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
- 2024 · The Legend of Catclaws Mountain as Maggie Porter
- 2023 · The Little Mermaid as Sea Witch Revina (voice)
- 2022 · Nix as Donna
- 2020 · Critters Attack! as Dee
- 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
- 2018 · The Wrong Teacher as Dr. Smith
- 2018 · They Bite!: The Making of Critters as Self
- 2018 · Every Other Holiday as Mimi
- 2017 · Horror Movie: A Low Budget Nightmare as Self
- 2015 · Flowers in December as Hannah
- 2015 · Zombie Killers: Elephant's Graveyard as Sharon Sommers
- 2014 · 2 Bedroom 1 Bath as Rose
- 2013 · RoboCroc as Dr. Riley
- 2012 · Fuzz Track City as Dawn Lockwood
- 2012 · Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen as (archive footage)
- 2010 · The Guardian as Mom
- 2009 · Stem Cell as The Healer
- 2006 · The Plague as Nora
- 2006 · Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills as Self
- 2003 · Looking Back at 'The Hills Have Eyes' as Self
- 1991 · Critters 3 as Mom (archive footage)
- 1985 · Hostage Flight as Laura Kenrick
- Future · The Pitchfork Retreat as Helen
- 1995 · The Phoenix and the Magic Carpet as Mother
- 1995 · Temptress as Allison Mackie
- 1994 · Moment of Truth: Cradle of Conspiracy as Suzanne Guthrie (as Dee Wallace-Stone)
- 1994 · Vanishing Son as Megan
- 1991 · Alligator 2: The Mutation as Christine Hodges
- 1984 · The Sky's No Limit as Dr. Maureen Harris
- 1984 · The Shepherd as
- Future · Curse of Vandor as Ethel Gordon
- Future · If It Bleeds as Kelly
- 2025 · Roswell Delirium as Betty
- 2024 · The Forest Hills as Angela
- 2023 · Fatal Attraction as Emma Rauch
- 2022 · 1982: Greatest Geek Year Ever! as Self
- 2022 · The Munsters as Good Morning Transylvania Host
- 2022 · Jeepers Creepers: Reborn as Marie
- 2022 · Killer Design as Elana
- 2019 · Christmas in Louisiana as Doris
- 2019 · The Wrong Mommy as Carol
- 2019 · Sunrise in Heaven as Marion
- 2018 · After Emma as
- 2018 · Beyond The Sky as Lucille
- 2018 · Death House as Dr. Eileen Fletcher
- 2018 · 9-1-1 as Margaret Buckley
- 2016 · Charlie's Gift as
- 2016 · Shooter as Katherine Mayfield
- 2016 · Red Christmas as Diane
- 2016 · Just Add Magic as Grandma
- 2015 · The Abundance Factor as Herself
- 2014 · You're the Worst as Gail
- 2013 · Bonnie & Clyde: Justified as Emma
- 2013 · The Lords of Salem as Sonny
- 2012 · Sebastian as Barbara Sample
- 2011 · Grimm as Alice
- 2011 · Switched at Birth as Lorena McGowen
- 2010 · Law & Order: LA as Ellen Powell
- 2010 · Extraordinary Measures as Sal
- 2009 · Babysitters Beware as Ms. Greene
- 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
- 2007 · Dog Days: The Making of 'Cujo' as Self
- 2007 · Halloween as Cynthia Strode
- 2007 · Saving Grace as
- 2006 · The Lost as Barbara Hanlon
- 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 · 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
- 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 · Love's Deadly Triangle: The Texas Cadet Murder as Linda Jones
- 1997 · The Perfect Mother as Gina Mitrou
- 1996 · The Frighteners as Patricia Bradley
- 1996 · Invisible Mom as Laura Griffin
- 1995 · JAG as Adele DeLong
- 1995 · Here Come the Munsters as Mrs. Walker
- 1995 · The Skateboard Kid II as Lois Curtis
- 1995 · Brothers' Destiny as Lucille Bastian
- 1994 · Touched by an Angel as Sandra Browner
- 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 · Rock-A-Doodle as Dory (voice)
- 1991 · Popcorn as Suzanne
- 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 · Skeezer as Lucille
- 1982 · Hotel as
- 1982 · E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial as Mary
- 1981 · Simon & Simon as
- 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
- 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
- 1977 · All the King's Horses as Sandy Benson
- 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 · Bits as Fallen One
- Future · Campfire as Mrs. Hallowell
- 2025 · The Lies We Bury as Lynn Wright
- 2024 · Stream as Linda Spring
- 2023 · Love by Design as Diane Yeardly
