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Linda Shaye is an American theater, film, and television actress and comedienne In a career spanning over forty years, she has appeared in over ninety feature films and is regarded as a scream queen due to her roles in various horror franchises or films including A Nightmare on Elm Street, Critters, Insidious, Dead End, 2001 Maniacs and its sequel 2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams, Alone in the Dark, Amityville: A New Generation, Tales of Halloween, Abattoir, Ouija, and its prequel Ouija: Origin of Evil. Shaye is also known for her comedic roles in many films by the Farrelly brothers, including Dumb and Dumber, Kingpin, and There's Something About Mary.
Birth Name
Linda Shaye
Born
Tuesday, 12 October 1943
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Insidious: The Red Door | Elise Rainier | 2023 |
| Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story | Self | 2023 |
| Living with Chucky | Self / Self - Actress, Nightmare on Elm Street, Insidious | 2023 |
| House of Abraham | Beatrice | 2023 |
| We Are Gathered Here Today | Jean Cole | 2022 |
| Frank and Penelope | Ophelia | 2022 |
| Pines | Julie (voice) / Julia | 2022 |
| Behind the Monsters | Self | 2021 |
| Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman | Mrs. Bundy | 2021 |
| The Call | Edith Cranston | 2020 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Insidious: The Red Door | Elise Rainier | 2023 |
| Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story | Self | 2023 |
| Living with Chucky | Self / Self - Actress, Nightmare on Elm Street, Insidious | 2023 |
| House of Abraham | Beatrice | 2023 |
| We Are Gathered Here Today | Jean Cole | 2022 |
| Frank and Penelope | Ophelia | 2022 |
| Pines | Julie (voice) / Julia | 2022 |
| Behind the Monsters | Self | 2021 |
| Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman | Mrs. Bundy | 2021 |
| The Call | Edith Cranston | 2020 |
| The Horror Crowd | Self / Herself | 2020 |
| Max Reload and the Nether Blasters | Mrs. Wylder | 2020 |
| Darkness Falls | Angela Anderson | 2020 |
| The Voices | Vagabond / The Vagabond | 2020 |
| Dreamkatcher | Ruth | 2020 |
| Dead Talk Live | Self - Guest | 2020 |
| Penny Dreadful: City of Angels | Dottie Minter | 2020 |
| Get Gone | Mama / Mama Maxwell | 2020 |
| The Grudge | Faith Matheson | 2020 |
| Gothic Harvest | Griselda | 2019 |
| Ambition | Lady Bum | 2019 |
| Room for Rent | Joyce | 2019 |
| The Final Wish | Kate Hammond | 2019 |
| Herbert West: Reanimator | Meredith | 2018 |
| Eli Roth's History of Horror | Self | 2018 |
| Director's Cut | Captain Wheeler | 2018 |
| Los Angeles Overnight | Cousins | 2018 |
| Insidious: The Last Key | Elise Rainier / Élise Rainier | 2018 |
| All About the Money | Mrs. Womack | 2017 |
| Buster's Mal Heart | Pauline | 2017 |
| The Black Room | Miss Black | 2017 |
| Grow House | Mrs. Gilliam | 2017 |
| Mountain Top | Muriel Miller | 2017 |
| Grip and Electric | Glenda | 2016 |
| Ouija: Origin of Evil | Lina Zander (2013) / Old Paulina Zander | 2016 |
| Jack Goes Home | Teresa | 2016 |
| The Midnight Man | Anna Luster / Anna | 2016 |
| Abattoir | Allie | 2016 |
| American Gothic | Lila | 2016 |
| Still the King | Ruthie | 2016 |
| Texas Heart | Mrs. Smith | 2016 |
| Helen Keller vs. Nightwolves | Helen Keller | 2015 |
| Tales of Halloween | Lynn's Mother (segment "Grim Grinning Ghost") / Lynn's Mother | 2015 |
