Blue Marbles |
2011 |
|
Janitor |
Actress |
Farewell Mr. Kringle |
2010 |
TV Movie |
Zelda |
Actress |
Sex Tax: Based on a True Story |
2010 |
|
Lydia Friedman |
Actress |
Next Stop Murder |
2010 |
TV Movie |
Detective Reeson |
Actress |
Insidious |
2010/I |
|
Elise Rainier |
Actress |
Black Limousine |
2010 |
|
Mrs. Harris |
Actress |
The Accidental Death of Joey by Sue |
2010 |
|
Mrs. Rawlings |
Actress |
Small Town Saturday Night |
2010 |
|
Phyllis Ryan |
Actress |
Pickin’ & Grinnin’ |
2010 |
|
Bonnie Johnson |
Actress |
The Penthouse |
2010 |
|
Frances |
Actress |
2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams |
2010 |
|
Granny Boone |
Actress |
Killer by Nature |
2010 |
|
Leona |
Actress |
VideoDome Rent-O-Rama |
2010 |
Short |
The Lush |
Actress |
Yellow Brook |
2009 |
Short |
Narrator |
Actress |
Dark Moon Rising |
2009 |
|
Sunny |
Actress |
Stuntmen |
2009 |
|
Bumble Jackson |
Actress |
American Cowslip |
2009 |
|
Lou Anne |
Actress |
My Sister’s Keeper |
2009 |
|
Nurse Adele |
Actress |
ER |
2009 |
TV Series |
Margaret |
Actress |
Doggie Heaven |
2008 |
Video short |
Woman |
Actress |
Chronic Town |
2008 |
|
Nurse |
Actress |
Asylum |
2008/IV |
|
String’s Mother |
Actress |
Killer Pad |
2008 |
|
Marge |
Actress |
Dirty Sexy Money |
2007 |
TV Series |
Leslie Donovan |
Actress |
Chasing Robert |
2007 |
|
Martha the Bookie |
Actress |
The Election |
2007 |
Short |
The Wife |
Actress |
Time Upon a Once |
2007 |
TV Movie |
Blue Wife |
Actress |
The Accidental Death of Joey by Sue |
2010 |
performer: “It’s Hard Being a Woman” / writer: “It’s Hard Being a Woman” |
|
Soundtrack |
2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams |
2010 |
performer: “Cannibals” |
|
Soundtrack |
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy |
2010 |
Video documentary archival material provided by |
|
Miscellaneous |
Ouija: Origin of Evil |
2016 |
special thanks |
|
Thanks |
Made in Hollywood |
2013-2015 |
TV Series |
Herself |
Self |
Chillerama Presents: Anton Troy, the Man Behind the Beast |
2011 |
Short |
Herself |
Self |
Full Moon Fever: Behind the scenes of I was a Teenage Werebear |
2011 |
Documentary short |
Herself |
Self |
Fred Heads: The Ultimate Freddy Fans |
2010 |
Video short |
Herself |
Self |
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy |
2010 |
Video documentary |
Herself – ‘Teacher’ |
Self |
2001 Maniacs: Behind the Screams |
2010 |
Video documentary short |
Herself |
Self |
Starz Inside: In the Gutter |
2008 |
TV Movie documentary |
Herself |
Self |
On the Lot |
2007 |
TV Series |
Neighbor – ‘Time Upon a Once’ |
Self |
Meet the Reptiles |
2006 |
Video documentary short |
Herself – ‘Grace’ |
Self |
Pure Venom: The Making of ‘Snakes on a Plane’ |
2006 |
Video documentary short |
Herself – ‘Grace’ |
Self |
Inside the Asylum: The Making of ‘2001 Maniacs’ |
2006 |
Video documentary short |
Herself |
Self |
Snakes on a Set: Behind the Scenes |
2006 |
Video documentary short |
Herself |
Self |
The Snake Pit: On the Set of ‘Snakes on a Plane’ |
2006 |
Video documentary short |
Herself |
Self |
Puffy, Boobs and Balls: Makeup 101 with Designer Tony Gardner and Actress Lin Shaye |
2003 |
Video documentary short |
Herself |
Self |
Miscellaneous Shit: Behind the Scenes of ‘Detroit Rock City’ |
1999 |
Video documentary short |
Herself |
Self |
20 to 1 |
2006 |
TV Series documentary |
Magda |
Archive Footage |
Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years |
2000 |
TV Movie documentary |
Magda |
Archive Footage |
The Hidden II |
1993 |
|
Carol Miller |
Archive Footage |
Critters 3 |
1991 |
|
Sal |
Archive Footage |