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.
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- 2025 · The Boy from Below as Sybil
- 2024 · The Forest Hills as Angela
- 2024 · Stream as Linda Spring
- 2024 · The Legend of Catclaws Mountain as Maggie Porter
- 2023 · The Little Mermaid as Sea Witch Revina (voice)
- 2023 · Fatal Attraction as Emma Rauch
- 2023 · Paul T. Goldman as Terri Jay
- 2022 · Nix as Donna
- 2022 · Jeepers Creepers: Reborn as Marie
- 2020 · Critters Attack! as Dee
- 2020 · The Gift of Christmas as Ellen Rodgers
- 2020 · Await the Dawn as Annie
- 2019 · 3 from Hell as Greta
- 2019 · To Hell and Back: The Making of 3 From Hell as Self
- 2019 · Renovation of the Heart as Diane Dover
- 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 · They Bite!: The Making of Critters as Self
- 2018 · Death House as Dr. Eileen Fletcher
- 2018 · 9-1-1 as Margaret Buckley
- 2017 · Horror Movie: A Low Budget Nightmare as Self
- 2016 · Charlie's Gift as
- 2016 · Shooter as Katherine Mayfield
- 2016 · Red Christmas as Diane
- 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 · My Stepbrother Is a Vampire!?! as Tabitha the Cat (voice)
- 2013 · RoboCroc as Dr. Riley
- 2013 · The Lords of Salem as Sonny
- 2012 · Collision Course as Polly
- 2012 · Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen as (archive footage)
- 2011 · Grimm as Alice
- 2011 · Exit Humanity as Eve
- 2011 · Stay Cool as Mrs. McCarthy
- 2011 · Switched at Birth as Lorena McGowen
- 2010 · The Guardian as Mom
- 2010 · Law & Order: LA as Ellen Powell
- 2010 · Extraordinary Measures as Sal
- 2009 · Babysitters Beware as Ms. Greene
- 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 · Stem Cell as The Healer
- 2007 · Dog Days: The Making of 'Cujo' as Self
- 2007 · Halloween as Cynthia Strode
- 2007 · Saving Grace as
- 2007 · Bone Dry as Joanne
- 2006 · The Plague as Nora
- 2006 · Abominable as Ethel Hoss
- 2006 · Kalamazoo? as Susan
- 2006 · Sons & Daughters as Colleen Halbert
- 2006 · Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills as Self
- 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 · Boo as Nurse Russell
- 2005 · Grey's Anatomy as Joan Waring
- 2005 · The Office as Ellen Bernard
- 2004 · Dead End Road as Mrs. Makepiece
- 2003 · Cold Case as Charlotte Jones
- 2003 · Looking Back at 'The Hills Have Eyes' as Self
- 2003 · NCIS as Claire Hall
- 2002 · Without a Trace as Lara Duncan
- 2002 · She Spies as Daphne
- 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
- 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 · The Perfect Mother as Gina Mitrou
- 1996 · The Frighteners as Patricia Bradley
- 1995 · The Phoenix and the Magic Carpet as Mother
- 1995 · JAG as Adele DeLong
- 1995 · Here Come the Munsters as Mrs. Walker
- 1995 · Temptress as Allison Mackie
- 1995 · Brothers' Destiny as Lucille Bastian
- 1995 · The Skateboard Kid II as Lois Curtis
- 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
- 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
- 1990 · I'm Dangerous Tonight as Wanda
- 1989 · The New Lassie as Dee McCullough
- 1986 · Together We Stand as
- 1986 · L.A. Law as Elaine Weston
- 1986 · Critters as Helen Brown
- 1985 · Hostage Flight as Laura Kenrick
- 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
- 1984 · The Sky's No Limit as Dr. Maureen Harris
- 1984 · The Shepherd as
- 1983 · Cujo as Donna Trenton
- 1983 · I Take These Men as Elaine Zakarian
- 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 · 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 · CHiPs as
- 1977 · The Hills Have Eyes as Lynne Wood
- 1975 · Ellery Queen as
- 1975 · Starsky & Hutch as
- 1974 · Police Woman as
- 1973 · Police Story as
- 1972 · The Streets of San Francisco as
- Future · The Pitchfork Retreat as Helen
- 2025 · If It Bleeds as Kelly
- 2025 · The Lies We Bury as Lynn Wright
- 2025 · Roswell Delirium as Betty
- 2022 · The Munsters as Good Morning Transylvania Host
- 2022 · Killer Design as Elana
- 2021 · 13 Fanboy as Dee Wallace
- 2021 · The Nest as Marissa
- 2020 · Stay Home as Herself
- 2019 · Christmas in Louisiana as Doris
- 2018 · Jingle Belle as Shelby
- 2018 · Every Other Holiday as Mimi
- 2018 · Ouija House as Katherine Fields
- 2017 · Ayla as Susan
- 2015 · Zombie Killers: Elephant's Graveyard as Sharon Sommers
- 2012 · Sebastian as Barbara Sample
- 2012 · Fuzz Track City as Dawn Lockwood
- 2007 · Curse of the Weeping Woman: J-ok'el as Helen Moret
- 2001 · A Month of Sundays as Sarah McCabe
- 1998 · The Making of 'The Frighteners' as Herself
- 1997 · Mutual Needs as Patricia
- 1994 · Vanishing Son IV as Megan
- 1993 · Lightning in a Bottle as Jean Markley
