1943-10-12 Detroit, Michigan, USA
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 (2020), Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman (2021), and the Insidious film series (2010–2023). 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.
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Insidious: The Bleeding World | Elise Rainier | 2026-08-21 |
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House of Abraham | 2025-06-13 | |
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1000 Women in Horror | Self | 2025-08-21 |
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Scared to Death | Max | 2024-08-11 |
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The Last Stand of Ellen Cole | Ellen | 2024-10-18 |
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Insidious: The Red Door | Elise Rainier | 2023-07-05 |
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Remote | Kane | 2022-10-01 |
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Living with Chucky | Self | 2022-08-13 |
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Frank and Penelope | Ophelia | 2022-06-03 |
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Pines | Julie (voice) | 2022-02-04 |
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We Are Gathered Here Today | Jean Cole | 2022-08-16 |
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Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story | Self | 2022-10-07 |
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Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman | Mrs. Bundy | 2021-08-16 |
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The Call | Edith Cranston | 2020-10-23 |
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Dreamkatcher | Ruth | 2020-06-24 |
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The Voices | The Vagabond | 2020-07-03 |
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Max Reload and the Nether Blasters | Mrs. Wylder | 2020-08-11 |
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The Horror Crowd | Herself | 2020-08-29 |
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Darkness Falls | Angela Anderson | 2020-03-07 |
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Get Gone | Mama | 2019-07-31 |
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Ambition | Lady Bum | 2019-09-20 |
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Gothic Harvest | Griselda | 2019-10-15 |
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The Grudge | Faith Matheson | 2019-12-31 |
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Room for Rent | Joyce | 2019-05-03 |
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The Final Wish | Kate Hammond | 2019-01-24 |
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Los Angeles Overnight | Cousins | 2018-03-20 |
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Insidious: The Last Key | Elise Rainier | 2018-01-03 |
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They Bite!: The Making of Critters | Self | 2018-11-27 |
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The Main Course: The Making of Critters 2 | Self | 2018-11-27 |
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Herbert West: Reanimator | Meredith | 2018-12-15 |
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Grow House | Mrs. Gilliam | 2017-04-20 |
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Mountain Top | Muriel Miller | 2017-02-10 |
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All About the Money | Mrs. Womack | 2017-06-02 |
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The Black Room | Miss Black | 2017-04-28 |
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Buster's Mal Heart | Pauline | 2017-05-28 |
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Texas Heart | Mrs. Smith | 2016-05-20 |
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Jack Goes Home | Teresa | 2016-03-14 |
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Abattoir | Allie | 2016-11-24 |
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Ouija: Origin of Evil | Old Paulina Zander | 2016-10-20 |
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Director's Cut | Captain Wheeler | 2016-07-19 |
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The Midnight Man | Anna | 2016-09-30 |
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Don Quixote: The Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha | The Grand Lady | 2015-01-07 |
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Tales of Halloween | Lynn's Mother | 2015-10-16 |
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Helen Keller vs. Nightwolves | Helen Keller | 2015-10-01 |
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Insidious: Chapter 3 | Elise Rainier | 2015-05-28 |
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Grace | Helen | 2014-10-28 |
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Ouija | Paulina Zander | 2014-10-24 |
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The Signal | Mirabelle | 2014-03-15 |
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Lost Time | Mysterious Woman | 2014-09-19 |
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Big Ass Spider! | Mrs. Jefferson | 2013-10-17 |
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Insidious: Chapter 2 | Elise Rainier | 2013-09-12 |
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All American Christmas Carol | Barbara Belnap | 2013-11-05 |
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Noobz | Mrs. Theodore | 2013-01-25 |
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Crazy Kind of Love | Denise Mack | 2013-05-31 |
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FDR: American Badass! | Eleanor Roosevelt | 2012-09-24 |
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3 Days of Normal | May | 2012-06-02 |
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Life's an Itch | Gloria | 2012-12-01 |
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Waffle Hut | Jerrie Wolf | 2012-01-01 |
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The Three Stooges | Nurse Crotchet | 2012-04-13 |
