Lin Shaye
Linda Shaye (born October 12, 1943) is an American film, television, and theater actress. In a career spanning over forty years, she has appeared in more than a hundred feature films. She is perhaps best known for her starring role as Elise Rainier in the Insidious film series (2010–2018), and as Magda in There's Something About Mary. Shaye is regarded as a scream queen due to her roles in various horror films, including Alone in the Dark (1982), A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), Critters (1986) and its sequel Critters 2: The Main Course (1988), Amityville: A New Generation (1993), Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994), Dead End (2003), 2001 Maniacs (2005) and its sequel 2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams (2010), Ouija (2014) and its prequel Ouija: Origin of Evil (2016), Tales of Halloween (2015), Abattoir (2016), The Final Wish (2018), Room for Rent (2019), The Grudge (2020), and the Insidious ...
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Insidious: Out of the Further
House of Abraham
The Last Stand of Ellen Cole
Scared to Death
Insidious: The Red Door- CACarrier
Frank and Penelope
Pines
Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story
We Are Gathered Here Today
Living with Chucky
Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman
The Call
The Horror Crowd
Dreamkatcher
Darkness Falls
The Voices
The Grudge
Get Gone
Ambition
Room for Rent
Insidious: The Last Key
Los Angeles Overnight
The Final Wish
Gothic Harvest
Buster's Mal Heart
The Black Room
Mountain Top
All About the Money
Abattoir
The Midnight Man
Director's Cut
Texas Heart
Jack Goes Home
Insidious: Chapter 3
Don Quixote: The Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha
Sick People
Helen Keller vs. Nightwolves
Grace
Ouija
The Signal
Lost Time
Insidious: Chapter 2
Noobz
Crazy Kind of Love
Big Ass Spider!
All American Christmas Carol
Matchmaker Santa
Waffle Hut
3 Days of Normal
FDR: American Badass!
Insidious
Sedona
Take Me Home
The Rosewood Lane
Goldberg - P.I.
Losing Control
Farewell Mr. Kringle
Next Stop Murder
The Accidental Death of Joey by Sue
2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams
VideoDome Rent-O-Rama
Small Town Saturday Night
Black Limousine
Killer by Nature
American Cowslip
Dark Moon Rising
Doggie Heaven
Asylum
The Snake Pit: On the Set of 'Snakes on a Plane'
Snakes on a Plane: Meet the Reptiles
Snakes on a Set: Behind the Scenes
Down the P.C.H.
Snakes on a Plane
Bachelor Party Vegas
Pure Venom: The Making of Snakes on a Plane
Unbeatable Harold
Hoboken Hollow
2001 Maniacs
Drop Dead Sexy
Sledge: The Untold Story
Hate Crime
A Cinderella Story
The Almost Guys
Dead End
Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd
ManFast
Boat Trip
Contagion
A Letter from My Father
Without Charlie
Wish You Were Dead
Attention Shoppers
Detroit Rock City
There's Something About Mary
Breakfast with Einstein
Kingpin
Nature of the Beast
Sketch Artist II: Hands That See
Corrina, Corrina
Amityville: A New Generation
The Temp
Critters 2
My Demon Lover
Stillwatch
Critters
A Nightmare on Elm Street
A Secret Space
The Possession at Gladstone Manor- DEDevoted
Mascotland