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 · Stream as Linda Spring
- 2024 · The Legend of Catclaws Mountain as Maggie Porter
- 2023 · Love By Design as Diane Yeardly
- 2023 · Fatal Attraction as Emma Rauch
- 2023 · Paul T. Goldman as Terri Jay
- 2022 · 1982: Greatest Geek Year Ever! as Self
- 2022 · The Munsters as Good Morning Transylvania Host
- 2022 · Jeepers Creepers: Reborn as Marie
- 2021 · Courageous Warriors Beauty from the Ashes as Narrator
- 2020 · Critters Attack! as Dee
- 2019 · 3 from Hell as Greta
- 2019 · The Wrong Mommy as Carol
- 2019 · The Very Very Best of the 70s as Self - Commentator
- 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
- 2017 · Horror Movie: A Low Budget Nightmare as Self
- 2016 · Shooter as Katherine Mayfield
- 2016 · Red Christmas as Diane
- 2016 · Just Add Magic as Grandma
- 2015 · The Abundance Factor as Herself
- 2015 · The Whispers as Willie Starling (Grammy)
- 2015 · Zombie Killers: Elephant's Graveyard as Sharon Sommers
- 2013 · Grand Piano as Marjorie Green
- 2013 · RoboCroc as Dr. Riley
- 2013 · The Lords of Salem as Sonny
- 2012 · I Heart Monster Movies as Herself
- 2012 · Collision Course as Polly
- 2012 · Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen as (archive footage)
- 2011 · Grimm as Alice
- 2011 · Switched at Birth as Lorena McGowen
- 2011 · Pound of Flesh as Dean Jean Clark
- 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
- 2008 · Michael Lives: The Making of Halloween as Self
- 2007 · Halloween as Cynthia Strode
- 2007 · Saving Grace as
- 2007 · Curse of the Weeping Woman: J-ok'el as Helen Moret
- 2006 · The Plague as Nora
- 2006 · Abominable as Ethel Hoss
- 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 · Supernatural as Mildred Baker
- 2005 · Bones as Special Agent Callie Warner
- 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 · 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 · Skeletons as Heather Crane
- 1997 · Love's Deadly Triangle: The Texas Cadet Murder as Linda Jones
- 1996 · The Frighteners as Patricia Bradley
- 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
- 1995 · Temptress as Allison Mackie
- 1995 · Cops n Roberts as
- 1994 · Vanishing Son IV as Megan
- 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 · 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
- 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
- 1988 · Stranger on My Land as Annie Whitman
- 1987 · Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood as Self
- 1986 · Together We Stand as
- 1986 · L.A. Law as Elaine Weston
- 1986 · Critters as Helen Brown
- 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
- 1983 · Wait Till Your Mother Gets Home as Pat Peters
- 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 · Child Bride of Short Creek as Mary Jacobs
- 1981 · Simon & Simon as
- 1981 · A Whale for the Killing as Janet Landon
- 1981 · The Howling as Karen White
- 1980 · The Secret War of Jackie's Girls as Maxine
- 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 · 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 Pitchfork Retreat as Helen
- 2025 · Roswell Delirium as Betty
- 2024 · The Forest Hills as Angela
- 2024 · Last Night on Earth as Carla
- 2023 · The Little Mermaid as Sea Witch Revina (voice)
- 2023 · Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch as Alice Cassidy
- 2022 · Nix as Donna
- 2022 · Time Pirates as The Crone
- 2021 · Every Time a Bell Rings as Donna
- 2021 · 13 Fanboy as Dee Wallace
- 2021 · The Nest as Marissa
- 2020 · Await the Dawn as Annie
- 2019 · Christmas in Louisiana as Doris
- 2019 · To Hell and Back: The Making of 3 From Hell as Self
- 2019 · Dolls as Margaret
- 2019 · Sunrise in Heaven as Marion
- 2018 · Jingle Belle as Shelby
- 2018 · Every Other Holiday as Mimi
- 2016 · All Hallow's Eve as Haidy Hallow
- 2014 · Ejecta as Ashley Winnington-Ball (uncredited)
- 2014 · 2 Bedroom 1 Bath as Rose
- 2013 · Bonnie & Clyde: Justified as Emma
- 2012 · The 'E.T.' Journals as Self
- 2012 · The Boarder as Elizabeth
- 2012 · Sebastian as Barbara Sample
