Dee Wallace
Born: 1948-12-14 in Kansas City, Kansas, USA
Known For: Acting
Biography
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.
Filmography
2026
- Ted Bunny as Catherine
- Models vs. Werewolves
- Water Rites as Caroline
2025
- The Pitchfork Retreat as Helen
- Roswell Delirium as Betty
- If It Bleeds as Kelly
- Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch as Alice Cassidy
- The Lies We Bury as Lynn Wright
- The Boy from Below as Sybil
2024
- Stream as Linda Spring
- The Legend of Catclaws Mountain as Maggie Porter
- Last Night on Earth as Carla
2023
- Fatal Attraction as Emma Rauch
- Paul T. Goldman as Terri Jay
- The Little Mermaid as Sea Witch Revina (voice)
- Love by Design as Diane Yeardly
- Lena's Dance as Lena Swain
- House of Dolls as Celine Charles
- Incubus: New Beginnings as Zura Valentine
2022
- Jeepers Creepers: Reborn as Marie
- The Munsters as Good Morning Transylvania Host
- In Search of Tomorrow as Self - Interviewee
- In Search of Darkness: Part III as Self
- Nix as Donna
- Time Pirates as The Crone
- Making I'm Dangerous Tonight as Herself
- Killer Design as Elana
2021
- The Nest as Marissa
- 13 Fanboy as Dee Wallace
- Every Time a Bell Rings as Donna
- Courageous Warriors Beauty from the Ashes as Narrator
2020
- Critters Attack! as Dee
- Await the Dawn as Annie
- Stay Home as Herself
- The Gift of Christmas as Ellen Rodgers
- Day 14
- Rondo and Bob as Self
- Six feet of separation as Self
2019
- 3 from Hell as Greta
- The Very Very Best of the 70s as Self - Commentator
- The Wrong Mommy as Carol
- Sunrise in Heaven as Marion
- Dolls as Margaret
- Christmas in Louisiana as Doris
- Renovation of the Heart as Diane Dover
- To Hell and Back: The Making of 3 From Hell as Self
2018
- 9-1-1 as Margaret Buckley
- The Wrong Teacher as Dr. Smith
- Beyond The Sky as Lucille
- Ouija House as Katherine Fields
- Death House as Dr. Eileen Fletcher
- Jingle Belle as Shelby
- Every Other Holiday as Mimi
- After Emma
- They Bite!: The Making of Critters as Self
2017
- Ayla as Susan
- This Old Machine as Irene
- Horror Movie: A Low Budget Nightmare as Self
- The Fuzz as Dawn Lockwood
- Midnight Madness: The Making of "Popcorn" as Self
2016
- Shooter as Katherine Mayfield
- Just Add Magic as Grandma
- All Hallow's Eve as Haidy Hallow
- Red Christmas as Diane
- Charlie's Gift
2015
- The Whispers as Willie Starling (Grammy)
- Love & Mercy as Rosemary (uncredited)
- The Abundance Factor as Herself
- Zombie Killers: Elephant's Graveyard as Sharon Sommers
- Flowers in December as Hannah
- Horror Icon: Inside Michael's Mask with Tony Moran as Self
2014
- You're the Worst as Gail
- Ejecta as Ashley Winnington-Ball (uncredited)
- 2 Bedroom 1 Bath as Rose
- Haunting of Cellblock 11 as Ms. Simon
- Snow Moon: Cinderella Chronicles Saga as Gram Pearl
2013
- The Lords of Salem as Sonny
- Grand Piano as Marjorie Green
- Hansel & Gretel as Lilith
- RoboCroc as Dr. Riley
- Bonnie & Clyde: Justified as Emma
- My Stepbrother Is a Vampire!?! as Tabitha the Cat (voice)
- As High as the Sky as Aunt Deborah (voice)
2012
- Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen as (archive footage)
- Collision Course as Polly
- The 'E.T.' Journals as Self
- Sebastian as Barbara Sample
- Margarine Wars as Madge Havershank
- The Boarder as Elizabeth
