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
- 2025 · Roswell Delirium as Betty
- 2024 · Stream as Linda Spring
- 2024 · Last Night on Earth as Carla
- 2024 · The Legend of Catclaws Mountain as Maggie Porter
- 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
- 2021 · The Nest as Marissa
- 2020 · Critters Attack! as Dee
- 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 · Jingle Belle as Shelby
- 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 · Just Add Magic as Grandma
- 2015 · The Abundance Factor as Herself
- 2015 · The Whispers as Willie Starling (Grammy)
- 2015 · Love & Mercy as Rosemary (uncredited)
- 2014 · Ejecta as Ashley Winnington-Ball (uncredited)
- 2014 · You're the Worst as Gail
- 2014 · Haunting of Cellblock 11 as Ms. Simon
- 2014 · 2 Bedroom 1 Bath as Rose
- 2014 · Snow Moon: Cinderella Chronicles Saga as Gram Pearl
- 2013 · Grand Piano as Marjorie Green
- 2013 · The Lords of Salem as Sonny
- 2013 · Hansel & Gretel as Lilith
- 2012 · Aliens from Uranus as Olga
- 2012 · The Boarder as Elizabeth
- 2012 · Sebastian as Barbara Sample
- 2012 · Margarine Wars as Madge Havershank
- 2012 · Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen as (archive footage)
- 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 · Soupernatural as Mrs. Conners
- 2010 · Extraordinary Measures as Sal
- 2010 · Bedrooms as Marnie
- 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 · Matchmaker Mary as Aunt Karen
- 2007 · Halloween as Cynthia Strode
- 2007 · Saving Grace as Janice Shapiro
- 2006 · The Plague as Nora
- 2006 · Voodoo Moon as Mary-Ann
- 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 Joan Monroe
- 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 · 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 · Sex and the Teenage Mind as Francine Heitmeyer
- 2001 · The Agency as Doris, Quinn's Sister
- 2001 · Crossing Jordan as Lorraine Heeley
- 2001 · The Division as Paula Meeks
- 1998 · Felicity as Allison Covington
- 1997 · Ally McBeal as Gail Clarkson
- 1997 · Nevada as Ruby (as Dee Wallace Stone)
- 1997 · Love's Deadly Triangle: The Texas Cadet Murder as Linda Jones
- 1996 · The Frighteners as Patricia Bradley
- 1996 · Nash Bridges as Susan Martin
- 1996 · Subliminal Seduction as Sissy Bonner
- 1995 · JAG as Adele DeLong
- 1995 · Best of the Best 3: No Turning Back as Georgia
- 1995 · Cops n Roberts as
- 1994 · Touched by an Angel as Sandra Browner
- 1994 · Discretion Assured as Kitten
- 1994 · Rebel Highway as Mrs. Gordon
- 1994 · Vanishing Son as Megan
- 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)
- 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
- 1990 · I'm Dangerous Tonight as Wanda
- 1989 · The New Lassie as Dee McCullough
- 1988 · Stranger on My Land as Annie Whitman
- 1987 · The Christmas Visitor as Elizabeth O'Day
- 1986 · Together We Stand as Lori Randall
- 1986 · L.A. Law as Elaine Weston
- 1986 · Critters as Helen Brown
- 1985 · The Twilight Zone as (segment "Wish Bank")
- 1980 · Skag as
- 1979 · 10 as Mary Lewis
- Future · Curse of Vandor as Ethel Gordon
- 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
- 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 · Unhallowed as Rita Harrison
- 2026 · Ted Bunny as Catherine
- 2026 · Water Rites as Caroline
- 2025 · The Pitchfork Retreat as Helen
- 2025 · If It Bleeds as Kelly
- 2025 · The Boy from Below as Sybil
- 2025 · Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch as Alice Cassidy
- 2023 · House of Dolls as Celine Charles
- 2023 · Lena's Dance as Lena Swain
- 2020 · Stay Home as Herself
- 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
- 2015 · Flowers in December as Hannah
- 2015 · Horror Icon: Inside Michael's Mask with Tony Moran as Self
- 2013 · As High as the Sky as Aunt Deborah (voice)
- 2011 · Pound of Flesh as Dean Jean Clark
- 2010 · Between Heaven and Hell as Dr. Isabel Greenlee
- 2010 · The Guardian as Mom
- 2008 · Michael Lives: The Making of Halloween as Self
- 2007 · The Blue Rose as Mrs. Garrison
- 2007 · The Return of the Living Dead: The Decade of Darkness as Self
- 2006 · Kalamazoo? as Susan
- 2004 · Illusion Infinity as Patricia (as Dee Wallace Stone)
- 2002 · Fish Don't Blink as Dr. Roswell
- 2001 · A Month of Sundays as Sarah McCabe
- 2001 · Killer Instinct as Sarah Fairchild
- 1999 · Pirates of the Plain as Glenna (as Dee Wallace-Stone)
- 1997 · Mutual Needs as Patricia
