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
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- 2025 · The Lies We Bury as Lynn Wright
- 2025 · Roswell Delirium as Betty
- 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 · House of Dolls as Celine Charles
- 2023 · The Little Mermaid as Sea Witch Revina (voice)
- 2023 · Fatal Attraction as Emma Rauch
- 2023 · Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch as Alice Cassidy
- 2023 · Incubus: New Beginnings as Zura Valentine
- 2022 · Killer Design as Elana
- 2020 · Stay Home as Herself
- 2020 · Await the Dawn as Annie
- 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
- 2017 · This Old Machine as Irene
- 2017 · Ayla as Susan
- 2016 · All Hallow's Eve as Haidy Hallow
- 2014 · Ejecta as Ashley Winnington-Ball (uncredited)
- 2013 · Bonnie & Clyde: Justified as Emma
- 2013 · As High as the Sky as Aunt Deborah (voice)
- 2012 · The 'E.T.' Journals as Self
- 2012 · Collision Course as Polly
- 2011 · Sam Steele and the Crystal Chalice as Ms. Jenkins
- 2011 · Pound of Flesh as Dean Jean Clark
- 2011 · Bad Actress as Dee Wallace
- 2010 · Bedrooms as Marnie
- 2008 · Matchmaker Mary as Aunt Karen
- 2008 · Little Red Devil as Mother
- 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 · The Eden Formula as Rhonda
- 2006 · Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills as Self
- 2005 · Scar as Isabella
- 2003 · Looking Back at 'The Hills Have Eyes' as Self
- 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
- 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 Making of 'The Frighteners' as Herself
- 1997 · Skeletons as Heather Crane
- 1997 · Nevada as Ruby (as Dee Wallace Stone)
- 1997 · Black Circle Boys as Barbara Sullivan
- 1996 · Invisible Mom as Laura Griffin
- 1996 · Subliminal Seduction as Sissy Bonner
- 1995 · Temptress as Allison Mackie
- 1995 · The Skateboard Kid II as Lois Curtis
- 1994 · Vanishing Son IV as Megan
- 1994 · Runaway Daughters as Mrs. Gordon
- 1994 · Discretion Assured as
- 1994 · Search and Rescue as Morgan
- 1994 · Huck and the King of Hearts as Darlene
- 1993 · Prophet of Evil: The Ervil LeBaron Story as Jackie Fields (as Dee Wallace-Stone)
- 1988 · Addicted to His Love as Betty Ann Brennan
- 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
- 1983 · Happy as Marilyn
- 1983 · Wait Till Your Mother Gets Home as Pat Peters
- 1983 · I Take These Men as Elaine Zakarian
- 1981 · Child Bride of Short Creek as Mary Jacobs
- 1981 · The Five of Me as Ann
- 1979 · Young Love, First Love as Leslie
- Future · If It Bleeds as
- Future · Bits as Fallen One
- 2023 · Love By Design as Diane Yeardly
- 2020 · Rondo and Bob as Self
- 2020 · The Gift of Christmas as Ellen Rodgers
- 2019 · Christmas in Louisiana as Doris
- 2018 · After Emma as
- 2016 · Red Christmas as Diane
- 2015 · Flowers in December as Hannah
- 2015 · Zombie Killers: Elephant's Graveyard as Sharon Sommers
- 2014 · Haunting of Cellblock 11 as Ms. Simon
- 2014 · 2 Bedroom 1 Bath as Rose
- 2014 · Snow Moon: Cinderella Chronicles Saga as Gram Pearl
- 2012 · Sebastian as Barbara Sample
- 2012 · Margarine Wars as Madge Havershank
- 2010 · Between Heaven and Hell as Dr. Isabel Greenlee
- 2010 · Raven as LuAnne
- 2009 · Dark Fields as Jean Applebe
- 2009 · The Mother of Invention as Nancy Dooly
- 2006 · Voodoo Moon as Mary-Ann
- 2006 · Kalamazoo? as Susan
- 2006 · Expiration Date as Lucille
- 2004 · Dead End Road as Mrs. Makepiece
- 1997 · Mutual Needs as Patricia
- 1995 · The Phoenix and the Magic Carpet as Mother
- 1995 · Cops n Roberts as
- 1994 · Witness to the Execution as Emily Dawson (as Dee Wallace-Stone)