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Jewtopia | Dr. Sutton | 2012-04-26 |
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Matchmaker Santa | Debbie | 2012-11-21 |
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A Good Old Fashioned Orgy | Dody | 2011-09-02 |
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Goldberg - P.I. | Violet | 2011-01-01 |
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Take Me Home | Jill | 2011-03-02 |
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Sedona | Claire | 2011-02-19 |
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Insidious | Elise Rainier | 2011-03-31 |
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Rosewood Lane | Mrs. Hawthorne | 2011-10-15 |
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Chillerama | Baglady / Nurse Maleva | 2011-10-14 |
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I Was a Teenage Werebear | 2011-09-01 | |
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The Land of the Astronauts | 2010-10-19 | |
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The Penthouse | Frances | 2010-03-02 |
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Next Stop Murder | Detective Reeson | 2010-09-19 |
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VideoDome Rent-O-Rama | The Lush | 2010-01-01 |
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The Accidental Death of Joey by Sue | Mrs. Rawlings | 2010-07-28 |
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Small Town Saturday Night | Phyllis Ryan | 2010-05-31 |
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Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy | Self | 2010-05-04 |
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Killer by Nature | Leona | 2010-01-01 |
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2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams | Granny Boone | 2010-07-20 |
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Pickin' and Grinnin' | Bonnie Johnson | 2010-04-17 |
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Farewell Mr. Kringle | Zelda | 2010-12-04 |
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Stuntmen | Bumble Jackson | 2009-08-18 |
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American Cowslip | Lou Anne | 2009-07-24 |
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Dark Moon Rising | Sunny | 2009-10-10 |
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My Sister's Keeper | Nurse Adele | 2009-06-26 |
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Starz Inside: In the Gutter | Self | 2008-07-29 |
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Doggie Heaven | Woman | 2008-11-24 |
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Asylum | String's Mother | 2008-03-20 |
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Chronic Town | Nurse | 2008-04-03 |
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Killer Pad | Marge | 2008-02-05 |
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Chasing Robert | Martha the Bookie | 2007-07-17 |
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Homo Erectus | Museum Guide | 2007-07-10 |
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Pledge This! | Miss Prin | 2007-02-08 |
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The Election | The Wife | 2007-07-12 |
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Unbeatable Harold | Jeannie | 2006-01-01 |
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Bachelor Party Vegas | Cassandra | 2006-04-25 |
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Down the P.C.H. | Wendy O'Hara | 2006-09-01 |
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Surf School | Larry's mom | 2006-09-01 |
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Driftwood | Nancy Forrester | 2006-10-20 |
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Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror | Clara | 2006-06-27 |
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Hoboken Hollow | Mrs. Brodrick | 2006-01-04 |
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Surf School | Larry's Mom | 2006-09-01 |
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Snakes on a Plane | Grace | 2006-08-17 |
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Confessions of an Action Star | Samantha Jones | 2005-01-23 |
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Hate Crime | Kathleen Slansky | 2005-01-14 |
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2001 Maniacs | Granny Boone | 2005-05-12 |
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Piggy Banks | Willow | 2005-01-01 |
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Drop Dead Sexy | Ma Muzzy | 2005-03-12 |
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The Almost Guys | Repo Boss | 2004-03-03 |
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A Cinderella Story | Mrs. Wells | 2004-07-16 |
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The Hillside Strangler | Jenny Buono | 2004-11-12 |
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Cellular | Exotic Car Driver | 2004-09-06 |
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Who's Your Daddy? | Ms. Harding | 2004-01-07 |
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Dead End | Laura Harrington | 2003-12-12 |
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Barely Legal | Tequlia | 2003-05-15 |
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Stuck on You | Makeup Babe | 2003-12-10 |
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Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd | Margie | 2003-04-14 |
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ManFast | Marge | 2003-01-01 |
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Wish You Were Dead | Jinny Macintosh | 2002-05-21 |
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Contagion | Laura Crowley | 2002-05-15 |
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Boat Trip | Sonya the Coach | 2002-10-01 |
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Say It Isn't So | Nurse Bautista | 2001-03-10 |
