Lin Shaye Net Worth
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Updated on January 12, 2026
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Lin Shaye net worth is
$6 Million
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Linda "Lin" Shaye (born October 12, 1943) is an American film, theatre and television actress. | Net Worth | $6 Million |
| Date Of Birth | October 12, 1943 |
| Place Of Birth | Detroit, Michigan, USA |
| Height | 5' 2" (1.57 m) |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Profession | Actress, Soundtrack, Miscellaneous Crew |
| Education | University of Michigan |
| Spouse | Marshall Rubinoff |
| Nicknames | Lin Shaye, Shaye, Lin |
| Star Sign | Libra |
| # | Trademark |
|---|---|
| 1 | Often plays a chain smoker |
| # | Quote |
|---|---|
| 1 | I may be the only actress in Hollywood who won't need a face lift, because when I take off my makeup, I look so great compared to my characters! |
| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | In the beginning of "Insidious 2", Lindsay Seim portrays a younger version of Elise Rainier, a character originally played by Lin Shaye in "Insidious". Because Lin Shaye has such a distinct voice, she was dubbed over Lindsay's. You don't hear Lindsay 's voice at all in that movie. |
| 2 | 2015: Named the Godmother of Horror by Wizard World Comic Con. |
| 3 | Her mother was a Russian Jewish immigrant, and her paternal grandparents were Romanian Jews. |
| 4 | Aunt of Katja Shaye and Juno Shaye. |
| 5 | She is a lifetime member of the Actor's Studio. |
| 6 | Has a son Lee J. Landey (born 1989). |
| 7 | Is the only actor to appear in both Dumb & Dumber (1994) and the prequel Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd (2003). |
| 8 | Younger sister of New Line Cinema founder & CEO Robert Shaye. |
Actress
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| On the Lot | 2007 | Short | Various |
| Homo Erectus | 2007 | Museum Guide | |
| Kush | 2007 | Susan | |
| Pledge This! | 2006 | Miss Prin | |
| Driftwood | 2006 | Nancy Forrester | |
| Down the P.C.H. | 2006 | Wendy O'Hara | |
| Surf School | 2006 | Larry's Mom | |
| Snakes on a Plane | 2006 | Grace | |
| Hood of Horror | 2006 | Clara | |
| My Name Is Earl | 2006 | TV Series | Paul's Mom |
| Bachelor Party Vegas | 2006 | Video | Cassandra |
| Hoboken Hollow | 2006 | Mrs. Brodrick | |
| Unbeatable Harold | 2006 | Jeannie | |
| Born Killers | 2005 | Willow | |
| Jesus, Mary and Joey | 2005 | Lulu | |
| 2001 Maniacs | 2005 | Granny Boone | |
| Drop Dead Sexy | 2005 | Ma Muzzy | |
| Confessions of an Action Star | 2005 | Samantha Jones | |
| Hate Crime | 2005 | Kathleen Slansky | |
| The Hillside Strangler | 2004 | Jenny Buono | |
| Wear Something Nice | 2004 | Short | Mom |
| Cellular | 2004 | Exotic Car Driver | |
| A Cinderella Story | 2004 | Mrs. Wells | |
| The Latin Lover | 2004 | Short | Emilia |
| Cross Bronx | 2004 | Barbara Green | |
| Crossing Jordan | 2004 | TV Series | Leather Lauren |
| The Almost Guys | 2004 | Repo Boss | |
| Who's Your Daddy? | 2004 | Video | Betsy Harding |
| Stuck on You | 2003 | Makeup Babe | |
| Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd | 2003 | Margie | |
| Barely Legal | 2003 | Tequila | |
| Manfast | 2003 | Marge | |
| Dead End | 2003/I | Laura Harrington | |