- 2023 · Lena's Dance as Lena Swain
- 2023 · Incubus: New Beginnings as Zura Valentine
- 2023 · Paul T. Goldman as Terri Jay
- 2021 · Every Time a Bell Rings as Donna
- 2020 · The Gift of Christmas as Ellen Rodgers
- 2020 · Day 14 as
- 2019 · Renovation of the Heart as Diane Dover
- 2015 · The Whispers as Willie Starling (Grammy)
- 2013 · Grand Piano as Marjorie Green
- 2013 · Hansel & Gretel as Lilith
- 2012 · Collision Course as Polly
- 2011 · Pound of Flesh as Dean Jean Clark
- 2009 · The House of the Devil as Landlady
- 2008 · Michael Lives: The Making of Halloween as Self
- 2007 · Bone Dry as Joanne
- 2007 · Curse of the Weeping Woman: J-ok'el as Helen Moret
- 2006 · Abominable as Ethel Hoss
- 2006 · Kalamazoo? as Susan
- 2006 · Sons & Daughters as Colleen Halbert
- 2004 · Dead End Road as Mrs. Makepiece
- 2001 · A Month of Sundays as Sarah McCabe
- 1999 · To Love, Honor, & Betray as Julia Brennan (as Dee Wallace Stone)
- 1998 · The Making of 'The Frighteners' as Herself
- 1994 · Runaway Daughters as Mrs. Gordon
- 1992 · Rescue Me as Sarah Sweeney
- 1991 · P.S. I Luv U as
- 1990 · I'm Dangerous Tonight as Wanda
- 1983 · Happy as Marilyn
- 1979 · Mrs. Columbo as
- Future · Howl: Inside the Forest Hills as Self
- 1981 · Child Bride of Short Creek as Mary Jacobs
- Future · The Boy from Below as Sybil
- 1989 · The New Lassie as Dee McCullough
- Future · 25 Miles to Normal as Deborah
- 2024 · Last Night on Earth as Carla
- 2023 · House of Dolls as Celine Charles
- 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 · Making I'm Dangerous Tonight as Herself
- 2022 · In Search of Tomorrow as Self - Interviewee
- 2021 · Courageous Warriors Beauty from the Ashes as Narrator
- 2021 · 13 Fanboy as Dee Wallace
- 2021 · The Nest as Marissa
- 2020 · Rondo and Bob as Self
- 2020 · Stay Home as Herself
- 2020 · Six feet of separation as Self
- 2019 · Dolls as Margaret
- 2019 · The Very Very Best of the 70s as Self - Commentator
- 2018 · Jingle Belle as Shelby
- 2018 · Ouija House as Katherine Fields
- 2017 · This Old Machine as Irene
- 2017 · Ayla as Susan
- 2017 · The Fuzz as Dawn Lockwood
- 2016 · All Hallow's Eve as Haidy Hallow
- 2014 · Ejecta as Ashley Winnington-Ball (uncredited)
- 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 · 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 · Exit Humanity as Eve
- 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
- 2009 · Dark Fields as Jean Applebe
- 2009 · The Mother of Invention as Nancy Dooly
- 2009 · Happy in the Valley as Gloria
- 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 · Expiration Date as Lucille
- 2005 · Headspace as Dr. Denise Bell
- 2005 · Scar as Isabella
- 2005 · The Loch Ness Monster as Elizabeth Horner
- 2004 · Welcome to Werewolfland as
- 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
- 2002 · Sex and the Teenage Mind as Francine Heitmeyer
- 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)
- 1998 · The Christmas Path as Jenny
- 1997 · Skeletons as Heather Crane
- 1997 · Mutual Needs as Patricia
- 1997 · Nevada as Ruby (as Dee Wallace Stone)
- 1997 · Black Circle Boys as Barbara Sullivan
- 1996 · The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial' as Self
- 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 · Vanishing Son IV as Megan
- 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
- 1993 · Lightning in a Bottle as Jean Markley
- 1988 · Addicted to His Love as Betty Ann Brennan
- 1988 · Stranger on My Land as Annie Whitman
- 1987 · The Christmas Visitor 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 · Shadow Play as Morgan Hanna
- 1986 · Club Life as Tilly Francesca
- 1985 · Suburban Beat as Joanna
- 1983 · Wait Till Your Mother Gets Home as Pat Peters
- 1982 · Jimmy the Kid as May
- 1981 · The Five of Me as Ann
- 1980 · The Secret War of Jackie's Girls as Maxine
- 1979 · Young Love, First Love as Leslie
- 1977 · The San Pedro Beach Bums as
- Future · Water Rites as Caroline
- Future · Unhallowed as Rita Harrison
- Future · American Blend as