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
- The Boroughs as Grace
- Night of the Living Dead as Maggie
- Godmother as Mrs. Martinson
- Ted Bunny as Catherine
- Southern Scares as Myra
- Models vs. Werewolves as Judith Barnard Dixon
- 25 Miles to Normal as Deborah
- Water Rites as Caroline
2025
- The Boy from Below as Sybil
- Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch as Alice Cassidy
- The Pitchfork Retreat as Helen
- The Lies We Bury as Lynn Wright
- If It Bleeds as Kelly
- Roswell Delirium as Betty
2024
- The Legend of Catclaws Mountain as Maggie Porter
- Stream as Linda Spring
- 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
- 90 Hari Sebelum Cinta Pergi
- Lena's Dance as Lena Swain
- Incubus: New Beginnings as Zura Valentine
- House of Dolls as Celine Charles
2022
- Jeepers Creepers: Reborn as Marie
- The Munsters as Good Morning Transylvania Host
- Time Pirates as The Crone
- In Search of Tomorrow as Self - Interviewee
- Nix as Donna
- In Search of Darkness: Part III as Self
- Killer Design as Elana
- Making I'm Dangerous Tonight as Herself
2021
- Fangoria Chainsaw Awards as Self - Special Appearance
- Every Time a Bell Rings as Donna
- 13 Fanboy as Dee Wallace
- The Nest as Marissa
- Courageous Warriors Beauty from the Ashes as Narrator
2020
- Critters Attack! as Dee
- The Gift of Christmas as Ellen Rodgers
- Await the Dawn as Annie
- Six feet of separation as Self
- Stay Home as Herself
- Rondo and Bob as Self
- Day 14
2019
- The Very Very Best of the 70s as Self - Commentator
- 3 from Hell as Greta
- Sunrise in Heaven as Marion
- The Wrong Mommy as Carol
- Dolls as Margaret
- To Hell and Back: The Making of 3 From Hell as Self
- Christmas in Louisiana as Doris
- Renovation of the Heart as Diane Dover
2018
- 9-1-1 as Margaret Buckley
- Beyond the Sky as Lucille
- Ouija House as Katherine Fields
- The Wrong Teacher as Dr. Smith
- Jingle Belle as Shelby
- Death House as Dr. Eileen Fletcher
- Every Other Holiday as Mimi
- They Bite!: The Making of Critters as Self
- After Emma
- Closure as The Superior
2017
- Ayla as Susan
- This Old Machine as Irene
- Horror Movie: A Low Budget Nightmare as Self
- Midnight Madness: The Making of "Popcorn" as Self
- The Fuzz as Dawn Lockwood
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)
- Horror Icon: Inside Michael's Mask with Tony Moran as Self
- Zombie Killers: Elephant's Graveyard as Sharon Sommers
- The Abundance Factor as Herself
- Flowers in December as Hannah
2014
- You're the Worst as Gail
- 2 Bedroom 1 Bath as Rose
- Ejecta as Ashley Winnington-Ball (uncredited)
- 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
- My Stepbrother Is a Vampire!?! as Tabitha the Cat (voice)
- Bonnie & Clyde: Justified as Emma
- As High as the Sky as Aunt Deborah (voice)
2012
- Collision Course as Polly
- The E.T. Journals as Self
- The Boarder as Elizabeth
- I Heart Monster Movies as Self
- Margarine Wars as Madge Havershank
- Sebastian as Barbara Sample
- Fuzz Track City as Dawn Lockwood
- Aliens from Uranus as Olga
2011
- Grimm as Alice
- Switched at Birth as Lorena McGowen
- Stay Cool as Mrs. McCarthy
- Walk a Mile in My Pradas as Mary
- Bad Actress as Dee Wallace
- Sam Steele and the Crystal Chalice as Ms. Jenkins
- Exit Humanity as Eve
- Pound of Flesh as Dean Jean Clark
- The Junior Spy Agency as Ms. Jenkins
2010
- Law & Order: LA as Ellen Powell
- Extraordinary Measures as Sal
- Bedrooms as Marnie
- Raven as LuAnne
- The Guardian as Mom
- Between Heaven and Hell as Dr. Isabel Greenlee
- 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)
- The Mother of Invention as Nancy Dooly
- Babysitters Beware as Ms. Greene
- Happy in the Valley as Gloria
- Dark Fields as Jean Applebe
- Stem Cell as The Healer
2008
- Michael Lives: The Making of Halloween as Self
- Matchmaker Mary as Aunt Karen
- Little Red Devil as Mother
