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Detroit, Michigan, USA

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Lin Shaye Biography

Detroit native Lin Shaye studied art history at the University of Michigan before moving to New York to focus on acting. She started landing film and TV roles in the late '70s and early '80s with appearances in movies like The Long Riders, Alone in the Dark, and Brewster's Millions, and began earning a reputation as a memorable character actress. She would become a familiar face for her memorable roles as Mrs. Nuegeboren in 1994's Dumb and Dumber and Magda in 1998's There's Something About Mary, and would continue to take on quirky projects in the years that followed, like in 2006's Snakes on a Plane and 2010's Insidious. ~ Cammila Collar, Rovi

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Quotes from Lin Shaye's Characters

    1. Elise Rainier: You're now outside... Let my voice be your guide... Keep a steady stride... Into the further you go...
    From Insidious. Submitted by Zack B (6 months ago)
    1. Laura: Look, I made a drawing of Brad. This was his leg that was hanging out.
    From Dead End. Submitted by Vanessa W (7 months ago)
    1. Elise Rainier: It's not the house that is haunted. It's your son.
    From Insidious. Submitted by Bria M (11 months ago)
    1. Renai: Is there anything we can do to bring Dalton back?
    2. Elise Rainier: There is something we could try.
    3. Elise Rainier: It's a little unorthodox, but i will need your complete trust.
    4. Josh: No, no, I'm sorry this has gone too far.
    5. Renai: Oh, no please. Josh you said that you would give her a chance.
    6. Josh: I have given her another chance, honey. But I can't have somebody come into our home and tell us that the reason our son is in a coma is because, that his soul has floated somewhere into another dimension.
    7. Renai: We bring her all the way here and not even consider what she's saying?
    From Insidious. Submitted by Nick P (21 months ago)
    1. Elise Rainier: A place I like to call, 'the further'.
    From Insidious. Submitted by Laura V (22 months ago)
    1. Elise Rainier: It's not the house that's haunted, it's your son.
    From Insidious. Submitted by Nicole P (22 months ago)
    1. Laura: Where did Richard go?
    2. Frank: He's probably off smoking a joint.
    3. Laura: That is not funny! Our son is doing drugs!
    4. Frank: Please, Laura.
    5. Laura: Can't you see this is a cry for help?
    6. Frank: Christ! It's just a joint, all right? Not worse than those pills you take.
    7. Laura: My pills are legal!
    From Dead End. Submitted by Creep F (23 months ago)
    1. Laura: Does anybody know the name of that really bright star right in front of us?
    2. Frank: There's 150 billion stars up there, for Christ's sake.
    From Dead End. Submitted by Creep F (23 months ago)
    1. Laura: The pie is probably ruined.
    2. Richard: Oh, Jesus! - What is that?
    3. Laura: It's pumpkin and chocolate.
    4. Richard: Smells like ass.
    From Dead End. Submitted by Creep F (23 months ago)
    1. Laura: (after Frank nearly hits an oncoming car) - I hope you slept well! Shall I cook you breakfast?
    From Dead End. Submitted by Creep F (23 months ago)
    1. Laura: Bang! Bang! You're dead!
    From Dead End. Submitted by Creep F (23 months ago)
    1. Frank: Holy sh*t! The bitch shot me in the leg.
    2. Laura: (calmly asking after she shoots Frank in his leg) - Is he hurt?
    From Dead End. Submitted by Creep F (23 months ago)
    1. Laura: Should we save some pie for Michael?
    2. Frank: He's dead.
    3. Laura: Okay.
    From Dead End. Submitted by Creep F (23 months ago)
    1. Frank: Your mother always felt you deserved more than a used car salesman. Now that salesman has become a respected sales manager. So, I'm sorry, baby, but screw your mother!
    2. Laura: Anything else?
    3. Frank: Yeah. Your damn brother is a freak too! He jerks off to gun magazines!
    From Dead End. Submitted by Creep F (23 months ago)
    1. Marion: Long car rides make me queasy. And all this talk of food isn't helping any.
    2. Richard: How about a couple of boogers? Or some Macaroni and d*ck-cheese?
    3. Laura: Richard, that's disgusting!
    4. Richard: But, mom, there really is a cheese called d*ck-cheese. Chinese make it.
    From Dead End. Submitted by Creep F (23 months ago)
    1. Laura: Look we have potato chips!
    From Dead End. Submitted by Creep F (23 months ago)
    1. Laura: Was there no dial tone?
    2. Frank: No, Laura. I just forgot the number to 9-1-1!
    From Dead End. Submitted by Creep F (23 months ago)
    1. Teacher: (reading from a book; possessed-like) Oh, God, I could be bounded in a nutshell, and count myself a king of infinite space, were it not that I have bad dreams.
    From A Nightmare on Elm Street. Submitted by Creep F (23 months ago)
    1. Elise Rainier: "its not the house thats haunted...its your son.."
    From Insidious. Submitted by Karina F (2 years ago)
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