| Insidious: Chapter 3 | Elise Rainier | 2015 |
| Don Quixote | The Grand Lady | 2015 |
| Ouija | Paulina Zander | 2014 |
| Grace: The Possession | Helen | 2014 |
| Things You Shouldn't Say Past Midnight | Mrs. Abramson | 2014 |
| Lost Time | Mysterious Woman | 2014 |
| The Signal | Mirabelle | 2014 |
| All American Christmas Carol | Barbara Belnap | 2013 |
| Big Ass Spider! | Mrs. Jefferson | 2013 |
| Insidious: Chapter 2 | Elise Rainier | 2013 |
| Crazy Kind of Love | Denise Mack | 2013 |
| Noobz | Mrs. Theodore | 2013 |
| Eastsiders | Diane | 2012 |
| Life's an Itch | Gloria | 2012 |
| Matchmaker Santa | Debbie | 2012 |
| FDR: American Badass! | Eleanor Roosevelt | 2012 |
| 3 Days of Normal | May | 2012 |
| Jewtopia | Dr. Sutton | 2012 |
| The Three Stooges | Nurse Crotchet | 2012 |
| Rosewood Lane | Mrs. Hawthorne | 2012 |
| Sedona | Claire | 2012 |
| Chillerama | Nurse Maleva (segments "Wadzilla" and "I Was a Teenage Werebear") / Baglady / Nurse Maleva | 2011 |
| A Good Old Fashioned Orgy | Dody | 2011 |
| I Was a Teenage Werebear | Nurse Maleva | 2011 |
| Losing Control | Dolores | 2011 |
| Insidious | Elise Rainier | 2011 |
| Take Me Home | Jill | 2011 |
| Goldberg - P.I. | Violet | 2011 |
| Farewell Mr. Kringle | Zelda | 2010 |
| Sex Tax: Based on a True Story | Lydia Friedman | 2010 |
| Next Stop Murder | Detective Reeson | 2010 |
| The Accidental Death of Joey by Sue | Mrs. Rawlings | 2010 |
| Black Limousine | Mrs. Harris | 2010 |
| Small Town Saturday Night | Phyllis Ryan | 2010 |
| Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy | Self - 'Teacher' / Self | 2010 |
| 2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams | Granny Boone | 2010 |
| Pickin' & Grinnin' | Bonnie Johnson | 2010 |
| The Penthouse | Frances | 2010 |
| Killer by Nature | Leona | 2010 |
| Dark Moon Rising | Sunny | 2009 |
| Red Carpet Report | Self | 2009 |
| American Cowslip | Lou Anne | 2009 |
| My Sister's Keeper | Nurse Adele | 2009 |
| Live It Up | Self -Guest | 2009 |
| Stuntmen | Bumble Jackson | 2009 |
| Doggie Heaven | Woman | 2008 |
| Starz Inside: In the Gutter | Self | 2008 |
| Homo Erectus | Museum Guide | 2008 |
| Chronic Town | Nurse | 2008 |
| Asylum | String's Mother | 2008 |
| Killer Pad | Marge | 2008 |
| Dirty Sexy Money | Leslie Donovan | 2007 |
| Private Practice | Mrs. Taylor | 2007 |
| Chasing Robert | Martha the Bookie | 2007 |
| The Election | The Wife | 2007 |
| Kush | Susan | 2007 |
| On the Lot | Neighbor - 'Time Upon a Once' | 2007 |
| Confessions of an Action Star | Samantha Jones | 2007 |
| Pledge This! | Miss Prin | 2006 |
| Driftwood | Nancy Forrester | 2006 |
| Down the P.C.H. | Wendy O'Hara | 2006 |
| Surf School | Larry's Mom | 2006 |
| Snakes on a Plane | Grace | 2006 |
| Hood of Horror | Clara | 2006 |
| Vegas, Baby | Cassandra | 2006 |
| Jesus, Mary and Joey | Lulu | 2006 |
| Unbeatable Harold | Jeannie | 2006 |
| Hoboken Hollow | Mrs. Brodrick | 2005 |
| Made in Hollywood | Self | 2005 |
| 20 to 1 | Magda | 2005 |
| My Name Is Earl | Paul's Mom | 2005 |
| 2001 Maniacs | Granny Boone | 2005 |
| Drop Dead Sexy | Ma Muzzy | 2005 |
| Hate Crime | Kathleen Slansky | 2005 |
| Born Killers | Willow | 2005 |
| The Hillside Strangler | Jenny Buono | 2004 |
| Cellular | Exotic Car Driver | 2004 |
| A Cinderella Story | Mrs. Wells | 2004 |
| Cross Bronx | Barbara Green | 2004 |
| The Almost Guys | Repo Boss | 2006 |
| Who's Your Daddy? | Betsy Harding / Ms. Harding | 2004 |
| Stuck on You | Makeup Babe | 2003 |
