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 · Godmother as Mrs. Martinson
- 2026 · Night of the Living Dead as Maggie
- 2026 · Models vs. Werewolves as Judith Barnard Dixon
- 2026 · The Boroughs as Grace
- 2026 · Ted Bunny as Catherine
- 2026 · Southern Scares as Myra
- 2026 · Water Rites as Caroline
- 2025 · The Boy from Below as Sybil
- 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 · The Munsters as Good Morning Transylvania Host
- 2022 · Jeepers Creepers: Reborn as Marie
- 2022 · Time Pirates as The Crone
- 2021 · Every Time a Bell Rings as Donna
- 2021 · The Nest as Marissa
- 2021 · Fangoria Chainsaw Awards as Self - Special Appearance
- 2020 · Critters Attack! as Dee
- 2019 · 3 from Hell as Greta
- 2019 · Dolls as Margaret
- 2019 · The Very Very Best of the 70s as Self - Commentator
- 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 · 9-1-1 as Margaret Buckley
- 2016 · Shooter as Katherine Mayfield
- 2016 · Just Add Magic as Grandma
- 2015 · The Whispers as Willie Starling (Grammy)
- 2015 · Love & Mercy as Rosemary (uncredited)
- 2014 · You're the Worst as Gail
- 2014 · Haunting of Cellblock 11 as Ms. Simon
- 2013 · Grand Piano as Marjorie Green
- 2013 · RoboCroc as Dr. Riley
- 2013 · The Lords of Salem as Sonny
- 2012 · Collision Course as Polly
- 2011 · Grimm as Alice
- 2011 · Stay Cool as Mrs. McCarthy
- 2011 · Switched at Birth as Lorena McGowen
- 2011 · Bad Actress as Dee Wallace
- 2010 · Law & Order: LA as Ellen Powell
- 2010 · Raven as LuAnne
- 2010 · Extraordinary Measures as Sal
- 2009 · Babysitters Beware as Ms. Greene
- 2009 · The House of the Devil as Landlady
- 2009 · Dark Fields as Jean Applebe
- 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
- 2008 · Michael Lives: The Making of Halloween as Self
- 2008 · Matchmaker Mary as Aunt Karen
- 2007 · Halloween as Cynthia Strode
- 2007 · Saving Grace as Janice Shapiro
- 2006 · American Blend as Jayme
- 2006 · Voodoo Moon as Mary-Ann
- 2006 · Abominable as Ethel Hoss
- 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 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
- 2003 · Cold Case as Charlotte Jones
- 2003 · NCIS as Claire Hall
- 2002 · Without a Trace as Lara Duncan
- 2002 · She Spies as Daphne
- 2001 · The Agency as Doris, Quinn's Sister
- 2001 · Crossing Jordan as Lorraine Heeley
- 2001 · Killer Instinct as Sarah Fairchild
- 2001 · The Division as Paula Meeks
- 1999 · Pirates of the Plain as Glenna (as Dee Wallace-Stone)
- 1999 · To Love, Honor, & Betray as Julia Brennan (as Dee Wallace Stone)
- 1998 · Felicity as Allison Covington
- 1998 · Bad As I Wanna Be: The Dennis Rodman Story as Rodman's stepmother
- 1998 · The Christmas Path as Jenny
- 1997 · Ally McBeal as Gail Clarkson
- 1997 · Skeletons as Heather Crane
- 1997 · Nevada as Ruby (as Dee Wallace Stone)
- 1996 · The Frighteners as Patricia Bradley
- 1996 · Nash Bridges as Susan Martin
- 1996 · Subliminal Seduction as Sissy Bonner
- 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 · Discretion Assured as Kitten
- 1994 · Rebel Highway as Mrs. Gordon
- 1994 · Vanishing Son as Megan
- 1993 · Rescue Me as Sarah Sweeney
