Biography
Lin Shaye
Acting
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…
Career works
208
Movies
185
Series
23
Career average
5.7/10
Birth date
10/12/1943
Place of birth
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Filmography highlights
Movies
Insidious: Out of the Further
2026
Scared to Death
2026 · 10.0
1000 Women in Horror
2025 · 7.0
House of Abraham
2025 · 9.5
The Last Stand of Ellen Cole
2024 · 7.9
Insidious: The Red Door
2023 · 6.5
Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story
2022 · 6.4
Remote
2022
We Are Gathered Here Today
2022 · 6.0
Living with Chucky
2022 · 6.6
The Quarry: Movie Mode
2022 · 10.0
Frank and Penelope
2022 · 7.3
Pines
2022 · 8.7
Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman
2021 · 6.6
The Call
2020 · 5.5
Series
Common Side Effects
2025 · 8.4
Behind the Monsters
2021 · 5.7
Penny Dreadful: City of Angels
2020 · 6.8
Dead Talk Live
2020 · 9.0
Eli Roth's History of Horror
2018 · 6.4
EastSiders
2012 · 6.3
Private Practice
2007 · 7.5
Made in Hollywood
2005 · 4.7
My Name Is Earl
2005 · 7.7
Crossing Jordan
2001 · 7.2
Becker
1998 · 7.2
Perversions of Science
1997 · 6.1
Arli$$
1996 · 6.8
ER
1994 · 7.8
My So-Called Life
1994 · 7.6