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