Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
174
Gender
Female
Birthday
October 12, 1943 ( 81 years old )
Place of Birth
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Also Known As
Linda "Lin" Shaye
Lin Shaye
Lin attended the University of Michigan, where she was an Art History major, although acting in as many University productions as possible, including "Bye Bye Birdie" and "On The Town". After U of M, she attended Columbia University School of the Arts, and acquired a Master of Fine Arts degree in Acting. She stayed in New York upon graduation and worked in numerous off- and off-off- Broadway productions, as well as Lincoln Center and Broadway. She has studied with some of the finest: Uta Hagen, Stella Adler and Lee Strasberg. Lin is a lifetime member of the Actors Studio. She is also the younger sister of producer Robert Shaye.
Known For
Snakes on a Plane
2006-08-17A Nightmare on Elm Street
1984-10-31There's Something About Mary
1998-07-15Critters 2
1988-04-29Surf School
2006-09-01Critters
1986-04-112001 Maniacs
2005-05-12Say It Isn't So
2001-03-10Kingpin
1996-07-04Dead End
2003-12-12