Lin Shaye

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Birth Name: Linda Shaye

Age: 80, born 12 October 1943

Country of origin: United States

Currently Residing In: United States

Height: 5' 3"

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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.

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Females TV & Movies Deaths (1525 person items)

"Movies:• Contagion (2001) : Falls to her death when Megan Gallagher knocks her off of a hospital rooftop while Lin is trying to kill Matteo Crismani. • Dead End (2003) : Hits her head on the road when she steps out of a moving car. She dies shortly afterwards when she reaches up to feel her injury and rubs her exposed brain, while her husband, Ray Wise, and daughter, Alexandra Holden, look on in horror. It’s later revealed that most of the movie has taken place in a world between life and "