Her older brother, Robert Shaye, is the founder of New Line Cinema.
Roles
- 1975 Hester Street as Whore
- 1982 Alone in the Dark as Receptionist at Haven
- 1984 A Nightmare on Elm Street as Teacher
- 1985 Brewster's Millions as Journalist at Rally
- 1985 The Twilight Zone as Kate Simmons
- 1986 Cagney & Lacey as Secretary
- 1986 Critters as Sally
- 1988 Critters 2: The Main Course
- 1987 Extreme Prejudice as Employment Office Clerk
- 1987 Who's the Boss? as Mrs. Padnick
- 1987 The Hidden as Carol Miller
- 1987 The Running Man as Propaganda Officer
- 1988 Highway to Heaven as Lila Barnes
- 1990 Pump Up the Volume as PTA Parent #3
- 1991 Life Goes On as Parent #2
- 1993 Loaded Weapon 1 as Witness
- 1993 Amityville: A New Generation as Nurse Turner
- 1994 Corrina, Corrina as Repeat Nanny
- 1994 Wes Craven's New Nightmare as Nurse
- 1994 My So-Called Life as Parent #2
- 1994 Dumb and Dumber as Mrs. Margie Neugeboren
- 2003 Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd
- 1996 Project: ALF as Waitress
- 1996 Frasier as Anne
- 1996 Kingpin as Landlady
- 1996 Last Man Standing as The Madame
- 1998 There's Something About Mary as Magda
- 1998 Living Out Loud as Lisa's Nurse
- 1998 Becker as Mrs. Cooper
- 1999 Detroit Rock City as Mrs. Bruce
- 2000 Me, Myself & Irene as Mrs. Caleron (deleted scene)
- 2001 Say It Isn't So as Nurse Bautista
- 2002 Boat Trip as Sonya the Coach
- 2003 Dead End as Laura Harrington
- 2003 Stuck on You as Makeup Babe
- 2004 Crossing Jordan as Leather Lauren
- 2004 A Cinderella Story as Mrs. Wells
- 2004 Cellular as Exotic Car Driver
- 2005 2001 Maniacs as Granny Boone
- 2010 2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams
- 2006 My Name Is Earl as Paul's Mom
- 2006 Hood of Horror as Clara
- 2006 Snakes on a Plane as Grace
- 2007 Dirty Sexy Money as Leslie Donovan
- 2009 ER as Margaret
- 2009 My Sister's Keeper as Nurse Adele
- 2011 Insidious as Elise Rainier
- 2013 Insidious: Chapter 2
- 2015 Insidious: Chapter 3
- 2018 Insidious: The Last Key
- 2012 The Three Stooges as Nurse Crotchet
- 2012 Noobz as Mrs. Theodore
- 2013 Private Practice as Mrs. Taylor
- 2013 Big Ass Spider! as Mrs. Jefferson
- 2014 Ouija as Paulina Zander
- 2016 Ouija: Origin of Evil (uncredited)
- 2015 Tales of Halloween as Lynn's Mother (the fifth segment, "Grim Grinning Ghost")
- 2016 American Gothic as Lila
- 2019 Room For Rent as Joyce Smith
- 2020 The Grudge as Faith Matheson
- 2020 Penny Dreadful: City of Angels as Dottie Minter
- 2022 The Quarry as Constance
