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 · The Lies We Bury as
- 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 · 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 · In Search of Tomorrow as Self - Interviewee
- 2021 · 13 Fanboy as Dee Wallace
- 2021 · The Nest as Marissa
- 2020 · Critters Attack! as Aunt Dee
- 2020 · The Gift of Christmas as Ellen Rodgers
- 2020 · Await the Dawn as Annie
- 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 · 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
- 2016 · Shooter as Katherine Mayfield
- 2016 · All Hallow's Eve as Haidy Hallow
- 2016 · Red Christmas as Diane
- 2016 · Just Add Magic as Grandma
- 2015 · The Whispers as Willie Starling (Grammy)
- 2014 · Ejecta as Ashley Winnington-Ball (uncredited)
- 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 · 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 · 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 · Stay Cool as Mrs. McCarthy
- 2008 · Little Red Devil as Mother
- 2007 · Halloween as Cynthia Strode
- 2007 · Saving Grace as
- 2006 · The Plague as Nora
- 2006 · The Eden Formula as Rhonda
- 2006 · Abominable as Ethel Hoss
- 2006 · Kalamazoo? as Susan
- 2006 · The Lost as Barbara Hanlon
- 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
- 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
- 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 · 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
- 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 · Nevada as Ruby (as Dee Wallace Stone)
- 1997 · Black Circle Boys as Barbara Sullivan
- 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
- 1992 · 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
- 1989 · The New Lassie as Dee McCullough
- 1988 · Stranger on My Land as Annie Whitman
- 1986 · Together We Stand as
- 1986 · L.A. Law as Elaine Weston
- 1986 · Critters as Helen Brown
- 1985 · The Twilight Zone as
- 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
- 1982 · Hotel as
- 1982 · E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial as Mary
- 1981 · Simon & Simon as
- 1981 · The Howling as Karen White
- 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
- 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 Boroughs as
- 2023 · Love By Design as Diane Yeardly
- 2023 · Roswell Delirium as Betty
- 2023 · Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch as Alice Cassidy
- 2022 · 1982: Greatest Geek Year Ever! as Self
- 2022 · Killer Design as Elana
- 2021 · Every Time a Bell Rings as Donna
- 2021 · Courageous Warriors Beauty from the Ashes as Narrator
- 2020 · Stay Home as Herself
- 2020 · Day 14 as
- 2019 · Christmas in Louisiana as Doris
- 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
- 2018 · Jingle Belle as Shelby
- 2018 · Every Other Holiday as Mimi
- 2017 · Horror Movie: A Low Budget Nightmare as Self
- 2017 · Ayla as Susan
- 2014 · 2 Bedroom 1 Bath as Rose
- 2012 · I Heart Monster Movies as Herself
- 2012 · The 'E.T.' Journals as Self
- 2012 · The Boarder as Elizabeth
- 2012 · Sebastian as Barbara Sample
- 2011 · Pound of Flesh as Dean Jean Clark
- 2010 · Bedrooms as Marnie
- 2009 · Dark Fields as Jean Applebe
- 2009 · The Mother of Invention as Nancy Dooly
- 2009 · Stem Cell as Healer
- 2008 · Michael Lives: The Making of Halloween as Self
- 2008 · Matchmaker Mary as Aunt Karen
- 2007 · Bone Dry as Joanne
- 2007 · Curse of the Weeping Woman: J-ok'el as Helen Moret
- 2006 · Voodoo Moon as Mary-Ann
- 2006 · Expiration Date as Lucille
- 2005 · Scar as Isabella
- 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 · 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)