| Boat Trip | 2002 | Sonya the Coach | |
| Wish You Were Dead | 2002 | Jinny Macintosh | |
| Man of the Year | 2002 | Flora | |
| Contagion | 2002 | Laura Crowley | |
| Without Charlie | 2001 | ||
| Surfacing: AKA A Letter from My Father | 2001 | Elise | |
| Say It Isn't So | 2001 | Nurse Bautista | |
| Code Blue | 2000 | Video Game | Leslie Miller (voice) |
| Attention Shoppers | 2000 | Libby | |
| Arli$$ | 2000 | TV Series | |
| Me, Myself & Irene | 2000 | Mrs. Caleron (scenes deleted) | |
| Detroit Rock City | 1999 | Mrs. Bruce | |
| Becker | 1998 | TV Series | Mrs. Cooper |
| Living Out Loud | 1998 | Lisa's Nurse | |
| There's Something About Mary | 1998 | Magda | |
| Breakfast with Einstein | 1998 | TV Movie | Miss Desmond |
| Behind the Zipper with Magda | 1998 | Video short | Magda |
| Perversions of Science | 1997 | TV Series | Nurse |
| Trading Favors | 1997 | Darla | |
| Last Man Standing | 1996 | The Madame | |
| Kingpin | 1996 | Landlady | |
| Frasier | 1996 | TV Series | Anne |
| Project: ALF | 1996 | TV Movie | Waitress |
| Trial by Fire | 1995 | TV Movie | Phyllis Cardell |
| The Nature of the Beast | 1995 | Carol Powell | |
| Sketch Artist II: Hands That See | 1995 | TV Movie | Bonnie |
| Dumb & Dumber | 1994 | Mrs. Neugeboren | |
| My So-Called Life | 1994 | TV Series | Parent #2 |
| Corrina, Corrina | 1994 | Repeat Nanny | |
| New Nightmare | 1994 | Nurse with Pills | |
| In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance | 1994 | TV Movie | Foreman #2 |
| Sisters | 1993 | TV Series | Nightmare Host #2 |
| Even Cowgirls Get the Blues | 1993 | Rubber Rose Maid | |
| Amityville: A New Generation | 1993 | Video | Nurse Turner |
| Torch Song | 1993 | TV Movie | Teamster |
| Brain Smasher... A Love Story | 1993 | Video | Makeup Artist |
| Three of Hearts | 1993 | Operator | |
| The Temp | 1993 | Rosemary | |
| Loaded Weapon 1 | 1993 | Witness | |
| Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, the Last Chapter | 1992 | TV Movie | Inmate |
| Roadside Prophets | 1992 | Celeste | |
| Life Goes On | 1991 | TV Series | Parent #2 |
| Book of Love | 1990 | Mrs. Flynn | |
| Pump Up the Volume | 1990 | PTA Parent #3 | |
| Lucky Stiff | 1988 | Bratty Kid's Mom | |
| Critters 2 | 1988 | Sal | |
| Highway to Heaven | 1988 | TV Series | Lila Barnes |
| The Running Man | 1987 | Propaganda Officer | |
| The Hidden | 1987 | Carol Miller | |
| Mistress | 1987 | TV Movie | Woman Customer |
| Slam Dance | 1987 | Librarian | |
| Who's the Boss? | 1987 | TV Series | Mrs. Padnick |
| Extreme Prejudice | 1987 | Employment Office Clerk | |
| My Demon Lover | 1987 | Anemic Counter Girl | |
| Stillwatch | 1987 | TV Movie | |
| Critters | 1986 | Sally | |
| Falcon Crest | 1986 | TV Series | Smoking Female Prisoner |
| Cagney & Lacey | 1986 | TV Series | Secretary |
| The Twilight Zone | 1985 | TV Series | Kate Simmons (segment "Chameleon") |
| Brewster's Millions | 1985 | Journalist at Rally | |
| A Nightmare on Elm Street | 1984 | Teacher | |
| Summer Fantasy | 1984 | TV Movie | Woman on Beach |
| Why Me? | 1984 | TV Movie | |
| Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again | 1982 | Nurse with Telegram | |
| Alone in the Dark | 1982 | Receptionist at Haven | |
| A Cry for Love | 1980 | TV Movie | |
