Lin Shaye

Nationality:
American
Birthdate:
00/00/1944
Birthplace:
Detroit, Michigan
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biography
An attractive blonde who is much younger-looking than the wackos she plays, Lin Shaye made her feature debut in Jack Nicholson's "Goin' South" (1978) soon after arriving in Los Angles. A favorite of Walter Hill, having worked in four of his films (as of 1999), she also acted in eight pictures produced by her older brother Robert Shaye before the Farrelly brothers rescued her from anonymity, giving her the first of her memorably unpleasant characters, an irate, upper-class dog owner in "Dumb and Dumber" (1994). As she told Stephen Schaefer in the BOSTON HERALD (August 11, 1999), "I come out to Continued
Credits
Grace
2006
Eloise
2006
(TV Show)
2006-2006
Cast
2006
Mrs. Wells
2004
Sonya
2003
Mrs Bruce
1999
Landlady
1996
Mrs Broderick
Ma Muzzy
The Boss
Marge
Ms. Harding
Actor
Laura
Nancy Forrester
milestones
Year
Milestone
 
Following her first husband's death, moved to NYC where she performed off-Broadway
1977 
Moved to Los Angeles
1977 
TV debut in "Sex and the Married Woman" (NBC)
1878 
Feature debut in Jack Nicholson's "Goin' South"
1980 
First film with director Walter Hill, "The Long Riders"
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