- 2011 · Exit Humanity as Eve
- 2011 · Bad Actress as Dee Wallace
- 2010 · Raven as LuAnne
- 2010 · Bedrooms as Marnie
- 2009 · The Mother of Invention as Nancy Dooly
- 2009 · Stem Cell as The Healer
- 2007 · Dog Days: The Making of 'Cujo' as Self
- 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 · Kalamazoo? as Susan
- 2006 · Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills as Self
- 2005 · Headspace as Dr. Denise Bell
- 2005 · Boo as Nurse Russell
- 2004 · Dead End Road as Mrs. Makepiece
- 2002 · Fish Don't Blink as Dr. Roswell
- 2002 · E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 20th Anniversary Special as Self
- 2001 · A Month of Sundays as Sarah McCabe (as Dee Wallace Stone)
- 2001 · Out of the Black as Penny Hart
- 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 Making of 'The Frighteners' as Herself
- 1997 · Nevada as Ruby (as Dee Wallace Stone)
- 1997 · Mutual Needs as Patricia
- 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 Skateboard Kid II as Lois Curtis
- 1994 · Witness to the Execution as Emily Dawson (as Dee Wallace-Stone)
- 1993 · Alone in the Dark as Linda Grant (as Dee Wallace Stone)
- 1992 · Rescue Me as Sarah Sweeney
- 1986 · Sin of Innocence as Vicki McGary
- 1986 · Club Life as Tilly Francesca
- 1985 · Hostage Flight as Laura Kenrick
- 1982 · Skeezer as Lucille
- 1981 · The Five of Me as Ann
- 1979 · Young Love, First Love as Leslie
- Future · Bits as Fallen One
- 1980 · Skag as
- Future · Campfire as Mrs. Hallowell
- Future · If It Bleeds as
- 2023 · Incubus: New Beginnings as Zura Valentine
- 2022 · In Search of Darkness: Part III as Self
- 2022 · Making I'm Dangerous Tonight as Herself
- 2022 · Killer Design as Elana
- 2020 · The Gift of Christmas as Ellen Rodgers
- 2020 · Day 14 as
- 2019 · Renovation of the Heart as Diane Dover
- 2018 · They Bite!: The Making of Critters as Self
- 2017 · This Old Machine as Irene
- 2017 · Ayla as Susan
- 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 · Margarine Wars as Madge Havershank
- 2011 · Sam Steele and the Crystal Chalice as Ms. Jenkins
- 2009 · Stay Cool as Mrs. McCarthy
- 2008 · Little Red Devil as Mother
- 2007 · The Blue Rose as Mrs. Garrison
- 2007 · Bone Dry as Joanne
- 2006 · Expiration Date as Lucille
- 2005 · Scar as Isabella
- 2004 · Illusion Infinity as Patricia (as Dee Wallace Stone)
- 2003 · Unleashing the Beast: Making ‘The Howling’ as
- 1995 · Brothers' Destiny as Lucille Bastian
- 1994 · Discretion Assured as
- 1987 · Bushfire Moon as Elizabeth O'Day
- 1987 · Legend of the White Horse as Alta (as Dee Wallace-Stone)
- 1986 · Shadow Play as Morgan Hanna
- 1984 · The Sky's No Limit as Dr. Maureen Harris
- 1984 · The Shepherd as
- Future · Unhallowed as Rita Harrison
- 1977 · All the King's Horses as Sandy Benson
- Future · Howl: Inside the Forest Hills as Self
- 2025 · The Lies We Bury as Lynn Wright
- 2023 · House of Dolls as Celine Charles
- 2023 · Lena's Dance as Lena Swain
- 2022 · In Search of Tomorrow as Self - Interviewee
- 2020 · Rondo and Bob as Self
- 2020 · Stay Home as Herself
- 2020 · Six feet of separation as Self
- 2018 · After Emma as
- 2017 · The Fuzz as Dawn Lockwood
- 2016 · Charlie's Gift as
- 2015 · Flowers in December as Hannah
- 2014 · Haunting of Cellblock 11 as Ms. Simon
- 2013 · My Stepbrother Is a Vampire!?! as Tabitha the Cat (voice)
- 2012 · Fuzz Track City as Dawn Lockwood
- 2010 · Between Heaven and Hell as Dr. Isabel Greenlee
- 2010 · The Guardian as Mom
- 2010 · Soupernatural as Mrs. Conners
- 2009 · Dark Fields as Jean Applebe
- 2009 · Happy in the Valley as Gloria
- 2008 · Matchmaker Mary as Aunt Karen
- 2005 · The Loch Ness Monster as Elizabeth Horner
- 2004 · Welcome to Werewolfland as
- 2003 · Looking Back at 'The Hills Have Eyes' as Self
- 2001 · Killer Instinct as Sarah Fairchild
- 1998 · The Christmas Path as Jenny
- 1995 · The Phoenix and the Magic Carpet as Mother
- 1995 · My Family Treasure as Alex Danieloff
- 1985 · Suburban Beat as Joanna
- Future · Curse of Vandor as Ethel Gordon
- 1994 · Search and Rescue as Morgan