| The Long Riders | 1980 | Kate | |
| The Seeding of Sarah Burns | 1979 | TV Movie | 2nd Nurse |
| The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal | 1979 | TV Movie | Freida |
| Goin' South | 1978 | Parasol Lady | |
| A Secret Space | 1977 | Amy | |
| Eight Is Enough | 1977 | TV Series | |
| Sex and the Married Woman | 1977 | TV Movie | Sandra |
| Hester Street | 1975 | Whore | |
| Re-Animator: Evolution | 2017 | pre-production | Meredith |
| Insidious: Chapter 4 | 2017 | post-production | Elise Rainier |
| Mountain Top | 2017 | post-production | Muriel Miller |
| Grow House | 2017 | post-production | Mrs. Gilliam |
| Sick People | 2016 | completed | Waitress (Sandra) |
| The Black Room | 2016 | completed | Miss Black |
| Before Memory | filming | Grandma Kasper | |
| Los Angeles Overnight | completed | Cousins | |
| Grip and Electric | 2016 | TV Series | Glenda |
| All About the Money | 2016 | Mrs. Womack | |
| Ouija: Origin of Evil | 2016 | Lina Zander (2013) | |
| The Midnight Man | 2016/III | Anna | |
| Buster's Mal Heart | 2016 | Pauline | |
| American Gothic | 2016 | TV Series | Lila |
| Still the King | 2016 | TV Series | Ruthie |
| Abattoir | 2016 | Allie | |
| Texas Heart | 2016 | Mrs. Smith | |
| Jack Goes Home | 2016 | Teresa | |
| Director's Cut | 2016 | Captain Wheeler | |
| Helen Keller vs. Nightwolves | 2015 | Helen Keller | |
| Tales of Halloween | 2015 | Lynn's Mother (segment "Grim Grinning Ghost") | |
| Insidious: Chapter 3 | 2015 | Elise Rainier | |
| Don Quixote | 2015 | The Grand Lady | |
| Hell Hunters | 2015 | TV Series | Ethel |
| Ouija | 2014/II | Paulina Zander | |
| Grace | 2014/I | Helen | |
| Lost Time | 2014 | Mysterious Woman | |
| The Signal | 2014 | Mirabelle | |
| Killing Winston Jones | 2014 | Madeline Jones | |
| Things You Shouldn't Say Past Midnight | 2014 | TV Series | Mrs. Abramson |
| All American Christmas Carol | 2013 | Barbara Belnap | |
| Insidious: Chapter 2 | 2013 | Elise Rainier | |
| Crazy Kind of Love | 2013 | Denise Mack | |
| Big Ass Spider! | 2013 | Mrs. Jefferson | |
| Kroll Show | 2013 | TV Series | |
| Private Practice | 2013 | TV Series | Mrs. Taylor |
| Bayou Tales | 2013 | Margot | |
| Insidious: Spectral Sightings | 2013 | TV Series short | Elise |
| Dr. 420 | 2012 | Video short | Dr. 420 |
| Waffle Hut | 2012 | TV Movie | Jerrie Wolf (2012) |
| Life's an Itch | 2012 | Gloria | |
| Matchmaker Santa | 2012 | TV Movie | Debbie |
| Noobz | 2012 | Mrs. Theodore | |
| 3 Days of Normal | 2012 | May | |
| Jewtopia | 2012 | Dr. Sutton | |
| The Three Stooges | 2012 | Nurse Crotchet | |
| FDR: American Badass! | 2012 | Eleanor Roosevelt | |
| Brave New World | 2011 | TV Movie | Kathy |
| Dead of Nowhere 3D | 2011 | Short | Meemaw |
| Rosewood Lane | 2011 | Mrs. Hawthorne | |
| I Was a Teenage Werebear | 2011 | Short | Nurse Maleva |
| Chillerama | 2011 | Baglady / Nurse Maleva (segments "Wadzilla" and "I Was a Teenage Werebear") | |
| A Good Old Fashioned Orgy | 2011 | Dody | |
| Take Me Home | 2011 | Jill | |
| Losing Control | 2011 | Dolores | |
| Sedona | 2011 | Claire | |
| Black Velvet | 2011 | Pool Lady | |
| Goldberg - P.I. | 2011 | Violet | |
| Red & Blue Marbles | 2011 | Janitor | |
| Farewell Mr. Kringle | 2010 | TV Movie | Zelda |
| Sex Tax: Based on a True Story | 2010 | Lydia Friedman | |
