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. She is also the younger sister of producer Robert Shaye.
Teacher
Film 1984
Sally
Film 1988
The Aunt (voice)
Film
Julie (voice)
Film 2022
Joan Pierson
Film
The Wife
Film 2007
Zelda
Film 2010
Claire
Film 2011
Woman
Film 2008
May
Film 2012
Elise
Film 2001
Wendy O'Hara
Film 2006
Self
Film 2022
Film 2001
Film 2011
Repo Boss
Film 2004
Self
Film 2018
Freida
Film 1979
Museum Guide
Film 2007
Kane
Film 2022
Bonnie Johnson
Film 2010
Lynn's Mother
Film 2015
Film 1980
Inmate
Film 1994
Celeste
Film 1992
Jeannie
Film 2006
Nurse
Film
Mrs. Smith
Film 2016
Libby
Film 2000
Bumble Jackson
Film 2009
Film 1987
Bratty Kid's Mom
Film 1988
Anemic Counter Girl
Film 1987
Jenny Buono
Film 2004
String's Mother
Film 2008
Bonnie
Film 1995
Anna
Film 2016
Nurse
Film 2008
Meredith
Film 2018
Muriel Miller
Film 2017
Violet
Film 2011
Joyce
Film 2019
Self
Film 2018
Self
Film 2008
Griselda
Film 2019
Jerrie Wolf
Film 2012
Cousins
Film 2018
Mama
Film 2019
The Vagabond
Film 2020
Phyliis Cardell
Film 1995
Mrs. Wylder
Film 2020
Film 2010
Meemaw
Film
Herself
Film 2020
Film
Edith Cranston
Film 2020
Self
Film 2022
PTA Parent #3
Film 1990
The Lush
Film 2010
Mrs. Bundy
Film 2021
Self
Film 2010
Amy
Film 1977
Film 1984
Woman Customer
Film 1987
Nurse
Tv 1997
Self
Tv 2021
Self
Tv 2018
Self - Guest
Tv 2020
Leather Lauren
Tv 2001