- Younger sister of New Line Cinema founder & CEO Robert Shaye.
- 2015: Named the Godmother of Horror by Wizard World Comic Con.
- A lifetime member of the Actors Studio.
- In the beginning of Insidious: Chapter 2, Lindsay Seim portrays a younger version of Elise Rainier, Lin Shaye's character in the Insidious films. Because Lin has such a distinct voice, she was dubbed over Lindsay's. You don't hear Lindsay 's voice at all in that movie.
- Her mother was a Russian Jewish immigrant, and her paternal grandparents were Romanian Jews.
- Is the only actor to appear in both Dumb and Dumber (1994) and the prequel Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd (2003).
- Has a son Lee J. Landey (born 1989).
- Aunt of Katja Shaye and Juno Shaye.
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