- 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 Lori Randall
- 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 · Happy as Marilyn
- 1983 · Cujo as Donna Trenton
- 1982 · Hotel as
- 1982 · E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial as Mary
- 1981 · Simon & Simon as
- 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 · The Licked Hand as Eleanor
- 2026 · 25 Miles to Normal as Deborah
- 2025 · If It Bleeds as Kelly
- 2025 · Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch as Alice Cassidy
- 2025 · The Lies We Bury as Lynn Wright
- 2023 · 90 Hari Sebelum Cinta Pergi as
- 2022 · In Search of Darkness: Part III as Self
- 2022 · Nix as Donna
- 2022 · In Search of Tomorrow as Self - Interviewee
- 2021 · 13 Fanboy as Dee Wallace
- 2020 · The Gift of Christmas as Ellen Rodgers
- 2020 · Await the Dawn as Annie
- 2020 · Six feet of separation as Self
- 2019 · To Hell and Back: The Making of 3 From Hell as Self
- 2019 · The Wrong Mommy as Carol
- 2019 · Sunrise in Heaven as Marion
- 2018 · Every Other Holiday as Mimi
- 2018 · Death House as Dr. Eileen Fletcher
- 2018 · Closure as The Superior
- 2017 · Ayla as Susan
- 2016 · All Hallow's Eve as Haidy Hallow
- 2015 · Zombie Killers: Elephant's Graveyard as Sharon Sommers
- 2014 · Ejecta as Ashley Winnington-Ball (uncredited)
- 2014 · 2 Bedroom 1 Bath as Rose
- 2013 · Bonnie & Clyde: Justified as Emma
- 2013 · My Stepbrother Is a Vampire!?! as Tabitha the Cat (voice)
- 2013 · As High as the Sky as Aunt Deborah (voice)
- 2013 · Hansel & Gretel as Lilith
- 2012 · I Heart Monster Movies as Self
- 2012 · The E.T. Journals as Self
- 2012 · The Boarder as Elizabeth
- 2012 · Sebastian as Barbara Sample
- 2011 · Walk a Mile in My Pradas as Mary
- 2011 · Exit Humanity as Eve
- 2011 · Pound of Flesh as Dean Jean Clark
- 2011 · The Junior Spy Agency as Ms. Jenkins
- 2010 · Bedrooms as Marnie
- 2009 · Happy in the Valley as Gloria
- 2007 · Curse of the Weeping Woman: J-ok'el as Helen Moret
- 2006 · The Plague as Nora
- 2006 · The Eden Formula as Rhonda
- 2006 · The Lost as Barbara Hanlon
- 2005 · The Loch Ness Monster as Elizabeth Horner
- 2004 · Welcome to Werewolfland 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
- 2002 · Sex and the Teenage Mind as Francine Heitmeyer
- 2001 · A Month of Sundays as Sarah McCabe
- 2001 · Out of the Black as Penny Hart
- 1999 · Invisible Mom II as Laura Griffin (as Dee Wallace-Stone)
- 1997 · Black Circle Boys as Barbara Sullivan
- 1996 · The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial' as Self
- 1996 · Invisible Mom as Laura Griffin
- 1995 · The Phoenix and the Magic Carpet as Mother
- 1995 · Temptress as Allison Mackie
- 1995 · The Skateboard Kid II as Lois Curtis
- 1995 · Cops n Roberts as
- 1994 · Runaway Daughters as Mrs. Gordon
- 1994 · Moment of Truth: Cradle of Conspiracy as Suzanne Guthrie (as Dee Wallace-Stone)
- 1994 · Huck and the King of Hearts as Darlene
- 1991 · The Horror Hall of Fame II as Self - Presenter
- 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)
- 1984 · The Sky's No Limit as Dr. Maureen Harris
- 1983 · Wait Till Your Mother Gets Home as Pat Peters