- 1993 · Lightning in a Bottle as Jean Markley
- 1987 · Bushfire Moon as Elizabeth O'Day
- 1987 · Legend of the White Horse as Alta (as Dee Wallace-Stone)
- 1984 · The Shepherd as
- Future · Campfire as Mrs. Hallowell
- 1981 · A Whale for the Killing as Janet Landon
- 1977 · All the King's Horses as Sandy Benson
- Future · The Pitchfork Retreat as Helen
- 2023 · Lena's Dance as Lena Swain
- 2023 · Paul T. Goldman as Terri Jay
- 2022 · In Search of Darkness: Part III as Self
- 2022 · 1982: Greatest Geek Year Ever! 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 · Making I'm Dangerous Tonight as Herself
- 2022 · In Search of Tomorrow as Self - Interviewee
- 2021 · Every Time a Bell Rings as Donna
- 2021 · Courageous Warriors Beauty from the Ashes as Narrator
- 2021 · 13 Fanboy as Dee Wallace
- 2021 · The Nest as Marissa
- 2020 · Critters Attack! as Dee
- 2020 · Day 14 as
- 2020 · Six feet of separation as Self
- 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 · 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 · The Fuzz as Dawn Lockwood
- 2016 · Charlie's Gift as
- 2016 · Shooter as Katherine Mayfield
- 2016 · Just Add Magic as Grandma
- 2015 · The Abundance Factor as Herself
- 2015 · The Whispers as Willie Starling (Grammy)
- 2013 · Grand Piano as Marjorie Green
- 2013 · My Stepbrother Is a Vampire!?! as Tabitha the Cat (voice)
- 2013 · RoboCroc as Dr. Riley
- 2013 · The Lords of Salem as Sonny
- 2013 · Hansel & Gretel as Lilith
- 2012 · I Heart Monster Movies as Herself
- 2012 · The Boarder as Elizabeth
- 2012 · Fuzz Track City as Dawn Lockwood
- 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
- 2010 · The Guardian as Mom
- 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
- 2009 · Stem Cell as The Healer
- 2009 · Happy in the Valley as Gloria
- 2008 · Michael Lives: The Making of Halloween as Self
- 2007 · The Blue Rose as Mrs. Garrison
- 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 · Headspace as Dr. Denise Bell
- 2005 · Supernatural as Mildred Baker
- 2005 · Bones as Special Agent Callie Warner
- 2005 · Boo as Nurse Russell
- 2005 · The Loch Ness Monster as Elizabeth Horner
- 2005 · Grey's Anatomy as Joan Waring
- 2005 · The Office as Ellen Bernard
- 2004 · Welcome to Werewolfland as
- 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
- 2003 · Unleashing the Beast: Making ‘The Howling’ as
- 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
- 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 · Love's Deadly Triangle: The Texas Cadet Murder as Linda Jones
- 1996 · The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial' as Self
- 1996 · The Frighteners as Patricia Bradley
- 1995 · JAG as Adele DeLong
- 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 · Here Come the Munsters as Mrs. Walker
- 1995 · Brothers' Destiny as Lucille Bastian
- 1994 · Touched by an Angel as Sandra Browner
- 1993 · Alone in the Dark as Linda Grant (as Dee Wallace Stone)
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 1982 · Jimmy the Kid as May
- 1982 · Hotel as
- 1982 · E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial as Mary
- 1981 · Simon & Simon as
- 1981 · The Howling as Karen White
- 1980 · The Secret War of Jackie's Girls as Maxine
- 1980 · Skag as
- 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 · Howl: Inside the Forest Hills as Self
- 1994 · Moment of Truth: Cradle of Conspiracy as Suzanne Guthrie (as Dee Wallace-Stone)
- 1985 · Suburban Beat as Joanna
- 1982 · Skeezer as Lucille
- Future · Unhallowed as Rita Harrison
- 1984 · The Sky's No Limit as Dr. Maureen Harris
- Future · Soupernatural as Mrs. Conners
- Future · Curse of Vandor as Ethel Gordon