Lin Shaye
Age: N/A | From: Detroit, Michigan, USA
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: Linda "Lin" Shaye
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Detroit, Michigan, USA
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 91
TV Involvements: 8
Most Famous Work
Biography
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 worked in numerous off- and off-off- Broadway productions, as well as Lincoln Center and Broadway. She has studied with some of the finest: Uta Hagen, Stella Adler and Lee Strasberg. Lin is a lifetime member of the Actors Studio. She is also the younger sister of producer Robert Shaye.
Most Famous Work
ER
(1994) Margaret
Crossing Jordan
(2001) Leather Lauren
Falcon Crest
(1981) Smoking Female Prisoner
Cagney & Lacey
(1982) Secretary
The Twilight Zone
(1985) Kate Simmons
Penny Dreadful: City of Angels
(2020) Dottie Minter
Insidious: The Red Door
(2023) Elise Rainier
Perversions of Science
(1997) NurseActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Elise Rainier | |
| 2022 | Self | |
| Kane | ||
| Jean Cole | ||
| Self | ||
| Ophelia | ||
| Julie (voice) | ||
| 2021 | Self | |
| Mrs. Bundy | ||
| 2020 | Edith Cranston | |
| Herself | ||
| Mrs. Wylder | ||
| The Vagabond | ||
| Ruth | ||
| Dottie Minter | ||
| Angela Anderson | ||
| 2019 | Faith Matheson | |
| Griselda | ||
| Lady Bum | ||
| Mama | ||
| Joyce | ||
| Kate Hammond | ||
| 2018 | Meredith | |
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| N/A | ||
| Cousins | ||
| Elise Rainier | ||
| 2017 | Mrs. Womack | |
| Pauline | ||
| Miss Black | ||
| Mrs. Gilliam | ||
| Muriel Miller | ||
| 2016 | Allie | |
| Old Paulina Zander | ||
| Anna | ||
| Captain Wheeler | ||
| Mrs. Smith | ||
| Teresa | ||
| 2015 | Lynn's Mother | |
| Helen Keller | ||
| Elise Rainier | ||
| The Grand Lady | ||
| 2014 | Helen | |
| Paulina Zander | ||
| Mysterious Woman | ||
| Mirabelle | ||
| 2013 | Barbara Belnap | |
| Mrs. Jefferson | ||
| Elise Rainier | ||
| Denise Mack | ||
| Mrs. Theodore | ||
| 2012 | Diane | |
| Gloria | ||
| Debbie | ||
| Eleanor Roosevelt | ||
| May | ||
| Dr. Sutton | ||
| Nurse Crotchet | ||
| Jerrie Wolf | ||
| 2011 | Mrs. Hawthorne | |
| Baglady / Nurse Maleva | ||
| Dody | ||
| N/A | ||
| Elise Rainier | ||
| Jill | ||
| Claire | ||
| Violet | ||
| 2010 | Zelda | |
| N/A | ||
| Detective Reeson | ||
| Granny Boone | ||
| Phyllis Ryan | ||
| Self | ||
| Bonnie Johnson | ||
| Frances | ||
| The Lush | ||
| Leona | ||
| 2009 | Sunny | |
| Bumble Jackson | ||
| Lou Anne | ||
| Nurse Adele | ||
| 2008 | Woman | |
| Self | ||
| Nurse | ||
| String's Mother | ||
| Marge | ||
| 2007 | Martha the Bookie | |
| The Wife | ||
| Museum Guide | ||
| 2006 | Miss Prin | |
| Nancy Forrester | ||
| Wendy O'Hara | ||
| Larry's mom | ||
| Larry's Mom | ||
| Grace | ||
| Clara | ||
| Cassandra | ||
| Mrs. Brodrick | ||
| Jeannie | ||
| 2005 | Tequila | |
| Paul's Mom | ||
| Granny Boone | ||
| Ma Muzzy | ||
| Samantha Jones | ||
| Kathleen Slansky | ||
| Willow | ||
| 2004 | Jenny Buono | |
| Exotic Car Driver | ||
| Mrs. Wells | ||
| Repo Boss | ||
| Ms. Harding | ||
| 2003 | Laura Harrington | |
| Makeup Babe | ||
| Margie | ||
| 2002 | Sonya the Coach | |
| Jinny Macintosh | ||
| Laura Crowley | ||
| 2001 | Elise | |
| Leather Lauren | ||
| Nurse Bautista | ||
| N/A | ||
| 2000 | Libby | |
| Mrs. Caleron | ||
| 1999 | Mrs. Bruce | |
| 1998 | Mrs. Cooper | |
| Lisa's Nurse | ||
| Magda | ||
| 1997 | Nurse | |
| Darla | ||
| 1996 | The Madame | |
| Landlady | ||
| Waitress | ||
| 1995 | Carol Powell | |
| Phyliis Cardell | ||
| Bonnie | ||
| 1994 | Mrs. Neugeboren | |
| Inmate | ||
| Nurse with Pills | ||
| Margaret | ||
| Parent #2 | ||
| Repeat Nanny | ||
| Rubber Rose Maid | ||
| Foreman #2 | ||
| 1993 | Make up Artist | |
| Nurse Turner | ||
| Anne | ||
| Operator | ||
| Rosemary | ||
| Witness | ||
| 1992 | Celeste | |
| 1990 | PTA Parent 3 | |
| 1988 | Bratty Kid's Mom | |
| Sally | ||
| 1987 | Propaganda Officer | |
| Carol Miller | ||
| Librarian | ||
| Anemic Counter Girl | ||
| Employment Office Clerk | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1986 | Sally | |
| 1985 | Kate Simmons | |
| Journalist at Rally | ||
| 1984 | Teacher | |
| Mrs. Padnick | ||
| N/A | ||
| Woman on Beach | ||
| 1982 | Receptionist at Haven | |
| Nurse with Telegram | ||
| Secretary | ||
| 1981 | Smoking Female Prisoner | |
| 1980 | N/A | |
| Kate | ||
| 1979 | 2nd Nurse | |
| Freida | ||
| 1978 | Parasol Lady | |
| 1975 | Whore | |
| Joan Pierson | ||
| N/A | ||
| Meemaw | ||
| The Aunt (voice) | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Executive Producer | |
| 2019 | Co-Producer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |