Lin Shaye
Oct 12, 1943

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Movie Release Date Character Age at Release
Insidious: The Red Door 07/05/23 Elise Rainier 79
Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story 10/07/22 Self 78
Remote 10/01/22 Kane 78
We Are Gathered Here Today 08/16/22 Jean Cole 78
Living with Chucky 08/13/22 Self 78
Frank and Penelope 06/03/22 Ophelia 78
Pines 02/04/22 Julie (voice) 78
Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman 08/16/21 Mrs. Bundy 77
The Call 10/23/20 Edith Cranston 77
The Horror Crowd 08/29/20 Herself 76
Max Reload and the Nether Blasters 08/11/20 Mrs. Wylder 76
The Voices 07/03/20 The Vagabond 76
Dreamkatcher 06/24/20 Ruth 76
Darkness Falls 03/07/20 Angela Anderson 76
The Grudge 12/31/19 Faith Matheson 76
Gothic Harvest 10/15/19 Griselda 76
Ambition 09/20/19 Lady Bum 75
Get Gone 07/31/19 Mama 75
Room for Rent 05/03/19 Joyce 75
The Final Wish 01/24/19 Kate Hammond 75
Herbert West: Reanimator 12/15/18 Meredith 75
They Bite!: The Making of Critters 11/27/18 Self 75
The Main Course: The Making of Critters 2 11/27/18 Self 75
Los Angeles Overnight 03/20/18 Cousins 74
Insidious: The Last Key 01/03/18 Élise Rainier 74
All About the Money 06/02/17 Mrs. Womack 73
Buster's Mal Heart 05/28/17 Pauline 73
The Black Room 04/28/17 Miss Black 73
Grow House 04/20/17 Mrs. Gilliam 73
Mountain Top 02/10/17 Muriel Miller 73
Abattoir 11/24/16 Allie 73
Ouija: Origin of Evil 10/20/16 Old Paulina Zander 73
The Midnight Man 09/30/16 Anna 72
Director's Cut 07/19/16 Captain Wheeler 72
Texas Heart 05/20/16 Mrs. Smith 72
Jack Goes Home 03/14/16 Teresa 72
Tales of Halloween 10/16/15 Lynn's Mother 72
Helen Keller vs. Nightwolves 10/01/15 Helen Keller 71
Insidious: Chapter 3 05/28/15 Elise Rainier 71
Don Quixote: The Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha 01/07/15 The Grand Lady 71
Grace 10/28/14 Helen 71
Ouija 10/24/14 Paulina Zander 71
Lost Time 09/19/14 Mysterious Woman 70
The Signal 03/15/14 Mirabelle 70
All American Christmas Carol 11/05/13 Barbara Belnap 70
Big Ass Spider! 10/17/13 Mrs. Jefferson 70
Insidious: Chapter 2 09/12/13 Elise Rainier 69
Crazy Kind of Love 05/31/13 Denise Mack 69
Noobz 01/25/13 Mrs. Theodore 69
Life's an Itch 12/01/12 Gloria 69
Matchmaker Santa 11/21/12 Debbie 69
FDR: American Badass! 09/24/12 Eleanor Roosevelt 68
3 Days of Normal 06/02/12 May 68
Jewtopia 04/26/12 Dr. Sutton 68
The Three Stooges 04/13/12 Nurse Crotchet 68
Waffle Hut 01/01/12 Jerrie Wolf 68
Rosewood Lane 10/15/11 Mrs. Hawthorne 68
Chillerama 10/14/11 Baglady / Nurse Maleva 68
A Good Old Fashioned Orgy 09/02/11 Dody 67
I Was a Teenage Werebear 09/01/11 67
Insidious 03/31/11 Elise Rainier 67
Take Me Home 03/02/11 Jill 67
Sedona 02/19/11 Claire 67
Goldberg - P.I. 01/01/11 Violet 67
Farewell Mr. Kringle 12/04/10 Zelda 67
The Land of the Astronauts 10/19/10 67
Next Stop Murder 09/19/10 Detective Reeson 66
2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams 07/20/10 Granny Boone 66
Small Town Saturday Night 05/31/10 Phyllis Ryan 66
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy 05/04/10 Self 66
Pickin' and Grinnin' 04/17/10 Bonnie Johnson 66
The Penthouse 03/02/10 Frances 66
Killer by Nature 01/01/10 Leona 66
VideoDome Rent-O-Rama 01/01/10 The Lush 66
Dark Moon Rising 10/10/09 Sunny 65
Stuntmen 08/18/09 Bumble Jackson 65
American Cowslip 07/24/09 Lou Anne 65
My Sister's Keeper 06/26/09 Nurse Adele 65
Doggie Heaven 11/24/08 Woman 65
Starz Inside: In the Gutter 07/29/08 Self 64
Chronic Town 04/03/08 Nurse 64
Asylum 03/20/08 String's Mother 64
Killer Pad 02/05/08 Marge 64
