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Lin Shaye

Lin Shaye

Birthday: 1943-10-12 | Place of Birth: Detroit, Michigan, USA

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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2022
Frank and Penelope

as    Ophelia

2021
Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman

as    Mrs. Bundy

2020
Darkness Falls

as    Angela Anderson

2020
The Call

as    Edith Cranston

2020
The Horror Crowd

as    Herself

2020
Max Reload and the Nether Blasters

as    Mrs. Wylder

2020
Dreamkatcher

as    Ruth

2020
The Voices

as    The Vagabond

2019
The Grudge

as    Faith Matheson

2019
Room for Rent

as    Joyce

2019
The Final Wish

as    Kate Hammond

2019
Ambition

as    Lady Bum

2018
The Midnight Man

as    Anna

2018
Los Angeles Overnight

as    Cousins

2018
Herbert West: Reanimator

as    Meredith

2018
Insidious: The Last Key

as    Élise Rainier

2017
The Black Room

as    Miss Black

2017
All About the Money

as    Mrs. Womack

2017
Buster's Mal Heart

as    Pauline

2016
Abattoir

as    Allie

2016
Director's Cut

as    Captain Wheeler

2016
Texas Heart

as    Mrs. Smith

2016
Jack Goes Home

as    Teresa

2015
Insidious: Chapter 3

as    Elise Rainier

2015
Helen Keller vs. Nightwolves

as    Helen Keller

2015
Tales of Halloween

as    Lynn's Mother

2014
Grace

as    Helen

2014
The Signal

as    Mirabelle

2014
Ouija

as    Paulina Zander