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 · Stream as Linda Spring
- 2024 · Last Night on Earth as Carla
- 2024 · The Legend of Catclaws Mountain as Maggie Porter
- 2023 · Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch as Alice Cassidy
- 2022 · In Search of Darkness: Part III as Self
- 2022 · Time Pirates as The Crone
- 2022 · Killer Design as Elana
- 2022 · In Search of Tomorrow as Self - Interviewee
- 2021 · The Nest as Marissa
- 2020 · Await the Dawn as Annie
- 2020 · Day 14 as
- 2019 · To Hell and Back: The Making of 3 From Hell as Self
- 2019 · Renovation of the Heart as Diane Dover
- 2018 · They Bite!: The Making of Critters as Self
- 2017 · This Old Machine as Irene
- 2017 · Ayla as Susan
- 2016 · Red Christmas as Diane
- 2015 · The Abundance Factor as Herself
- 2014 · Ejecta as Ashley Winnington-Ball (uncredited)
- 2014 · 2 Bedroom 1 Bath as Rose
- 2013 · My Stepbrother Is a Vampire!?! as Tabitha the Cat (voice)
- 2013 · RoboCroc as Dr. Riley
- 2013 · Hansel & Gretel as Lilith
- 2012 · The 'E.T.' Journals as Self
- 2012 · Sebastian as Barbara Sample
- 2012 · Collision Course as Polly
- 2011 · Pound of Flesh as Dean Jean Clark
- 2010 · Raven as LuAnne
- 2008 · Matchmaker Mary as Aunt Karen
- 2007 · The Blue Rose as Mrs. Garrison
- 2006 · Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills as Self
- 2003 · Looking Back at 'The Hills Have Eyes' as Self
- 2001 · Out of the Black as Penny Hart
- 1999 · To Love, Honor, & Betray as Julia Brennan (as Dee Wallace Stone)
- 1998 · The Making of 'The Frighteners' as Herself
- Future · Campfire as Mrs. Hallowell
- 2011 · Exit Humanity as Eve
- 2009 · Babysitters Beware as Ms. Greene
- 2006 · Voodoo Moon as Mary-Ann
- 2004 · Illusion Infinity as Patricia (as Dee Wallace Stone)
- 2003 · Unleashing the Beast: Making ‘The Howling’ as
- 1998 · The Christmas Path as Jenny
- 1997 · Nevada as Ruby (as Dee Wallace Stone)
- 1997 · Mutual Needs as Patricia
- 1997 · Black Circle Boys as Barbara Sullivan
- 1996 · Subliminal Seduction as Sissy Bonner
- 1995 · The Phoenix and the Magic Carpet as Mother
- 1995 · Cops n Roberts as
- Future · The Pitchfork Retreat as Helen
- 2005 · Headspace as Dr. Denise Bell
- 2002 · Fish Don't Blink as Dr. Roswell
- 1996 · Invisible Mom as Laura Griffin
- 1995 · Temptress as Allison Mackie
- 1994 · Vanishing Son IV as Megan
- 1994 · Moment of Truth: Cradle of Conspiracy as Suzanne Guthrie (as Dee Wallace-Stone)
- 1993 · Lightning in a Bottle as Jean Markley
- 1992 · Rescue Me as Sarah Sweeney
- 1988 · Addicted to His Love as Betty Ann Brennan
- 1986 · Shadow Play as Morgan Hanna
- 1986 · Club Life as Tilly Francesca
- 1985 · Hostage Flight as Laura Kenrick
- 1983 · I Take These Men as Elaine Zakarian
- 1982 · Skeezer as Lucille
- Future · Bits as Fallen One
- 2025 · The Lies We Bury as Lynn Wright
- 2021 · Every Time a Bell Rings as Donna
- 2020 · The Gift of Christmas as Ellen Rodgers
- 2020 · Stay Home as Herself
- 2019 · Christmas in Louisiana as Doris
- 2018 · After Emma as
- 2018 · Every Other Holiday as Mimi
- 2015 · Zombie Killers: Elephant's Graveyard as Sharon Sommers
- 2014 · Haunting of Cellblock 11 as Ms. Simon
- 2014 · Snow Moon: Cinderella Chronicles Saga as Gram Pearl
- 2013 · As High as the Sky as Aunt Deborah (voice)
- 2012 · Fuzz Track City as Dawn Lockwood
- 2010 · Bedrooms as Marnie
- 2009 · Dark Fields as Jean Applebe
- 2009 · The Mother of Invention as Nancy Dooly
- 2009 · Happy in the Valley as Gloria
- 2007 · The Return of the Living Dead: The Decade of Darkness as Self
- 2007 · Bone Dry as Joanne
- 2006 · The Eden Formula as Rhonda
- 2004 · Dead End Road as Mrs. Makepiece
- 2002 · E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 20th Anniversary Special as Self
- 1999 · Pirates of the Plain as Glenna (as Dee Wallace-Stone)
- 1999 · Invisible Mom II as Laura Griffin (as Dee Wallace-Stone)
- 1995 · The Skateboard Kid II as Lois Curtis
- 1994 · Discretion Assured as
- Future · If It Bleeds as
- 2005 · Scar as Isabella
- 1995 · My Family Treasure as Alex Danieloff
- 1995 · Brothers' Destiny as Lucille Bastian
- 1984 · The Sky's No Limit as Dr. Maureen Harris
- 1981 · Child Bride of Short Creek as Mary Jacobs
- 1977 · All the King's Horses as Sandy Benson
- Future · Unhallowed as Rita Harrison
- Future · Howl: Inside the Forest Hills as Self
- 2023 · House of Dolls as Celine Charles
- 2023 · Love By Design as Diane Yeardly
- 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 · 1982: Greatest Geek Year Ever! as Self
- 2022 · Nix as Donna
