Lin Shaye

Lin Shaye
Born	Linda Shaye (1943-10-12) October 12, 1943 Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1971–present
Spouse(s)	Marshall Rubinoff (? – July 7, 1968; his death) Clayton Landey (January 1, 1988–2003)

Linda "Lin" Shaye (born October 12, 1943) is an American film, theatre and television actress.

Early life

Born in Detroit, Michigan, Shaye is the daughter of Dorothy (née Katz), a homemaker, and Max Mendle Shaye, a painter and supermarket owner. Her brother is film executive Robert Shaye. Shaye studied acting at the University of Michigan before she moved to New York to appear in Off Broadway productions. In 1977, she moved to Los Angeles to further pursue her acting career.

Career

In 1975, she made her film debut with a small role in Hester Street, followed by small roles in several movies and television shows. In 1978, she appeared in the Jack Nicholson-directed Western Goin' South. She has since appeared in a large number of character roles. Many were for her brother, Robert Shaye, co-founder and former co-CEO of New Line Cinema, such as her role as Mrs. Flynn in the 1990 film Book of Love, which Robert Shaye directed. In 1984 Shaye played a teacher in A Nightmare On Elm Street. Her breakout comedy role was the part of Mrs. Nuegeboren in the Farrelly Brothers' Dumb and Dumber (1994). Shaye also appeared in the Farrelly's 1996 comedy Kingpin as the repulsive landlady, and then got a role as Cameron Diaz's overtanned neighbor Magda in their 1998 hit There's Something About Mary. She followed this with 1999's Detroit Rock City as an uptight mother waging a personal war against the band Kiss.

Shaye has also appeared in four films by director Walter Hill: The Long Riders (1980), Brewster's Millions (1985), Extreme Prejudice (1987) and Last Man Standing (1996). In 2003, she appeared alongside Cuba Gooding Jr. and Horatio Sanz in Boat Trip as Sonya, a horny tanning coach who begins stalking Sanz's character. That same year she co-starred with Ray Wise and Alexandra Holden in the cult horror film Dead End as Laura Harrington, and as Jenny Buono, the mother of 1970s Los Angeles serial killer Angelo Buono in The Hillside Strangler. Most recently, she was seen in the thriller Snakes on a Plane. She also appeared in the film 2001 Maniacs as the part of Granny Boone and in the sequel 2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams.

In 2007, she appeared in the short films Sponsored By, Under The Gun, Midnight Snack, Time Upon a Once, Old Home Boyz, Backseat Driving Test, and The Yes Men which were directed by contestants on the reality show On the Lot. In 2010, Lin appeared in the horror film Insidious as Elise Reiner (a major supporting role).

Personal life

Shaye has been married twice. Her first husband died in 1968. In 1988, she married actor Clayton Landey, with whom she appeared in 2002's Wish You Were Dead. The couple had one child before divorcing in 2003.

Filmography

Film
Year	Film	Role	Notes
1975	Hester Street	Whore
1978	Goin' South	Parasol Lady
1980	The Long Riders	Kate
1982	Alone in the Dark	Receptionist at Haven
1982	Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again	Nurse with Telegram
1984	A Nightmare on Elm Street	Teacher
1985	Brewster's Millions	Journalist at Rally
1986	Critters	Sally
1987	Extreme Prejudice	Employment Office Clerk
1987	Slam Dance	Librarian
1987	The Hidden	Carol Miller
1987	The Running Man	Propaganda Officer
1988	Critters 2: The Main Course	Sal
1988	Lucky Stiff	Bratty Kid's Mom
1990	Book of Love	Mrs. Flynn
1990	Pump Up the Volume	PTA Parent #3
1992	Roadside Prophets	Celeste
1993	Loaded Weapon 1	Witness
1993	The Temp	Rosemary
1993	Three of Hearts	Operator
1993	Amityville: A New Generation	Nurse Turner
1993	Even Cowgirls Get the Blues	Rubber Rose Maid
1994	Corrina, Corrina	Repeat Nanny
1994	Wes Craven's New Nightmare	Nurse
1994	Dumb & Dumber	Mrs. Neugeboren
1995	The Nature of the Beast	Carol Powell
1996	Kingpin	Landlady
1996	Last Man Standing	The Madame
1998	Living Out Loud	Lisa's Nurse
1998	There's Something About Mary	Magda
1999	Detroit Rock City	Mrs. Bruce
2001	Say It Isn't So	Nurse Bautista
2002	Wish You Were Dead	Jinny Macintosh
2002	Boat Trip	Sonya
2003	Who's Your Daddy?	Ms. Harding
2003	National Lampoon's Barely Legal	Tequila
2003	Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd	Margie
2003	Dead End	Laura Harrington
2003	Stuck on You	Makeup Babe
2004	The Hillside Strangler	Jenny Buono
2004	A Cinderella Story	Mrs. Wells
2004	Cellular	Exotic Car Driver
2005	Hate Crime	Kathleen Slansky
2005	Confessions of an Action Star	Samantha Jones
2005	2001 Maniacs	Granny Boon
2005	Drop Dead Sexy	Ma Muzzy
2006	Unbeatable Harold	Jeannie
2006	Bachelor Party Vegas	Cassandra
2006	Hood of Horror	Clara
2006	Snakes on a Plane	Grace
2006	Driftwood	Nancy Forrester
2006	Pledge This!	Miss Prin
2007	Homo Erectus	Museum Guide
2007	Kush	Susan
2008	Killer Pad	Marge
2008	Asylum	String's Mother
2009	My Sister's Keeper	Nurse Adele
2009	American Cowslip	Lou Anne
2010	Small Town Saturday Night	Phyllis
2010	2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams	Granny Boone
2010	Killer By Nature	Leona Whitmore
2011	Insidious	Elise Reiner
2011	Sedona: The Motion Picture	Claire
2011	Chillerama	Nurse Maleva
2012	The Three Stooges	Nursery Nurse
Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1977	Eight Is Enough		1 episode
1985	The New Twilight Zone	Kate Simmons	1 episode
1991	Life Goes On	Parent #2	1 episode
1996	Frasier	Anne	1 episode
1997	Perversions of Science	The Nurse	1 episode
1998	Becker	Mrs. Cooper	1 episode
2004	Crossing Jordan	Leather Lauren	1 episode
2007	Dirty Sexy Money	Leslie Donovan	1 episode
2009	ER	Margaret	1 episode

Awards and nominations

Year	Result	Award	Category	Film or series
1999	Nominated	Blockbuster Entertainment Awards	Favorite Supporting Actress – Comedy	There's Something About Mary
2005	Won	Breckenridge Festival Of Film	Best Supporting Actress	Hate Crime
2012	Nominated	Cyber-Horror Awards	Best Supporting Actress	Insidious
2005	Nominated	Fangoria Chainsaw Awards	Best Supporting Actress	Dead End
2012	Won		Best Supporting Actress	Insidious
2004	Won	Fright Meter Awards	Best Actress	Dead End
2011			Best Supporting Actress	Insidious
2002	Won	Method Fest Independent Film Festival	Best Supporting Actress	-
2004		Peñíscola Comedy Film Festival	Best Actress	Dead End
2012	Nominated	Saturn Awards	Best Supporting Actress	Insidious

External links

• Lin Shaye Official site
• Lin Shaye at IMDb
• Lin Shaye at AllMovie