Dee Wallace
December 14, 1948 (76 years old) in Kansas City, Kansas, USA
Dee Wallace (born 14 December 1948) is an American actress and comedienne. She is perhaps best known for her roles in several popular films. These include the starring role as Elliot's mother in the Steven Spielberg film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), her most widely seen role. She also played key roles in popular cult films The Hills Have Eyes (1977) and The Howling (1981) and appeared in The Stepford Wives in 1975 and 10 (1979). In total, Wallace has appeared in more than 85 films.
Known For
Credits
- 2025 · Roswell Delirium as Betty
- 2024 · The Forest Hills as Angela
- 2024 · Last Night on Earth as Carla
- 2023 · Love by Design as Diane Yeardly
- 2022 · 1982: Greatest Geek Year Ever! as Self
- 2022 · Nix as Donna
- 2022 · Time Pirates as The Crone
- 2021 · The Nest as Marissa
- 2020 · The Gift of Christmas as Ellen Rodgers
- 2020 · Await the Dawn as Annie
- 2019 · Christmas in Louisiana as Doris
- 2019 · Renovation of the Heart as Diane Dover
- 2018 · Jingle Belle as Shelby
- 2018 · Every Other Holiday as Mimi
- 2017 · Ayla as Susan
- 2016 · Red Christmas as Diane
- 2014 · Haunting of Cellblock 11 as Ms. Simon
- 2013 · Bonnie & Clyde: Justified as Emma
- 2013 · RoboCroc as Dr. Riley
- 2012 · Sebastian as Barbara Sample
- 2011 · Sam Steele and the Crystal Chalice as Ms. Jenkins
- 2011 · Pound of Flesh as Dean Jean Clark
- 2009 · Babysitters Beware as Ms. Greene
- 2009 · Dark Fields as Jean Applebe
- 2009 · The Mother of Invention as Nancy Dooly
- 2009 · Happy in the Valley as Gloria
- 2008 · Matchmaker Mary as Aunt Karen
- 2007 · Dog Days: The Making of 'Cujo' as Self
- 2007 · Bone Dry as Joanne
- 2006 · The Eden Formula as Rhonda
- 2006 · Voodoo Moon as Mary-Ann
- 2006 · Kalamazoo? as Susan
- 2006 · The Lost as Barbara Hanlon
- 2006 · Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills as Self
- 2002 · Fish Don't Blink as Dr. Roswell
- 2001 · A Month of Sundays as Sarah McCabe (as Dee Wallace Stone)
- 2001 · Killer Instinct as Sarah Fairchild
- 1999 · Pirates of the Plain as Glenna (as Dee Wallace-Stone)
- 1999 · Invisible Mom II as Laura Griffin (as Dee Wallace-Stone)
- 1999 · To Love, Honor, & Betray as Julia Brennan (as Dee Wallace Stone)
- 1998 · The Making of 'The Frighteners' as Herself
- 1998 · Bad As I Wanna Be: The Dennis Rodman Story as Rodman's stepmother
- 1998 · The Christmas Path as Jenny
- 1997 · Skeletons as Heather Crane
- 1997 · Mutual Needs as Patricia
- 1996 · Invisible Mom as Laura Griffin
- 1996 · Subliminal Seduction as Sissy Bonner
- 1995 · The Phoenix and the Magic Carpet as Mother
- 1995 · Here Come the Munsters as Mrs. Walker
- 1994 · Discretion Assured as
- 1994 · Search and Rescue as Morgan
- 1994 · Witness to the Execution as Emily Dawson (as Dee Wallace-Stone)
- 1994 · Huck and the King of Hearts as Darlene
- 1993 · Alone in the Dark as Linda Grant (as Dee Wallace Stone)
- 1992 · Rescue Me as Sarah Sweeney