| Dead End | Laura Harrington | 2003 |
| Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd | Margie | 2003 |
| Barely Legal | Tequila | 2003 |
| Manfast | Marge | 2003 |
| Boat Trip | Sonya the Coach | 2002 |
| Man of the Year | Flora | 2002 |
| Contagion | Laura Crowley | 2002 |
| Wish You Were Dead | Jinny Macintosh | 2001 |
| Crossing Jordan | Leather Lauren | 2001 |
| Say It Isn't So | Nurse Bautista | 2001 |
| Surfacing: AKA A Letter from My Father | Elise | 2001 |
| Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years | Magda | 2000 |
| Attention Shoppers | Libby | 2000 |
| Me, Myself & Irene | Mrs. Caleron | 2000 |
| Me, Myself and Irene | Mrs. Caleron | 2000 |
| Detroit Rock City | Mrs. Bruce | 1999 |
| Becker | Mrs. Cooper | 1998 |
| Living Out Loud | Lisa's Nurse | 1998 |
| There's Something About Mary | Magda | 1998 |
| Breakfast with Einstein | Miss Desmond | 1998 |
| Perversions of Science | Nurse | 1997 |
| Trading Favors | Darla | 1997 |
| Last Man Standing | The Madame | 1996 |
| Kingpin | Landlady | 1996 |
| Project: ALF | Waitress | 1996 |
| Trial by Fire | Phyllis Cardell / Phyliis Cardell | 1995 |
| The Nature of the Beast | Carol Powell | 1995 |
| Sketch Artist II: Hands That See | Bonnie | 1995 |
| Dumb and Dumber | Mrs. Neugeboren | 1994 |
| New Nightmare | Nurse with Pills | 1994 |
| ER | Margaret | 1994 |
| Corrina, Corrina | Repeat Nanny | 1994 |
| My So-Called Life | Parent #2 | 1994 |
| Even Cowgirls Get the Blues | Rubber Rose Maid | 1994 |
| In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance | Foreman #2 | 1994 |
| Brain Smasher... A Love Story | Makeup Artist / Make up Artist | 1993 |
| Frasier | Anne | 1993 |
| The Hidden II | Carol Miller | 1993 |
| Amityville: A New Generation | Nurse Turner | 1993 |
| Torch Song | Teamster | 1993 |
| Three of Hearts | Operator | 1993 |
| The Temp | Rosemary | 1993 |
| Loaded Weapon 1 | Witness | 1993 |
| Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, the Last Chapter | Inmate | 1992 |
| Roadside Prophets | Celeste | 1992 |
| Critters 3 | Sal | 1991 |
| Sisters | Nightmare Host #2 | 1991 |
| Book of Love | Mrs. Flynn | 1991 |
| Pump Up the Volume | PTA Parent #3 / PTA Parent 3 | 1990 |
| Life Goes On | Parent #2 | 1989 |
| Lucky Stiff | Bratty Kid's Mom | 1988 |
| Critters 2 | Sal / Sally | 1988 |
| The Hidden | Carol Miller | 1987 |
| Mistress | Woman Customer | 1987 |
| Slam Dance | Librarian | 1987 |
| Extreme Prejudice | Employment Office Clerk | 1987 |
| My Demon Lover | Anemic Counter Girl | 1987 |
| The Running Man | Propaganda Officer | 1987 |
| Stillwatch | 1987 | |
| Critters | Sally | 1986 |
| The Twilight Zone | Kate Simmons (segment "Chameleon") | 1985 |
| Brewster's Millions | Journalist at Rally | 1985 |
| A Nightmare on Elm Street | Teacher | 1984 |
| Who's the Boss? | Mrs. Padnick | 1984 |
| Highway to Heaven | Lila Barnes | 1984 |
| Summer Fantasy | Woman on Beach | 1984 |
| Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again | Nurse with Telegram | 1982 |
| Alone in the Dark | Receptionist at Haven | 1982 |
| Falcon Crest | Smoking Female Prisoner | 1981 |
| Cagney & Lacey | Secretary | 1981 |
| A Cry for Love | 1980 | |
| The Long Riders | Kate | 1980 |
| Goin' South | Parasol Lady | 1978 |
| Eight Is Enough | Band Member | 1977 |
| Hester Street | Whore | 1975 |
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| House of Abraham | 2023 |
| Dreamkatcher | 2020 |
| Room for Rent | 2019 |
