Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1944
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Big ass spider!
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 26
- Total plays
- 57
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Swin Transformer: Hierarchical Vision Transformer using Shifted Windows
· 2021 · cited 27,613x
- Microsoft COCO: Common Objects in Context
· 2014 · cited 25,239x
- Feature Pyramid Networks for Object Detection
· 2017 · cited 23,239x
- Focal Loss for Dense Object Detection
· 2017 · cited 23,204x
- LIBSVM
· 2011 · cited 22,296x
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1943-10-12 ) October 12, 1943 (age 82) , Detroit , Michigan , U.S.
- Alma mater
- University of Michigan
- Occupation
- Actress
- Years active
- 1975–present
- Spouse s
- Marshall Rubinoff, ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 19??; died 1968), Clayton Landey , ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1988 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2003 )
- Relatives
- Robert Shaye (brother)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Image
- Lin Shaye at 53rd Saturn Awards 2026.jpg
Show 4 more facts
- date of birth
- 1943-10-12
- Commons category
- Lin Shaye
- name in native language
- Lin Shaye
- start of work period
- 1971-00-00
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Article
Lin Shaye (born October 12, 1943) is an American actress. In a career spanning over 50 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 (2010–2026).
Lin 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).