- 1983 · I Take These Men as Elaine Zakarian
- 1981 · The Five of Me as Ann
- 1981 · A Whale for the Killing as Janet Landon
- Future · Unhallowed as Rita Harrison
- 2025 · The Pitchfork Retreat as Helen
- 2025 · Roswell Delirium as Betty
- 2023 · House of Dolls as Celine Charles
- 2023 · Lena's Dance as Lena Swain
- 2023 · Incubus: New Beginnings as Zura Valentine
- 2022 · Making I'm Dangerous Tonight as Herself
- 2022 · Killer Design as Elana
- 2021 · Courageous Warriors Beauty from the Ashes as Narrator
- 2020 · Rondo and Bob as Self
- 2020 · Stay Home as Herself
- 2020 · Day 14 as
- 2019 · Christmas in Louisiana as Doris
- 2019 · Renovation of the Heart as Diane Dover
- 2018 · After Emma as
- 2018 · They Bite!: The Making of Critters as Self
- 2017 · This Old Machine as Irene
- 2017 · Horror Movie: A Low Budget Nightmare as Self
- 2017 · The Fuzz as Dawn Lockwood
- 2017 · Midnight Madness: The Making of "Popcorn" as Self
- 2016 · Charlie's Gift as
- 2016 · Red Christmas as Diane
- 2015 · The Abundance Factor as Herself
- 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
- 2012 · Aliens from Uranus as Olga
- 2012 · Fuzz Track City as Dawn Lockwood
- 2012 · Margarine Wars as Madge Havershank
- 2011 · Sam Steele and the Crystal Chalice as Ms. Jenkins
- 2010 · Between Heaven and Hell as Dr. Isabel Greenlee
- 2010 · The Guardian as Mom
- 2010 · Soupernatural as Mrs. Conners
- 2009 · Stem Cell as The Healer
- 2008 · Little Red Devil as Mother
- 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 · Bone Dry as Joanne
- 2006 · Kalamazoo? as Susan
- 2006 · Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills as Self
- 2004 · Dead End Road as Mrs. Makepiece
- 2004 · Illusion Infinity as Patricia (as Dee Wallace Stone)
- 2003 · Looking Back at 'The Hills Have Eyes' as Self
- 2003 · Unleashing the Beast: Making ‘The Howling’ as
- 1999 · Mutual Needs as Patricia
- 1998 · The Making of 'The Frighteners' as Self
- 1997 · Love's Deadly Triangle: The Texas Cadet Murder as Linda Jones
- 1997 · The Perfect Mother as Gina Mitrou
- 1994 · Vanishing Son IV as Megan
- 1994 · Search and Rescue as Morgan
- 1994 · Witness to the Execution as Emily Dawson (as Dee Wallace-Stone)
- 1993 · Prophet of Evil: The Ervil LeBaron Story as Jackie Fields (as Dee Wallace-Stone)
- 1993 · Lightning in a Bottle as Jean Markley
- Future · Howl: Inside the Forest Hills as Self
- Future · Campfire as Mrs. Hallowell
- 1995 · My Family Treasure as Alex Danieloff
- 1995 · Brothers' Destiny as Lucille Bastian
- 1993 · Alone in the Dark as Linda Grant (as Dee Wallace Stone)
- 1987 · The Christmas Visitor as Elizabeth O'Day
- 1986 · Shadow Play as Morgan Hanna
- 1986 · Sin of Innocence as Vicki McGary
- 1985 · Hostage Flight as Laura Kenrick
- 1985 · Suburban Beat as Joanna
- 1984 · The Shepherd as
- 1982 · Skeezer as Lucille
- 1982 · Jimmy the Kid as May
- 1981 · Child Bride of Short Creek as Mary Jacobs
- 1977 · All the King's Horses as Sandy Benson
- Future · Bits as Fallen One
- 1980 · The Secret War of Jackie's Girls as Maxine
- 1979 · Young Love, First Love as Leslie
- Future · Curse of Vandor as Ethel Gordon