- Fuzz Track City as Dawn Lockwood
- I Heart Monster Movies as Herself
- Aliens from Uranus as Olga
2011
- Grimm as Alice
- Switched at Birth as Lorena McGowen
- Stay Cool as Mrs. McCarthy
- Pound of Flesh as Dean Jean Clark
- Exit Humanity as Eve
- Bad Actress as Dee Wallace
- Sam Steele and the Crystal Chalice as Ms. Jenkins
2010
- Law & Order: LA as Ellen Powell
- Extraordinary Measures as Sal
- Raven as LuAnne
- Bedrooms as Marnie
- Between Heaven and Hell as Dr. Isabel Greenlee
- The Guardian as Mom
- Soupernatural as Mrs. Conners
2009
- Warehouse 13 as Mrs. Garner
- Celebrity Ghost Stories as Self
- The House of the Devil as Landlady
- The Haunted World of El Superbeasto as Trixie (voice)
- Babysitters Beware as Ms. Greene
- The Mother of Invention as Nancy Dooly
- Stem Cell as The Healer
- Dark Fields as Jean Applebe
- Happy in the Valley as Gloria
2008
- Michael Lives: The Making of Halloween as Self
- Little Red Devil as Mother
- Matchmaker Mary as Aunt Karen
2007
- Saving Grace as Janice Shapiro
- Halloween as Cynthia Strode
- Curse of the Weeping Woman: J-ok'el as Helen Moret
- Bone Dry as Joanne
- Dog Days: The Making of 'Cujo' as Self
- The Return of the Living Dead: The Decade of Darkness as Self
- The Blue Rose as Mrs. Garrison
2006
- Sons & Daughters as Colleen Halbert
- The Lost as Barbara Hanlon
- Abominable as Ethel Hoss
- The Plague as Nora
- Voodoo Moon as Mary-Ann
- The Eden Formula as Rhonda
- Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills as Self
- Kalamazoo? as Susan
- Expiration Date as Lucille
2005
- Supernatural as Mildred Baker
- Grey's Anatomy as Joan Waring
- Bones as Special Agent Callie Warner
- Criminal Minds as Dr. Jan Mohikian
- The Office as Ellen Bernard
- Ghost Whisperer as Claire Taylor
- My Name Is Earl as Governor Katherine Hazelwood
- Close to Home as Joan Monroe
- Headspace as Dr. Denise Bell
- Boo as Nurse Russell
- Scar as Isabella
- The Loch Ness Monster as Elizabeth Horner
2004
- The Perfect Husband: The Laci Peterson Story as Sharon Rocha
- Dead End Road as Mrs. Makepiece
- Illusion Infinity as Patricia (as Dee Wallace Stone)
- Welcome to Werewolfland
2003
- NCIS as Claire Hall
- Cold Case as Charlotte Jones
- Unleashing the Beast: Making ‘The Howling’
- Looking Back at 'The Hills Have Eyes' as Self
2002
- Without a Trace as Lara Duncan
- She Spies as Daphne
- Sex and the Teenage Mind as Francine Heitmeyer
- She's No Angel as Maureen Shawnessy
- E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 20th Anniversary Special as Self
- Fish Don't Blink as Dr. Roswell
2001
- Crossing Jordan as Lorraine Heeley
- The Division as Paula Meeks
- The Agency as Doris, Quinn's Sister
- Out of the Black as Penny Hart
- Killer Instinct as Sarah Fairchild
- A Month of Sundays as Sarah McCabe
1999
- Mutual Needs as Patricia
- Pirates of the Plain as Glenna (as Dee Wallace-Stone)
- To Love, Honor, & Betray as Julia Brennan (as Dee Wallace Stone)
- Invisible Mom II as Laura Griffin (as Dee Wallace-Stone)
1998
- Felicity as Allison Covington
- The Making of 'The Frighteners' as Self
- Bad As I Wanna Be: The Dennis Rodman Story as Rodman's stepmother
- Invasion America as (Additional Voices)
- The Christmas Path as Jenny
1997
- Ally McBeal as Gail Clarkson
- Nevada as Ruby (as Dee Wallace Stone)
- Skeletons as Heather Crane