- 1988 · Addicted to His Love as Betty Ann Brennan
- 1988 · Stranger on My Land as Annie Whitman
- 1987 · Legend of the White Horse as Alta (as Dee Wallace-Stone)
- 1986 · Sin of Innocence as Vicki McGary
- Future · The Pitchfork Retreat as Helen
- 1985 · Hostage Flight as Laura Kenrick
- Future · Campfire as Mrs. Hallowell
- Future · Water Rites as Caroline
- Future · 25 Miles to Normal as Deborah
- 2023 · Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch as Alice Cassidy
- 2021 · Every Time a Bell Rings as Donna
- 2020 · Rondo and Bob as Self
- 2020 · Six feet of separation as Self
- 2019 · To Hell and Back: The Making of 3 From Hell as Self
- 2018 · They Bite!: The Making of Critters as Self
- 2017 · Horror Movie: A Low Budget Nightmare as Self
- 2016 · Charlie's Gift as
- 2015 · Flowers in December as Hannah
- 2015 · Zombie Killers: Elephant's Graveyard as Sharon Sommers
- 2014 · Ejecta as Ashley Winnington-Ball (uncredited)
- 2014 · Snow Moon: Cinderella Chronicles Saga as Gram Pearl
- 2013 · My Stepbrother Is a Vampire!?! as Tabitha the Cat (voice)
- 2012 · The 'E.T.' Journals as Self
- 2012 · Margarine Wars as Madge Havershank
- 2010 · Between Heaven and Hell as Dr. Isabel Greenlee
- 2010 · The Guardian as Mom
- 2008 · Michael Lives: The Making of Halloween as Self
- 2008 · Little Red Devil as Mother
- 2007 · The Blue Rose as Mrs. Garrison
- 2005 · The Loch Ness Monster as Elizabeth Horner
- 2004 · Dead End Road as Mrs. Makepiece
- 2003 · Looking Back at 'The Hills Have Eyes' as Self
- 2002 · E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 20th Anniversary Special as Self
- 2001 · Out of the Black as Penny Hart
- 1995 · Brothers' Destiny as Lucille Bastian
- 1995 · Cops n Roberts as
- 1993 · Prophet of Evil: The Ervil LeBaron Story as Jackie Fields (as Dee Wallace-Stone)
- 1987 · The Christmas Visitor as Elizabeth O'Day
- 1986 · Shadow Play as Morgan Hanna
- 1985 · Suburban Beat as Joanna
- 1983 · Happy as Marilyn
- 1982 · Jimmy the Kid as May
- Future · If It Bleeds as Kelly
- 2025 · The Lies We Bury as Lynn Wright
- 2024 · Stream as Linda Spring
- 2024 · The Legend of Catclaws Mountain as Maggie Porter
- 2023 · House of Dolls as Celine Charles
- 2023 · The Little Mermaid as Sea Witch Revina (voice)
- 2023 · Fatal Attraction as Emma Rauch
- 2023 · Lena's Dance as Lena Swain
- 2023 · Incubus: New Beginnings as Zura Valentine
- 2023 · Paul T. Goldman as Terri Jay
- 2022 · In Search of Darkness: Part III as Self
- 2022 · The Munsters as Good Morning Transylvania Host
- 2022 · Jeepers Creepers: Reborn as Marie
- 2022 · Making I'm Dangerous Tonight as Herself
- 2022 · Killer Design as Elana
- 2022 · In Search of Tomorrow as Self - Interviewee
- 2021 · Courageous Warriors Beauty from the Ashes as Narrator
- 2021 · 13 Fanboy as Dee Wallace
- 2020 · Critters Attack! as Dee
- 2020 · Stay Home as Herself
- 2020 · Day 14 as
- 2019 · 3 from Hell as Greta
- 2019 · The Wrong Mommy as Carol
- 2019 · Dolls as Margaret
- 2019 · The Very Very Best of the 70s as Self - Commentator
