Dee Wallace
December 14, 1948 (77 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
- 2026 · Models vs. Werewolves as
- 2026 · Ted Bunny as Catherine
- 2025 · The Pitchfork Retreat as Helen
- 2025 · If It Bleeds as Kelly
- 2025 · Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch as Alice Cassidy
- 2025 · Roswell Delirium as Betty
- 2024 · Stream as Linda Spring
- 2024 · Last Night on Earth as Carla
- 2024 · The Legend of Catclaws Mountain as Maggie Porter
- 2023 · Love by Design as Diane Yeardly
- 2023 · The Little Mermaid as Sea Witch Revina (voice)
- 2023 · Fatal Attraction as Emma Rauch
- 2023 · Paul T. Goldman as Terri Jay
- 2022 · In Search of Darkness: Part III as Self
- 2022 · Nix as Donna
- 2022 · The Munsters as Good Morning Transylvania Host
- 2022 · Jeepers Creepers: Reborn as Marie
- 2022 · Time Pirates as The Crone
- 2022 · Killer Design as Elana
- 2022 · In Search of Tomorrow as Self - Interviewee
- 2021 · Every Time a Bell Rings as Donna
- 2021 · 13 Fanboy as Dee Wallace
- 2020 · Critters Attack! as Dee
- 2020 · The Gift of Christmas as Ellen Rodgers
- 2020 · Stay Home as Herself
- 2020 · Await the Dawn as Annie
- 2019 · Christmas in Louisiana as Doris
- 2019 · 3 from Hell as Greta
- 2019 · To Hell and Back: The Making of 3 From Hell as Self
- 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 · Jingle Belle as Shelby
- 2018 · Every Other Holiday as Mimi
- 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 · Ayla as Susan
- 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 Whispers as Willie Starling (Grammy)
- 2015 · Love & Mercy as Rosemary (uncredited)
- 2014 · Ejecta as Ashley Winnington-Ball (uncredited)
- 2014 · You're the Worst as Gail
- 2014 · 2 Bedroom 1 Bath as Rose
- 2013 · Bonnie & Clyde: Justified as Emma
- 2013 · Grand Piano as Marjorie Green
- 2013 · RoboCroc as Dr. Riley
- 2013 · The Lords of Salem as Sonny
- 2013 · Hansel & Gretel as Lilith
- 2012 · The 'E.T.' Journals as Self
- 2012 · Sebastian as Barbara Sample
- 2012 · Collision Course as Polly
- 2012 · Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen as (archive footage)
- 2011 · Sam Steele and the Crystal Chalice as Ms. Jenkins
- 2011 · Grimm as Alice
- 2011 · Exit Humanity as Eve
- 2011 · Stay Cool as Mrs. McCarthy
- 2011 · Switched at Birth as Lorena McGowen
- 2011 · Pound of Flesh as Dean Jean Clark
- 2011 · Bad Actress as Dee Wallace
- 2010 · Law & Order: LA as Ellen Powell
- 2010 · Raven as LuAnne
- 2010 · Extraordinary Measures as Sal
- 2010 · Bedrooms as Marnie
- 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 · The Mother of Invention as Nancy Dooly
- 2009 · Stem Cell as The Healer
- 2009 · Happy in the Valley as Gloria
- 2007 · Halloween as Cynthia Strode
- 2007 · Saving Grace as Janice Shapiro
- 2007 · Bone Dry as Joanne
- 2006 · The Plague as Nora
- 2006 · The Eden Formula as Rhonda
- 2006 · Voodoo Moon as Mary-Ann
- 2006 · Abominable as Ethel Hoss
- 2006 · The Lost as Barbara Hanlon
- 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 · 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
- 2002 · Without a Trace as Lara Duncan
- 2002 · She Spies as Daphne
- 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
- 2002 · Sex and the Teenage Mind as Francine Heitmeyer
- 2001 · The Agency as Doris, Quinn's Sister
- 2001 · Crossing Jordan as Lorraine Heeley
- 2001 · The Division as Paula Meeks
- 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)
- 1999 · Mutual Needs as Patricia
- 1998 · The Making of 'The Frighteners' as Self
- 1998 · Felicity as Allison Covington
- 1998 · The Christmas Path as Jenny
- 1997 · Ally McBeal as Gail Clarkson
- 1997 · Skeletons as Heather Crane
- 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 · The Frighteners as Patricia Bradley
- 1996 · Nash Bridges as Susan Martin
- 1996 · Invisible Mom as Laura Griffin
- 1995 · The Phoenix and the Magic Carpet as Mother
- 1995 · Temptress as Allison Mackie
- 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 · Vanishing Son IV as Megan
- 1994 · Touched by an Angel as Sandra Browner
- 1994 · Runaway Daughters as Mrs. Gordon
- 1994 · Rebel Highway as Mrs. Gordon
- 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
- 1991 · Popcorn as Suzanne
- 1990 · I'm Dangerous Tonight as Wanda
- 1989 · The New Lassie as Dee McCullough
- 1988 · Addicted to His Love as Betty Ann Brennan
- 1987 · Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood as Self
- 1986 · Together We Stand as Lori Randall
- 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 · 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 · Hotel as