- 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
- 1987 · The Christmas Visitor as Elizabeth O'Day
- 1986 · Club Life as Tilly Francesca
- 1981 · Child Bride of Short Creek as Mary Jacobs
- 1977 · All the King's Horses as Sandy Benson
- Future · Howl: Inside the Forest Hills as Self
- Future · Bits as Fallen One
- 1982 · Skeezer as Lucille
- Future · Campfire as Mrs. Hallowell
- 1979 · Young Love, First Love as Leslie
- Future · 25 Miles to Normal as Deborah
- 2024 · Last Night on Earth as Carla
- 2023 · House of Dolls as Celine Charles
- 2023 · Love by Design as Diane Yeardly
- 2023 · Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch as Alice Cassidy
- 2023 · Lena's Dance as Lena Swain
- 2023 · Incubus: New Beginnings as Zura Valentine
- 2022 · In Search of Darkness: Part III as Self
- 2022 · 1982: Greatest Geek Year Ever! as Self
- 2022 · Time Pirates as The Crone
- 2022 · Making I'm Dangerous Tonight as Herself
- 2022 · In Search of Tomorrow as Self - Interviewee
- 2021 · Every Time a Bell Rings as Donna
- 2021 · Courageous Warriors Beauty from the Ashes as Narrator
- 2020 · Rondo and Bob as Self
- 2020 · Day 14 as
- 2020 · Six feet of separation as Self
- 2019 · The Wrong Mommy as Carol
- 2019 · Dolls as Margaret
- 2018 · After Emma as
- 2018 · Beyond The Sky as Lucille
- 2017 · This Old Machine as Irene
- 2017 · The Fuzz as Dawn Lockwood
- 2016 · All Hallow's Eve as Haidy Hallow
- 2015 · The Abundance Factor as Herself
- 2015 · Horror Icon: Inside Michael's Mask with Tony Moran as Self
- 2014 · Ejecta as Ashley Winnington-Ball (uncredited)
- 2014 · Haunting of Cellblock 11 as Ms. Simon
- 2014 · 2 Bedroom 1 Bath as Rose
- 2014 · Snow Moon: Cinderella Chronicles Saga as Gram Pearl
- 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 'E.T.' Journals as Self
- 2012 · The Boarder as Elizabeth
- 2012 · Margarine Wars as Madge Havershank
- 2011 · Sam Steele and the Crystal Chalice as Ms. Jenkins
- 2011 · Pound of Flesh as Dean Jean Clark
- 2011 · Bad Actress as Dee Wallace
- 2010 · Between Heaven and Hell as Dr. Isabel Greenlee
- 2010 · Raven as LuAnne
- 2010 · Soupernatural as Mrs. Conners
- 2010 · Bedrooms as Marnie
- Future · Unhallowed as Rita Harrison
- 2009 · Dark Fields as Jean Applebe
- 2009 · The Mother of Invention as Nancy Dooly
- 2009 · Happy in the Valley as Gloria
- 2008 · Michael Lives: The Making of Halloween as Self
- 2008 · Matchmaker Mary as Aunt Karen
- 2008 · Little Red Devil as Mother
- 2007 · The Blue Rose as Mrs. Garrison
- 2007 · The Return of the Living Dead: The Decade of Darkness as Self
- 2006 · The Eden Formula as Rhonda
- 2006 · Voodoo Moon as Mary-Ann
- 2006 · The Lost as Barbara Hanlon
- 2006 · Expiration Date as Lucille
- 2005 · Scar as Isabella
- 2005 · The Loch Ness Monster as Elizabeth Horner
- 2004 · Welcome to Werewolfland as
- 2004 · Illusion Infinity as Patricia (as Dee Wallace Stone)
- 2004 · The Perfect Husband: The Laci Peterson Story as Sharon Rocha
- 2003 · Unleashing the Beast: Making ‘The Howling’ as
- 2002 · Fish Don't Blink as Dr. Roswell
- 2002 · E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 20th Anniversary Special as Self
- 2002 · She's No Angel as Maureen Shawnessy
- 2001 · Out of the Black as Penny Hart
- 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 Christmas Path as Jenny
- 1997 · Nevada as Ruby (as Dee Wallace Stone)
- 1997 · Love's Deadly Triangle: The Texas Cadet Murder as Linda Jones
- 1997 · Black Circle Boys as Barbara Sullivan
- 1996 · The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial' as Self
- 1996 · Invisible Mom as Laura Griffin
- 1996 · Subliminal Seduction as Sissy Bonner
- 1995 · High Sierra Search and Rescue as
- 1995 · My Family Treasure as Alex Danieloff
- 1995 · Best of the Best 3: No Turning Back as Georgia
- 1995 · Cops n Roberts as
- 1994 · Discretion Assured as Kitten
- 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
- 1991 · Popcorn as Suzanne
- 1988 · Stranger on My Land as Annie Whitman
- 1987 · Legend of the White Horse as Alta (as Dee Wallace-Stone)
- 1987 · Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood as Self
- 1986 · Shadow Play as Morgan Hanna
- 1986 · Sin of Innocence as Vicki McGary
- 1985 · Suburban Beat as Joanna
- 1983 · Happy as Marilyn
- 1983 · Wait Till Your Mother Gets Home as Pat Peters
- Future · The Licked Hand as Eleanor
- 1993 · Prophet of Evil: The Ervil LeBaron Story as Jackie Fields (as Dee Wallace-Stone)
- Future · American Blend as
- Future · Water Rites as Caroline
- Future · Curse of Vandor as Ethel Gordon
- 1980 · The Secret War of Jackie's Girls as Maxine
- 1977 · The San Pedro Beach Bums as
- 1975 · The Stepford Wives as Nettie the Maid