- 2019 · Sunrise in Heaven as Marion
- 2018 · The Wrong Teacher as Dr. Smith
- 2018 · After Emma as
- 2018 · Beyond The Sky as Lucille
- 2018 · Ouija House as Katherine Fields
- 2018 · Death House as Dr. Eileen Fletcher
- 2018 · 9-1-1 as Margaret Buckley
- 2017 · This Old Machine as Irene
- 2017 · The Fuzz as Dawn Lockwood
- 2016 · Shooter as Katherine Mayfield
- 2016 · All Hallow's Eve as Haidy Hallow
- 2016 · Just Add Magic as Grandma
- 2015 · The Abundance Factor as Herself
- 2015 · The Whispers as Willie Starling (Grammy)
- 2014 · You're the Worst as Gail
- 2014 · 2 Bedroom 1 Bath as Rose
- 2013 · Grand Piano as Marjorie Green
- 2013 · The Lords of Salem as Sonny
- 2013 · As High as the Sky as Aunt Deborah (voice)
- 2013 · Hansel & Gretel as Lilith
- 2012 · Aliens from Uranus as Olga
- 2012 · I Heart Monster Movies as Herself
- 2012 · The Boarder as Elizabeth
- 2012 · Fuzz Track City as Dawn Lockwood
- 2012 · Collision Course as Polly
- 2012 · Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen as (archive footage)
- 2011 · Grimm as Alice
- 2011 · Exit Humanity as Eve
- 2011 · Switched at Birth as Lorena McGowen
- 2011 · Bad Actress as Dee Wallace
- 2010 · Law & Order: LA as Ellen Powell
- 2010 · Raven as LuAnne
- 2007 · The Return of the Living Dead: The Decade of Darkness as Self
- 2004 · Welcome to Werewolfland as
- 1995 · My Family Treasure as Alex Danieloff
- 1984 · The Shepherd as
- 1983 · Wait Till Your Mother Gets Home as Pat Peters
- 1981 · A Whale for the Killing as Janet Landon
- 1980 · The Secret War of Jackie's Girls as Maxine
- 1979 · Young Love, First Love as Leslie
- Future · Curse of Vandor as Ethel Gordon
- Future · Unhallowed as Rita Harrison
- 2006 · Expiration Date as Lucille
- 1984 · The Sky's No Limit as Dr. Maureen Harris
- Future · The Boy from Below as Sybil
- 2010 · Soupernatural as Mrs. Conners
- 2010 · Extraordinary Measures as Sal
- 2010 · Bedrooms as Marnie
- 2009 · The House of the Devil as Landlady
- 2009 · Celebrity Ghost Stories as Self
- 2009 · The Haunted World of El Superbeasto as Trixie (voice)
- 2009 · Warehouse 13 as Mrs. Garner
- 2009 · Stay Cool as Mrs. McCarthy
- 2009 · Stem Cell as The Healer
- 2007 · Halloween as Cynthia Strode
- 2007 · Saving Grace as
- 2007 · Curse of the Weeping Woman: J-ok'el as Helen Moret
- 2006 · The Plague as Nora
- 2006 · Abominable as Ethel Hoss
- 2006 · Sons & Daughters as Colleen Halbert
- 2005 · Ghost Whisperer as Claire Taylor
- 2005 · Criminal Minds as Dr. Jan Mohikian
- 2005 · My Name Is Earl as Governor Katherine Hazelwood
- 2005 · Close to Home as Joan Monroe
- 2005 · Headspace as Dr. Denise Bell
- 2005 · Supernatural as Mildred Baker
- 2005 · Bones as Special Agent Callie Warner
- 2005 · Scar as Isabella
- 2005 · Boo as Nurse Russell
- 2005 · Grey's Anatomy as Joan Waring
- 2005 · The Office as Ellen Bernard
- 2004 · The Perfect Husband: The Laci Peterson Story as Sharon Rocha
- 2004 · Illusion Infinity as Patricia (as Dee Wallace Stone)
