Personal Info

  • Known For

    Acting

  • Known Credits

    168

  • 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.

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