- 1996 · The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial' as Self
- 1995 · My Family Treasure as Alex Danieloff
- 1995 · Brothers' Destiny as Lucille Bastian
- 1994 · Vanishing Son IV as Megan
- 1994 · Moment of Truth: Cradle of Conspiracy as Suzanne Guthrie (as Dee Wallace-Stone)
- 1994 · Search and Rescue as Morgan
- 1987 · Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood as Self
- 1986 · Shadow Play as Morgan Hanna
- 1981 · Child Bride of Short Creek as Mary Jacobs
- 1981 · The Five of Me as Ann
- Future · Bits as Fallen One
- Future · 25 Miles to Normal as Deborah
- Future · Campfire as Mrs. Hallowell
- 2025 · The Lies We Bury as Lynn Wright
- 2023 · Love by Design as Diane Yeardly
- 2023 · The Little Mermaid as Sea Witch Revina (voice)
- 2023 · Incubus: New Beginnings as Zura Valentine
- 2022 · Making I'm Dangerous Tonight as Herself
- 2022 · Killer Design as Elana
- 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
- 2020 · Rondo and Bob as Self
- 2020 · The Gift of Christmas as Ellen Rodgers
- 2020 · Await the Dawn as Annie
- 2020 · Day 14 as
- 2020 · Six feet of separation as Self
- 2019 · Christmas in Louisiana as Doris
- 2018 · After Emma as
- 2018 · Every Other Holiday as Mimi
- 2017 · This Old Machine as Irene
- 2017 · Horror Movie: A Low Budget Nightmare as Self
- 2017 · Ayla as Susan
- 2017 · The Fuzz as Dawn Lockwood
- 2016 · Charlie's Gift as
- 2016 · All Hallow's Eve as Haidy Hallow
- 2016 · Red Christmas as Diane
- 2015 · Zombie Killers: Elephant's Graveyard as Sharon Sommers
- 2013 · Bonnie & Clyde: Justified as Emma
- 2013 · My Stepbrother Is a Vampire!?! as Tabitha the Cat (voice)
- 2013 · RoboCroc as Dr. Riley
- 2012 · I Heart Monster Movies as Herself
- 2012 · The 'E.T.' Journals as Self
- 2012 · Fuzz Track City as Dawn Lockwood
- 2012 · Collision Course as Polly
- 2011 · Sam Steele and the Crystal Chalice as Ms. Jenkins
- 2011 · Exit Humanity as Eve
- 2010 · Raven as LuAnne
- 2009 · Dark Fields as Jean Applebe
- 2009 · The Mother of Invention as Nancy Dooly
- 2009 · Stem Cell as The Healer
- 2009 · Happy in the Valley as Gloria
- 2008 · Little Red Devil as Mother
- 2007 · Dog Days: The Making of 'Cujo' as Self
- 2007 · Bone Dry as Joanne
- 2007 · Curse of the Weeping Woman: J-ok'el as Helen Moret
- 2006 · The Eden Formula as Rhonda
- 2006 · Expiration Date as Lucille
- 2006 · Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills as Self
- 2005 · Scar as Isabella
- 2004 · Dead End Road as Mrs. Makepiece
- 2004 · Welcome to Werewolfland as
- 2003 · Looking Back at 'The Hills Have Eyes' as Self
- 2003 · Unleashing the Beast: Making ‘The Howling’ as
- 2002 · E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 20th Anniversary Special as Self
- 2002 · She's No Angel as Maureen Shawnessy
- 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 Self
- 1998 · Bad As I Wanna Be: The Dennis Rodman Story as Rodman's stepmother
- 1998 · The Christmas Path as Jenny
- 1997 · Skeletons as Heather Crane
- 1997 · The Perfect Mother as Gina Mitrou
- 1997 · Black Circle Boys as Barbara Sullivan
- 1996 · Invisible Mom as Laura Griffin
- 1995 · The Phoenix and the Magic Carpet as Mother
- 1995 · High Sierra Search and Rescue as
- 1995 · Here Come the Munsters as Mrs. Walker
- 1995 · The Skateboard Kid II as Lois Curtis
- 1995 · Temptress as Allison Mackie
- 1994 · Runaway Daughters as Mrs. Gordon
- 1994 · Huck and the King of Hearts as Darlene
- 1993 · Lightning in a Bottle as Jean Markley
- 1993 · Alone in the Dark as Linda Grant (as Dee Wallace Stone)
- 1992 · Rescue Me as Sarah Sweeney
- 1991 · Popcorn as Suzanne
- 1988 · Addicted to His Love as Betty Ann Brennan
- 1987 · Legend of the White Horse as Alta (as Dee Wallace-Stone)
- 1986 · Sin of Innocence as Vicki McGary
- 1986 · Club Life as Tilly Francesca
- 1985 · Hostage Flight as Laura Kenrick
- 1985 · Suburban Beat as Joanna
- 1984 · The Sky's No Limit as Dr. Maureen Harris
- 1984 · The Shepherd as
- 1983 · Wait Till Your Mother Gets Home as Pat Peters
- 1983 · I Take These Men as Elaine Zakarian
- 1982 · Skeezer as Lucille
- 1982 · Jimmy the Kid as May
- 1981 · A Whale for the Killing as Janet Landon
- 1980 · The Secret War of Jackie's Girls as Maxine
- 1979 · Young Love, First Love as Leslie
- Future · Howl: Inside the Forest Hills as Self
- Future · The Licked Hand as Eleanor
- 1977 · All the King's Horses as Sandy Benson
- Future · Models vs. Werewolves as
- Future · American Blend as
- Future · Godmother as