- 2022 · The Munsters as Good Morning Transylvania Host
- 2022 · Jeepers Creepers: Reborn as Marie
- 2022 · Making I'm Dangerous Tonight as Herself
- 2021 · Courageous Warriors Beauty from the Ashes as Narrator
- 2021 · 13 Fanboy as Dee Wallace
- 2020 · Rondo and Bob as Self
- 2020 · Critters Attack! as Dee
- 2020 · Six feet of separation as Self
- 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 · Jingle Belle as Shelby
- 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 · Horror Movie: A Low Budget Nightmare as Self
- 2017 · The Fuzz as Dawn Lockwood
- 2016 · Charlie's Gift as
- 2016 · Shooter as Katherine Mayfield
- 2016 · All Hallow's Eve as Haidy Hallow
- 2016 · Just Add Magic as Grandma
- 2015 · Flowers in December as Hannah
- 2015 · The Whispers as Willie Starling (Grammy)
- 2014 · You're the Worst as Gail
- 2013 · Bonnie & Clyde: Justified as Emma
- 2013 · Grand Piano as Marjorie Green
- 2013 · The Lords of Salem as Sonny
- 2012 · Aliens from Uranus as Olga
- 2012 · I Heart Monster Movies as Herself
- 2012 · The Boarder as Elizabeth
- 2012 · Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen as (archive footage)
- 2012 · Margarine Wars as Madge Havershank
- 2011 · Sam Steele and the Crystal Chalice as Ms. Jenkins
- 2011 · Grimm as Alice
- 2011 · Switched at Birth as Lorena McGowen
- 2011 · Bad Actress as Dee Wallace
- 2010 · Between Heaven and Hell as Dr. Isabel Greenlee
- 2010 · The Guardian as Mom
- 2010 · Law & Order: LA as Ellen Powell
- 2010 · Soupernatural as Mrs. Conners
- 2010 · Extraordinary Measures as Sal
- 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
- 2008 · Michael Lives: The Making of Halloween as Self
- 2008 · Little Red Devil as Mother
- 2007 · Dog Days: The Making of 'Cujo' as Self
- 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 · Kalamazoo? as Susan
- 2006 · The Lost as Barbara Hanlon
- 2006 · Sons & Daughters as Colleen Halbert
- 2006 · Expiration Date as Lucille
- 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
- 2005 · Supernatural as Mildred Baker
- 2005 · Bones as Special Agent Callie Warner
- 2005 · Boo as Nurse Russell
- 2005 · The Loch Ness Monster as Elizabeth Horner
- 2005 · Grey's Anatomy as Joan Waring
- 2005 · The Office as Ellen Bernard
- 2004 · Welcome to Werewolfland as
- 2004 · The Perfect Husband: The Laci Peterson Story as Sharon Rocha
- 2003 · Cold Case as Charlotte Jones
- 2003 · NCIS as Claire Hall
- 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 · A Month of Sundays as Sarah McCabe (as Dee Wallace Stone)
- 2001 · Killer Instinct as Sarah Fairchild
- 2001 · The Division as
- 1998 · Felicity as Allison Covington
- 1998 · Bad As I Wanna Be: The Dennis Rodman Story as Rodman's stepmother
- 1997 · Ally McBeal as Gail Clarkson
- 1997 · Skeletons as Heather Crane
- 1997 · Love's Deadly Triangle: The Texas Cadet Murder as Linda Jones
- 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 · Here Come the Munsters as Mrs. Walker
- 1994 · Touched by an Angel as Sandra Browner
- 1994 · Runaway Daughters as Mrs. Gordon
- 1994 · Search and Rescue as Morgan
- 1994 · Vanishing Son as Megan
- 1994 · Witness to the Execution as Emily Dawson (as Dee Wallace-Stone)
- 1994 · Huck and the King of Hearts as Darlene
- 1993 · Prophet of Evil: The Ervil LeBaron Story as Jackie Fields (as Dee Wallace-Stone)
- 1993 · Alone in the Dark as Linda Grant (as Dee Wallace Stone)
- 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
- 1988 · Stranger on My Land as Annie Whitman
- 1987 · Bushfire Moon as Elizabeth O'Day
- 1987 · Legend of the White Horse as Alta (as Dee Wallace-Stone)
- 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 · Sin of Innocence as Vicki McGary
- 1985 · The Twilight Zone as (segment "Wish Bank")
- 1985 · Suburban Beat as Joanna
- 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
- 1984 · The Shepherd as
- 1983 · Happy as Marilyn
- 1983 · Cujo as Donna Trenton
- 1983 · Wait Till Your Mother Gets Home as Pat Peters
- 1982 · Jimmy the Kid as May
- 1982 · Hotel as
- 1982 · E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial as Mary
- 1981 · Simon & Simon as
- 1981 · The Five of Me as Ann
- 1981 · A Whale for the Killing as Janet Landon
- 1981 · The Howling as Karen White
- 1980 · The Secret War of Jackie's Girls as Maxine
- 1980 · Skag as
- 1979 · Young Love, First Love as Leslie
- 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
- 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 · Curse of Vandor as Ethel Gordon
- Future · 25 Miles to Normal as Deborah
- Future · The Boy from Below as Sybil