Lin Shaye

Lin Shaye

Actor (b. 1943)
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The ThumbScore for Lin Shaye (73.7%) is the average audience approval rating across 26 films. Each movie's ThumbScore represents the percentage of real audiences who rated it positively. A higher score means more of Lin's films are well-received by everyday viewers.

26
Movies
73.7%
Avg ThumbScore
Horror
Top Genre

Audiences rate Lin Shaye’s films higher than 68% of the 3,467 people with 10 or more films on ThumbScore. See the full ranking

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Frequent Collaborators

Leigh Whannell (5)Patrick Wilson (4)Angus Sampson (4)Rose Byrne (3)Ty Simpkins (3)

Lin Shaye (born October 12, 1943) is an American actress. In a career spanning over fifty years, Shaye has appeared in more than a hundred feature films. She is regarded as a scream queen due to her roles in various horror productions, which include the films 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 (2019), Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman (2021), and the Insidious film series (2010–2026). Shaye is also well known for her comedic roles in numerous films by the Farrelly brothers, including Dumb and Dumber (1994), Kingpin (1996), There's Something About Mary (1998), Detroit Rock City (1999), Me, Myself & Irene (2000), Stuck on You (2003), and The Three Stooges (2012). Description above from the Wikipedia article Lin Shaye, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Born 1943-10-12 in Detroit, Michigan, USA.

On ThumbScore, Lin Shaye appears in 26 films with an average audience score of 73.7%, most frequently in the Horror genre.

Sources: TMDB

Every Lin Shaye movie, ranked by audience score

Boat Trip
Boat Trip
2002
👍 91%
Critters 2
Critters 2
1988
👍 91%
A Nightmare on Elm Street
A Nightmare on Elm Street
1984
👍 87%
Insidious: Chapter 2
Insidious: Chapter 2
2013
👍 84%
Critters
Critters
1986
👍 83%
A Cinderella Story
A Cinderella Story
2004
👍 82%
There's Something About Mary
There's Something About Mary
1998
👍 80%
Snakes on a Plane
Snakes on a Plane
2006
👍 80%
Kingpin
Kingpin
1996
👍 79%
Dead End
Dead End
2003
👍 78%
Insidious
Insidious
2011
👍 78%
Detroit Rock City
Detroit Rock City
1999
👍 78%
Insidious: Chapter 3
Insidious: Chapter 3
2015
👍 77%
Insidious: Out of the Further
Insidious: Out of the Further
2026
👍 77%
Ouija
Ouija
2014
👍 76%
Insidious: The Last Key
Insidious: The Last Key
2018
👍 75%
Tales of Halloween
Tales of Halloween
2015
👍 71%
The Midnight Man
The Midnight Man
2016
👍 66%
Insidious: The Red Door
Insidious: The Red Door
2023
👍 64%
2001 Maniacs
2001 Maniacs
2005
👍 64%
The Signal
The Signal
2014
👍 63%
Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd
Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd
2003
👍 63%
Big Ass Spider!
Big Ass Spider!
2013
👍 59%
The Grudge
The Grudge
2019
👍 58%
Amityville: A New Generation
Amityville: A New Generation
1993
👍 57%
Asylum
Asylum
2008
👍 55%