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Acting

Lin Shaye

Career: Active from 1977 to 2026, with a break from 1988 to 1997, busiest in 2010 and 2019 with 6 main titles each.

Leading roles: 38
top three billing

Average score: 47/100

Highest rated: Mountain Top
73/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 150 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Lin Shaye Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Historical
1.0, average 2.6
Politics
1.3, average 2.6
Class & Capitalism
2.1, average 3.3
Social Commentary
3.8, average 4.9

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Psychological Thriller 16
Supernatural Horror 8
Family Trauma 6
Character-Driven 6
Psychological Dread 4
Suspenseful 4
Unsettling Atmosphere 4
Atmospheric Dread 3
Supernatural Elements 3
Haunted House 3
Psychological Tension 3
Family Secrets 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

188

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

6 titles

Dead of Nowhere 3D

as Meemaw

The Old World

as The Aunt (voice)

The Possession at Gladstone Manor

as Nurse

as Joan Pierson

as Aunt Dottie

Jackson's Hole

as Netter

2020s

18 titles · average score 53

Insidious: Out of the Further

57

as Elise Rainier

Scared to Death

58

as Max

Common Side Effects

88

TV show · as Sonia (voice)

The Last Stand of Ellen Cole

68

as Ellen

Insidious: The Red Door

48

as Elise Rainier

Pines

as Julie (voice)

Remote

as Kane

Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman

20

as Mrs. Bundy

Dreamkatcher

42

as Ruth

The Call

49

as Edith Cranston

Darkness Falls

21

as Angela Anderson

The Voices

53

as The Vagabond

2010s

58 titles · average score 48

The Final Wish

55

as Kate Hammond

The Grudge

34

as Faith Matheson

Room for Rent

73

as Joyce

Insidious: The Last Key

48

as Elise Rainier

Abattoir

39

as Allie

The Midnight Man

49

as Anna

Insidious: Chapter 3

56

as Elise Rainier

Grace

48

as Helen

The Signal

56

as Mirabelle

Insidious: Chapter 2

51

as Elise Rainier

Insidious

63

as Elise Rainier

2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams

26

as Granny Boone

2000s

45 titles · average score 43

Doggie Heaven

54

as Woman

Asylum

32

as String's Mother

Private Practice

59

TV show · as Mrs. Taylor

Hoboken Hollow

25

as Mrs. Brodrick

2001 Maniacs

51

as Granny Boone

My Name Is Earl

80

TV show · as Paul's Mom

Hate Crime

41

as Kathleen Slansky

A Cinderella Story

39

as Mrs. Wells

Dead End

63

as Laura Harrington

Contagion

40

as Laura Crowley

Crossing Jordan

69

TV show · as Leather Lauren

Me, Myself & Irene

56

as Mrs. Caleron

1990s

33 titles · average score 57

Detroit Rock City

58

as Mrs. Bruce

There's Something About Mary

71

as Magda

Becker

66

TV show · as Mrs. Cooper

Arli$$

70

TV show · as Shurja

Last Man Standing

51

as The Madame

Kingpin

58

as Landlady

79

TV show · as Margaret

Dumb and Dumber

64

as Mrs. Neugeboren

My So-Called Life

88

TV show · as Parent #2

Wes Craven's New Nightmare

68

as Nurse with Pills

Frasier

85

TV show · as Anne

National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1

42

as Witness

1980s

21 titles · average score 60

Life Goes On

75

TV show · as Parent #2

Critters 2

48

as Sal

Mistress

as Woman Customer

The Running Man

58

as Propaganda Officer

Critters

55

as Sally

The Twilight Zone

79

TV show · as Kate Simmons (segment "Chameleon")

Brewster's Millions

50

as Journalist at Rally

A Nightmare on Elm Street

81

as Teacher

Who's the Boss?

69

TV show · as Mrs. Padnick

Highway to Heaven

73

TV show · as Lila Barnes

Cagney & Lacey

69

TV show · as Secretary

Falcon Crest

59

TV show · as Smoking Female Prisoner

1970s

7 titles · average score 61

The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal

70

as Freida

The Seeding of Sarah Burns

as 2nd Nurse

Goin' South

60

as Parasol Lady

Eight Is Enough

42

TV show · as Band Member

A Secret Space

as Amy

Sex and the Married Woman

as Sandra

Hester Street

74

as Whore