- 1982 · E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial as Mary
- 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 Connie
- 1979 · Mrs. Columbo as
- 1978 · Taxi as Joyce
- 1977 · Man from Atlantis as Hot Dog Stand Owner (as Dee Wallace-Stone)
- 1977 · Lou Grant as Patti Oxley
- 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 · Campfire as Mrs. Hallowell
- 2023 · House of Dolls as Celine Charles
- 2022 · Making I'm Dangerous Tonight as Herself
- 2021 · The Nest as Marissa
- 2020 · Rondo and Bob as Self
- 2020 · Day 14 as
- 2019 · Renovation of the Heart as Diane Dover
- 2018 · They Bite!: The Making of Critters as Self
- 2016 · Charlie's Gift as
- 2016 · Red Christmas as Diane
- 2015 · The Abundance Factor as Herself
- 2015 · Zombie Killers: Elephant's Graveyard as Sharon Sommers
- 2014 · Haunting of Cellblock 11 as Ms. Simon
- 2013 · My Stepbrother Is a Vampire!?! as Tabitha the Cat (voice)
- 2012 · I Heart Monster Movies as Herself
- 2012 · The Boarder as Elizabeth
- 2012 · Margarine Wars as Madge Havershank
- 2008 · Michael Lives: The Making of Halloween as Self
- 2008 · Matchmaker Mary as Aunt Karen
- 2007 · The Blue Rose as Mrs. Garrison
- 2007 · Dog Days: The Making of 'Cujo' as Self
- 2007 · The Return of the Living Dead: The Decade of Darkness as Self
- 2007 · Curse of the Weeping Woman: J-ok'el as Helen Moret
- 2006 · Kalamazoo? as Susan
- 2006 · Expiration Date as Lucille
- 2005 · Scar as Isabella
- 2004 · Dead End Road as Mrs. Makepiece
- 2001 · Out of the Black as Penny Hart
- 2001 · Killer Instinct as Sarah Fairchild
- 1994 · Discretion Assured as Kitten
- 1994 · Search and Rescue as Morgan
- 1987 · The Christmas Visitor as Elizabeth O'Day
- 1987 · Legend of the White Horse as Alta (as Dee Wallace-Stone)
- 1985 · Suburban Beat as Joanna
- 1984 · The Shepherd as
- 1983 · Wait Till Your Mother Gets Home as Pat Peters
- Future · Bits as Fallen One
- 2026 · Water Rites as Caroline
- 2025 · The Boy from Below as Sybil
- 2025 · The Lies We Bury as Lynn Wright
- 2023 · Lena's Dance as Lena Swain
- 2023 · Incubus: New Beginnings as Zura Valentine
- 2021 · Courageous Warriors Beauty from the Ashes as Narrator
- 2020 · Six feet of separation as Self
- 2017 · Midnight Madness: The Making of "Popcorn" as Self
- 2015 · Flowers in December as Hannah
- 2015 · Horror Icon: Inside Michael's Mask with Tony Moran as Self
- 2014 · Snow Moon: Cinderella Chronicles Saga as Gram Pearl
- 2013 · As High as the Sky as Aunt Deborah (voice)
- 2012 · Aliens from Uranus as Olga
- 2010 · The Guardian as Mom
- 2008 · Little Red Devil as Mother
- Future · Curse of Vandor as Ethel Gordon
- Future · Howl: Inside the Forest Hills as Self
- 2017 · This Old Machine as Irene
- 2012 · Fuzz Track City as Dawn Lockwood
- 2010 · Between Heaven and Hell as Dr. Isabel Greenlee
- 2010 · Soupernatural as Mrs. Conners
- 2009 · Dark Fields as Jean Applebe
- 2005 · The Loch Ness Monster as Elizabeth Horner
- 2003 · Looking Back at 'The Hills Have Eyes' as Self
- 2003 · Unleashing the Beast: Making ‘The Howling’ as
- 2001 · A Month of Sundays as Sarah McCabe
- Future · 25 Miles to Normal as Deborah
- 1993 · Alone in the Dark as Linda Grant (as Dee Wallace Stone)
- 1991 · The Horror Hall of Fame II as Self - Presenter (as Dee Wallace Stone)
- Future · Unhallowed as Rita Harrison
- Future · Godmother as Mrs. Martinson
- 2004 · Welcome to Werewolfland as
- 1998 · Invasion America as (Additional Voices)
- 1998 · Bad As I Wanna Be: The Dennis Rodman Story as Rodman's stepmother
- 1997 · Nevada as Ruby (as Dee Wallace Stone)
- 1997 · The Perfect Mother as Gina Mitrou
- 1996 · Subliminal Seduction as Sissy Bonner
- 1995 · My Family Treasure as Alex Danieloff
- 1995 · The Skateboard Kid II as Lois Curtis
- 1995 · Cops n Roberts as
- 1995 · Brothers' Destiny as Lucille Bastian
- 1994 · Moment of Truth: Cradle of Conspiracy as Suzanne Guthrie (as Dee Wallace-Stone)
- 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 · Lightning in a Bottle as Jean Markley
- 1992 · Rescue Me as Sarah Sweeney
- 1988 · Stranger on My Land as Annie Whitman
- 1986 · Shadow Play as Morgan Hanna
- 1986 · Club Life as Tilly Francesca
- 1985 · Hostage Flight as Laura Kenrick
- 1984 · The Sky's No Limit as Dr. Maureen Harris
- 1983 · Happy as Marilyn
- 1982 · Skeezer as Lucille
- 1982 · Jimmy the Kid as May
- 1981 · Child Bride of Short Creek as Mary Jacobs
- 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
- 1977 · All the King's Horses as Sandy Benson
- Future · American Blend as
- Future · The Licked Hand as Eleanor