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A Letter from My Father | Elise | 2001-10-18 |
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Without Charlie | 2001-01-01 | |
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Me, Myself & Irene | Mrs. Caleron | 2000-06-22 |
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Attention Shoppers | Libby | 2000-09-21 |
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Detroit Rock City | Mrs. Bruce | 1999-08-13 |
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Living Out Loud | Lisa's Nurse | 1998-10-30 |
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Breakfast with Einstein | Miss Desmond | 1998-05-24 |
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There's Something About Mary | Magda | 1998-07-15 |
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Trading Favors | Darla | 1997-06-04 |
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Kingpin | Landlady | 1996-07-04 |
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Project: ALF | Waitress | 1996-02-17 |
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Last Man Standing | The Madame | 1996-09-20 |
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Trial by Fire | Phyliis Cardell | 1995-10-01 |
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Nature of the Beast | Carol Powell | 1995-10-23 |
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Sketch Artist II: Hands That See | Bonnie | 1995-01-28 |
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Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, the Last Chapter | Inmate | 1994-10-14 |
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New Nightmare | Nurse with Pills | 1994-10-13 |
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In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance | Foreman #2 | 1994-01-23 |
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Corrina, Corrina | Repeat Nanny | 1994-08-12 |
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Dumb and Dumber | Mrs. Neugeboren | 1994-12-16 |
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Even Cowgirls Get the Blues | Rubber Rose Maid | 1994-05-13 |
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Three of Hearts | Operator | 1993-04-30 |
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Brain Smasher... A Love Story | Make up Artist | 1993-11-17 |
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The Temp | Rosemary | 1993-02-12 |
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Amityville: A New Generation | Nurse Turner | 1993-09-29 |
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National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 | Witness | 1993-02-04 |
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Roadside Prophets | Celeste | 1992-03-27 |
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Critters 3 | Sal (archive footage) | 1991-12-11 |
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Pump Up the Volume | PTA Parent #3 | 1990-08-22 |
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Book of Love | Mrs. Flynn | 1990-08-03 |
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Critters 2 | Sal | 1988-04-29 |
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Lucky Stiff | Bratty Kid's Mom | 1988-11-01 |
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Extreme Prejudice | Employment Office Clerk | 1987-04-24 |
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Slam Dance | Librarian | 1987-10-02 |
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The Hidden | Carol Miller | 1987-10-30 |
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Mistress | Woman Customer | 1987-10-04 |
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My Demon Lover | Anemic Counter Girl | 1987-04-24 |
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Stillwatch | 1987-02-10 | |
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The Running Man | Propaganda Officer | 1987-11-13 |
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Critters | Sally | 1986-04-11 |
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Brewster's Millions | Journalist at Rally | 1985-05-22 |
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Summer Fantasy | Woman on Beach | 1984-05-25 |
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Why Me? | 1984-03-12 | |
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A Nightmare on Elm Street | Teacher | 1984-11-09 |
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Alone in the Dark | Receptionist at Haven | 1982-11-12 |
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Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again | Nurse with Telegram | 1982-11-10 |
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A Cry for Love | 1980-10-20 | |
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The Long Riders | Kate | 1980-05-16 |
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The Seeding of Sarah Burns | 2nd Nurse | 1979-04-07 |
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The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal | Freida | 1979-01-30 |
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Goin' South | Parasol Lady | 1978-10-06 |
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Sex and the Married Woman | Sandra | 1977-09-13 |
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A Secret Space | Amy | 1977-12-04 |
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Hester Street | Whore | 1975-10-19 |
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The Possession at Gladstone Manor | Nurse | |
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The Bench | ||
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Dead of Nowhere 3D | Meemaw | |
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The Old World | The Aunt (voice) | |
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Carrier | Joan Pierson | |
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Before Memory | ||
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Devoted | Aunt Dottie |