- 2003 · Cold Case as Charlotte Jones
- 2003 · NCIS as Claire Hall
- 2003 · Unleashing the Beast: Making ‘The Howling’ as
- 2002 · Without a Trace as Lara Duncan
- 2002 · She Spies as Daphne
- 2002 · She's No Angel as Maureen Shawnessy
- 2002 · Sex and the Teenage Mind as Francine Heitmeyer
- 2001 · Crossing Jordan as Lorraine Heeley
- 2001 · The Division as Paula Meeks
- 1998 · Felicity as Allison Covington
- 1997 · Ally McBeal as Gail Clarkson
- 1997 · Nevada as Ruby (as Dee Wallace Stone)
- 1997 · Love's Deadly Triangle: The Texas Cadet Murder as Linda Jones
- 1997 · The Perfect Mother as Gina Mitrou
- 1997 · Black Circle Boys as Barbara Sullivan
- 1996 · The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial' as Self
- 1996 · The Frighteners as Patricia Bradley
- 1995 · JAG as Adele DeLong
- 1995 · High Sierra Search and Rescue as
- 1995 · Best of the Best 3: No Turning Back as Georgia
- 1995 · Temptress as Allison Mackie
- 1995 · The Skateboard Kid II as Lois Curtis
- 1994 · Vanishing Son IV as Megan
- 1994 · Touched by an Angel as Sandra Browner
- 1994 · Runaway Daughters as Mrs. Gordon
- 1994 · Moment of Truth: Cradle of Conspiracy as Suzanne Guthrie (as Dee Wallace-Stone)
- 1994 · Vanishing Son as Megan
- 1993 · Lightning in a Bottle as Jean Markley
- 1991 · Critters 3 as Mom (archive footage)
- 1991 · P.S. I Luv U as
- 1991 · Rock-A-Doodle as Dory (voice)
- 1991 · Alligator 2: The Mutation as Christine Hodges
- 1991 · Popcorn as Suzanne
- 1990 · I'm Dangerous Tonight as Wanda
- 1989 · The New Lassie as Dee McCullough
- 1987 · Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood as Self
- 1986 · Together We Stand as
- 1986 · L.A. Law as Elaine Weston
- 1986 · Critters as Helen Brown
- 1986 · Club Life as Tilly Francesca
- 1985 · The Twilight Zone as (segment "Wish Bank")
- 1985 · Secret Admirer as Connie Ryan
- 1984 · Murder, She Wrote as Mildred Terhune
- 1984 · Murder, She Wrote as Ellen Wicker
- 1984 · Finder of Lost Loves as Gail Aames
- 1983 · Cujo as Donna Trenton
- 1983 · I Take These Men as Elaine Zakarian
- 1982 · Skeezer as Lucille
- 1982 · Hotel as
- 1982 · E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial as Mary
- 1981 · Child Bride of Short Creek as Mary Jacobs
- 1981 · Simon & Simon as
- 1981 · The Five of Me as Ann
- 1981 · The Howling as Karen White
- 1980 · Skag as
- 1979 · 10 as Mary Lewis
- 1979 · Trapper John, M.D. as
- 1979 · Hart to Hart as
- 1979 · Mrs. Columbo as
- 1978 · Taxi as Joyce
- 1977 · Man from Atlantis as Hot Dog Stand Owner (as Dee Wallace-Stone)
- 1977 · The San Pedro Beach Bums as
- 1977 · CHiPs as
- 1977 · The Hills Have Eyes as Lynne Wood
- 1977 · All the King's Horses as Sandy Benson
- 1975 · Ellery Queen as
- 1975 · Starsky & Hutch as
- 1975 · The Stepford Wives as Nettie the Maid
- 1974 · Police Woman as
- 1973 · Police Story as
- 1972 · The Streets of San Francisco as
- Future · American Blend as
- Future · Howl: Inside the Forest Hills as Self
- Future · Bits as Fallen One