- 1997 · Skeletons as Heather Crane
- 1997 · Mutual Needs as Patricia
- 1997 · Love's Deadly Triangle: The Texas Cadet Murder as Linda Jones
- 1996 · The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial' as Self
- 1996 · Invisible Mom as Laura Griffin
- 1996 · Subliminal Seduction as Sissy Bonner
- 1995 · Temptress as Allison Mackie
- 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
- 1993 · Prophet of Evil: The Ervil LeBaron Story as Jackie Fields (as Dee Wallace-Stone)
- 1993 · Lightning in a Bottle as Jean Markley
- 1990 · I'm Dangerous Tonight as Wanda
- 1987 · Bushfire Moon as Elizabeth O'Day
- 1986 · Sin of Innocence as Vicki McGary
- 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
- 1983 · Wait Till Your Mother Gets Home as Pat Peters
- 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
- Future · If It Bleeds as
- Future · Bits as Fallen One
- 2023 · House of Dolls as Celine Charles
- 2022 · Making I'm Dangerous Tonight as Herself
- 2020 · Rondo and Bob as Self
- 2020 · Six feet of separation as Self
- 2018 · After Emma as
- 2017 · This Old Machine as Irene
- 2017 · The Fuzz as Dawn Lockwood
- 2015 · The Abundance Factor as Herself
- 2015 · Flowers in December as Hannah
- 2015 · Zombie Killers: Elephant's Graveyard as Sharon Sommers
- 2010 · Raven as LuAnne
- 1986 · Shadow Play as Morgan Hanna
- 1981 · The Five of Me as Ann
- Future · Campfire as Mrs. Hallowell
- 2023 · Lena's Dance as Lena Swain
- 2023 · Incubus: New Beginnings as Zura Valentine
- 2016 · Charlie's Gift as
- 2014 · Haunting of Cellblock 11 as Ms. Simon
- 2014 · Snow Moon: Cinderella Chronicles Saga as Gram Pearl
- 2013 · My Stepbrother Is a Vampire!?! as Tabitha the Cat (voice)
- 2013 · As High as the Sky as Aunt Deborah (voice)
- 2012 · Fuzz Track City as Dawn Lockwood
- 2012 · Margarine Wars as Madge Havershank
- 2010 · Between Heaven and Hell as Dr. Isabel Greenlee
- 2007 · The Return of the Living Dead: The Decade of Darkness as Self
- 2006 · Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills as Self
- 1995 · The Phoenix and the Magic Carpet as Mother
- Future · The Pitchfork Retreat as Helen
- 2011 · Sam Steele and the Crystal Chalice as Ms. Jenkins
- 2010 · The Guardian as Mom
- 2009 · Happy in the Valley as Gloria
- 2007 · The Blue Rose as Mrs. Garrison
- 2007 · Dog Days: The Making of 'Cujo' as Self
- 2005 · The Loch Ness Monster as Elizabeth Horner
- 2004 · Welcome to Werewolfland as
- 2004 · Illusion Infinity as Patricia (as Dee Wallace Stone)
- 2003 · Unleashing the Beast: Making ‘The Howling’ as
- 2001 · Out of the Black as Penny Hart
- 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 · The Christmas Path as Jenny
- 1995 · My Family Treasure as Alex Danieloff
- 1995 · Cops n Roberts as
- 1995 · The Skateboard Kid II as Lois Curtis
- 1995 · Brothers' Destiny as Lucille Bastian
- 1994 · Vanishing Son IV as Megan
- 1994 · Discretion Assured as
- 1994 · Search and Rescue as Morgan
- 1994 · Witness to the Execution as Emily Dawson (as Dee Wallace-Stone)
- 1993 · Alone in the Dark as Linda Grant (as Dee Wallace Stone)
- 1988 · Addicted to His Love as Betty Ann Brennan
- 1987 · Legend of the White Horse as Alta (as Dee Wallace-Stone)
- 1985 · Suburban Beat as Joanna
- 1984 · The Shepherd as
- 1983 · I Take These Men as Elaine Zakarian
- 1980 · The Secret War of Jackie's Girls as Maxine
- 1980 · Skag as
- 1979 · Young Love, First Love as Leslie
- 1977 · The San Pedro Beach Bums as
- 1977 · All the King's Horses as Sandy Benson
- Future · Unhallowed as Rita Harrison
- Future · Soupernatural as Mrs. Conners
- Future · Curse of Vandor as Ethel Gordon
- Future · Howl: Inside the Forest Hills as Self