- The Perfect Mother as Gina Mitrou
- Black Circle Boys as Barbara Sullivan
- Love's Deadly Triangle: The Texas Cadet Murder as Linda Jones
1996
- Nash Bridges as Susan Martin
- The Frighteners as Patricia Bradley
- The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial' as Self
- Invisible Mom as Laura Griffin
- Subliminal Seduction as Sissy Bonner
1995
- JAG as Adele DeLong
- Best of the Best 3: No Turning Back as Georgia
- High Sierra Search and Rescue
- Here Come the Munsters as Mrs. Walker
- My Family Treasure as Alex Danieloff
- The Phoenix and the Magic Carpet as Mother
- Temptress as Allison Mackie
- The Skateboard Kid II as Lois Curtis
- Cops n Roberts
- Brothers' Destiny as Lucille Bastian
1994
- Touched by an Angel as Sandra Browner
- Rebel Highway as Mrs. Gordon
- Vanishing Son as Megan
- Vanishing Son IV as Megan
- Witness to the Execution as Emily Dawson (as Dee Wallace-Stone)
- Runaway Daughters as Mrs. Gordon
- Huck and the King of Hearts as Darlene
- Moment of Truth: Cradle of Conspiracy as Suzanne Guthrie (as Dee Wallace-Stone)
- Discretion Assured as Kitten
- Search and Rescue as Morgan
1993
- Prophet of Evil: The Ervil LeBaron Story as Jackie Fields (as Dee Wallace-Stone)
- Lightning in a Bottle as Jean Markley
- Alone in the Dark as Linda Grant (as Dee Wallace Stone)
1992
- Rescue Me as Sarah Sweeney
1991
- P.S. I Luv U
- Critters 3 as Mom (archive footage)
- Rock-A-Doodle as Dory (voice)
- Popcorn as Suzanne
- Alligator 2: The Mutation as Christine Hodges
- The Horror Hall of Fame II as Self - Presenter (as Dee Wallace Stone)
1990
- I'm Dangerous Tonight as Wanda
1989
- The New Lassie as Dee McCullough
1988
- Stranger on My Land as Annie Whitman
- Addicted to His Love as Betty Ann Brennan
1987
- Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood as Self
- The Christmas Visitor as Elizabeth O'Day
- Legend of the White Horse as Alta (as Dee Wallace-Stone)
1986
- L.A. Law as Elaine Weston
- Together We Stand as Lori Randall
- Critters as Helen Brown
- Sin of Innocence as Vicki McGary
- Shadow Play as Morgan Hanna
- Club Life as Tilly Francesca
1985
- The Twilight Zone as (segment "Wish Bank")
- Secret Admirer as Connie Ryan
- Hostage Flight as Laura Kenrick
- Suburban Beat as Joanna
1984
- Murder, She Wrote as Mildred Terhune
- Finder of Lost Loves as Gail Aames
- The Shepherd
- The Sky's No Limit as Dr. Maureen Harris
1983
- Cujo as Donna Trenton
- Happy as Marilyn
- I Take These Men as Elaine Zakarian
- Wait Till Your Mother Gets Home as Pat Peters
1982
- Hotel
- E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial as Mary
- Jimmy the Kid as May
- Skeezer as Lucille
1981
- Simon & Simon
- The Howling as Karen White
- The Five of Me as Ann
- Child Bride of Short Creek as Mary Jacobs
- A Whale for the Killing as Janet Landon
1980
- Skag
- The Secret War of Jackie's Girls as Maxine
1979
- Hart to Hart as Connie
- Trapper John, M.D.
- Mrs. Columbo
- 10 as Mary Lewis
- Young Love, First Love as Leslie
1978
- Taxi as Joyce
1977
- Lou Grant as Patti Oxley
- CHiPs
- Man from Atlantis as Hot Dog Stand Owner (as Dee Wallace-Stone)
- The Hills Have Eyes as Lynne Wood
- The San Pedro Beach Bums
- All the King's Horses as Sandy Benson
1975
- Starsky & Hutch
- Ellery Queen
- The Stepford Wives as Nettie the Maid