Chasing Robert 07/17/07 Martha the Bookie 63
The Election 07/12/07 The Wife 63
Homo Erectus 07/10/07 Museum Guide 63
Pledge This! 12/01/06 Miss Prin 63
Driftwood 10/20/06 Nancy Forrester 63
Surf School 09/01/06 Larry's mom 62
Down the P.C.H. 09/01/06 Wendy O'Hara 62
Surf School 09/01/06 Larry's Mom 62
Snakes on a Plane 08/17/06 Grace 62
Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror 06/27/06 Clara 62
Bachelor Party Vegas 04/25/06 Cassandra 62
Hoboken Hollow 01/04/06 Mrs. Brodrick 62
Unbeatable Harold 01/01/06 Jeannie 62
2001 Maniacs 05/12/05 Granny Boone 61
Drop Dead Sexy 03/12/05 Ma Muzzy 61
Confessions of an Action Star 01/23/05 Samantha Jones 61
Hate Crime 01/14/05 Kathleen Slansky 61
Piggy Banks 01/01/05 Willow 61
The Hillside Strangler 11/12/04 Jenny Buono 61
Cellular 09/06/04 Exotic Car Driver 60
A Cinderella Story 07/16/04 Mrs. Wells 60
The Almost Guys 03/03/04 Repo Boss 60
Who's Your Daddy? 01/07/04 Ms. Harding 60
Dead End 12/12/03 Laura Harrington 60
Stuck on You 12/10/03 Makeup Babe 60
Barely Legal 05/15/03 Tequila 59
Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd 04/14/03 Margie 59
Boat Trip 10/01/02 Sonya the Coach 58
Wish You Were Dead 05/21/02 Jinny Macintosh 58
Contagion 05/15/02 Laura Crowley 58
A Letter from My Father 10/18/01 Elise 58
Say It Isn't So 03/10/01 Nurse Bautista 57
Without Charlie 01/01/01 57
Attention Shoppers 09/21/00 Libby 56
Me, Myself & Irene 06/22/00 Mrs. Caleron 56
Detroit Rock City 08/13/99 Mrs. Bruce 55
Living Out Loud 10/30/98 Lisa's Nurse 55
There's Something About Mary 07/15/98 Magda 54
Trading Favors 06/04/97 Darla 53
Last Man Standing 09/20/96 The Madame 52
Kingpin 07/04/96 Landlady 52
Project: ALF 02/17/96 Waitress 52
Nature of the Beast 10/23/95 Carol Powell 52
Trial by Fire 10/01/95 Phyliis Cardell 51
Sketch Artist II: Hands That See 01/28/95 Bonnie 51
Dumb and Dumber 12/16/94 Mrs. Neugeboren 51
Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, the Last Chapter 10/14/94 Inmate 51
New Nightmare 10/13/94 Nurse with Pills 51
Corrina, Corrina 08/12/94 Repeat Nanny 50
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues 05/13/94 Rubber Rose Maid 50
In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance 01/23/94 Foreman #2 50
Brain Smasher... A Love Story 11/17/93 Make up Artist 50
Amityville: A New Generation 09/29/93 Nurse Turner 49
Three of Hearts 04/30/93 Operator 49
The Temp 02/12/93 Rosemary 49
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 02/04/93 Witness 49
Roadside Prophets 03/27/92 Celeste 48
Pump Up the Volume 08/22/90 PTA Parent 3 46
Lucky Stiff 11/01/88 Bratty Kid's Mom 45
Critters 2 04/29/88 Sally 44
The Running Man 11/13/87 Propaganda Officer 44
The Hidden 10/30/87 Carol Miller 44
Slam Dance 10/02/87 Librarian 43
My Demon Lover 04/24/87 Anemic Counter Girl 43
Extreme Prejudice 04/24/87 Employment Office Clerk 43
Stillwatch 02/10/87 43
Critters 04/11/86 Sally 42
Brewster's Millions 05/22/85 Journalist at Rally 41
A Nightmare on Elm Street 10/31/84 Teacher 41
Summer Fantasy 05/25/84 Woman on Beach 40
Alone in the Dark 11/12/82 Receptionist at Haven 39
Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again 11/10/82 Nurse with Telegram 39
A Cry for Love 10/20/80 37
The Long Riders 05/16/80 Kate 36
The Seeding of Sarah Burns 04/07/79 2nd Nurse 35
The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal 01/30/79 Freida 35
Goin' South 10/06/78 Parasol Lady 34
Hester Street 10/19/75 Whore 32
Dead of Nowhere 3D None Meemaw 80
Before Memory None 80
Carrier None Joan Pierson 80
The Old World None The Aunt (voice) 80