| Next Stop Murder | 2010 | TV Movie | Detective Reeson |
| Insidious | 2010/I | Elise Rainier | |
| Black Limousine | 2010 | Mrs. Harris | |
| The Accidental Death of Joey by Sue | 2010 | Mrs. Rawlings | |
| Small Town Saturday Night | 2010 | Phyllis Ryan | |
| Pickin' & Grinnin' | 2010 | Bonnie Johnson | |
| The Penthouse | 2010 | Frances | |
| 2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams | 2010 | Granny Boone | |
| Killer by Nature | 2010 | Leona | |
| VideoDome Rent-O-Rama | 2010 | Short | The Lush |
| Yellow Brook | 2009 | Short | Narrator |
| Dark Moon Rising | 2009 | Sunny | |
| Stuntmen | 2009 | Bumble Jackson | |
| American Cowslip | 2009 | Lou Anne | |
| My Sister's Keeper | 2009 | Nurse Adele | |
| ER | 2009 | TV Series | Margaret |
| Doggie Heaven | 2008 | Video short | Woman |
| Chronic Town | 2008 | Nurse | |
| Asylum | 2008/IV | String's Mother | |
| Killer Pad | 2008 | Marge | |
| Dirty Sexy Money | 2007 | TV Series | Leslie Donovan |
| Chasing Robert | 2007 | Martha the Bookie | |
| The Election | 2007 | Short | The Wife |
| Time Upon a Once | 2007 | TV Movie | Blue Wife |
Soundtrack
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Accidental Death of Joey by Sue | 2010 | performer: "It's Hard Being a Woman" / writer: "It's Hard Being a Woman" | |
| 2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams | 2010 | performer: "Cannibals" |
Miscellaneous
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy | 2010 | Video documentary archival material provided by |
Thanks
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ouija: Origin of Evil | 2016 | special thanks |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Made in Hollywood | 2013-2015 | TV Series | Herself |
| Chillerama Presents: Anton Troy, the Man Behind the Beast | 2011 | Short | Herself |
| Full Moon Fever: Behind the scenes of I was a Teenage Werebear | 2011 | Documentary short | Herself |
| Fred Heads: The Ultimate Freddy Fans | 2010 | Video short | Herself |
| Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy | 2010 | Video documentary | Herself - 'Teacher' |
| 2001 Maniacs: Behind the Screams | 2010 | Video documentary short | Herself |
| Starz Inside: In the Gutter | 2008 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| On the Lot | 2007 | TV Series | Neighbor - 'Time Upon a Once' |
| Meet the Reptiles | 2006 | Video documentary short | Herself - 'Grace' |
| Pure Venom: The Making of 'Snakes on a Plane' | 2006 | Video documentary short | Herself - 'Grace' |
| Inside the Asylum: The Making of '2001 Maniacs' | 2006 | Video documentary short | Herself |
| Snakes on a Set: Behind the Scenes | 2006 | Video documentary short | Herself |
| The Snake Pit: On the Set of 'Snakes on a Plane' | 2006 | Video documentary short | Herself |
| Puffy, Boobs and Balls: Makeup 101 with Designer Tony Gardner and Actress Lin Shaye | 2003 | Video documentary short | Herself |
| Miscellaneous Shit: Behind the Scenes of 'Detroit Rock City' | 1999 | Video documentary short | Herself |
Archive Footage
Known for movies
There's Something About Mary (1998)
as Magda
Insidious (2010)
as Elise Rainier
Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013)
as Elise Rainier
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
as Teacher