Photo: Yearbook staff of Bettendorf High School / Public domain (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Linnea Quigley is horror royalty, full stop. If you grew up renting VHS tapes from the dusty bottom shelf of the video store, you knew her face, and The Return of the Living Dead cemented her as one of the genre's all-time icons. What I appreciate most is that she leaned into the scream queen label rather than running from it; she became a generous, gracious ambassador for low-budget horror at conventions for decades. There's a real craft to making schlock memorable, and she had it. Cult cinema would be far less fun without her fearless, committed performances.
Overview
Linnea Quigley is an American actress, singer, model, and film producer born on May 27, 1958, in Davenport, Iowa. Widely regarded as a 'scream queen' of 1980s horror cinema, she is best known for her roles in films such as The Return of the Living Dead, Night of the Demons, and Silent Night, Deadly Night. She remains a beloved fixture at horror conventions and within cult-film fandom.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Linnea Quigley
- Name (Japanese)
- リネア・クイグリー
- Reading
- りねあ・くいぐりー
- Born
- May 27, 1958 (age 68)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Gemini / Dog
- Origin
- Davenport, Iowa, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- Actor / Singer / Film producer / Model / Television actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.