2007
- Saving Grace as Janice Shapiro
- Halloween as Cynthia Strode
- Curse of the Weeping Woman: J-ok'el as Helen Moret
- Dog Days: The Making of 'Cujo' as Self
- The Return of the Living Dead: The Decade of Darkness as Self
- Bone Dry as Joanne
- The Blue Rose as Mrs. Garrison
2006
- Sons & Daughters as Colleen Halbert
- The Lost as Barbara Hanlon
- Abominable as Ethel Hoss
- The Eden Formula as Rhonda
- The Plague as Nora
- Voodoo Moon as Mary-Ann
- Kalamazoo? as Susan
- American Blend as Jayme
- Expiration Date as Lucille
- Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills as Self
2005
- The Office as Ellen Bernard
- Criminal Minds as Dr. Jan Mohikian
- Supernatural as Mildred Baker
- Grey's Anatomy as Joan Waring
- Bones as Special Agent Callie Warner
- 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
- Illusion Infinity as Patricia (as Dee Wallace Stone)
- Dead End Road as Mrs. Makepiece
- Welcome to Werewolfland
2003
- NCIS as Claire Hall
- Cold Case as Charlotte Jones
- Looking Back at 'The Hills Have Eyes' as Self
- Unleashing the Beast: Making ‘The Howling’
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
- Killer Instinct as Sarah Fairchild
- A Month of Sundays as Sarah McCabe
- Out of the Black as Penny Hart
1999
- 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)
- Mutual Needs as Patricia
1998
- Felicity as Allison Covington
- Bad As I Wanna Be: The Dennis Rodman Story as Rodman's stepmother
- The Christmas Path as Jenny
- The Making of 'The Frighteners' as Self
1997
- Ally McBeal as Gail Clarkson
- Love's Deadly Triangle: The Texas Cadet Murder as Linda Jones
- Skeletons as Heather Crane
- Black Circle Boys as Barbara Sullivan
- Nevada as Ruby (as Dee Wallace Stone)
- The Perfect Mother as Gina Mitrou
1996
- Nash Bridges as Susan Martin
- The Frighteners as Patricia Bradley
- The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial' as Self
- Subliminal Seduction as Sissy Bonner
- Invisible Mom as Laura Griffin
1995
- JAG as Adele DeLong
- Best of the Best 3: No Turning Back as Georgia
- Here Come the Munsters as Mrs. Walker
- Temptress as Allison Mackie
- The Skateboard Kid II as Lois Curtis
- High Sierra Search and Rescue
- My Family Treasure as Alex Danieloff
- Cops n Roberts
- The Phoenix and the Magic Carpet as Mother
- Brothers' Destiny as Lucille Bastian
1994
- Touched by an Angel as Sandra Browner
- Rebel Highway as Mrs. Gordon
- Vanishing Son as Megan
- Witness to the Execution as Emily Dawson (as Dee Wallace-Stone)
- Moment of Truth: Cradle of Conspiracy as Suzanne Guthrie (as Dee Wallace-Stone)
- Huck and the King of Hearts as Darlene
- Runaway Daughters as Mrs. Gordon
- Vanishing Son IV as Megan
- Discretion Assured as Kitten
- Search and Rescue as Morgan
1993
- Rescue Me as Sarah Sweeney
- Lightning in a Bottle as Jean Markley
- Prophet of Evil: The Ervil LeBaron Story as Jackie Fields (as Dee Wallace-Stone)
- Alone in the Dark as Linda Grant (as Dee Wallace Stone)
1991
- P.S. I Luv U
- Critters 3 as Mom (archive footage)
- Alligator 2: The Mutation as Christine Hodges
- Rock-A-Doodle as Dory (voice)
- Popcorn as Suzanne
- The Horror Hall of Fame II as Self - Presenter
1990
- I'm Dangerous Tonight as Wanda
1989
- The New Lassie as Dee McCullough
1988
- Stranger on My Land as Annie Whitman
1987
- Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood as Self
- Legend of the White Horse as Alta (as Dee Wallace-Stone)
- The Christmas Visitor as Elizabeth O'Day
1986
- L.A. Law as Elaine Weston
- Critters as Helen Brown
- Together We Stand as Lori Randall
- Club Life as Tilly Francesca
- Sin of Innocence as Vicki McGary
- Shadow Play as Morgan Hanna
1985
- The Twilight Zone as (segment "Wish Bank")
- Secret Admirer as Connie Ryan
- Suburban Beat as Joanna
- Hostage Flight as Laura Kenrick
1984
- Murder, She Wrote as Mildred Terhune
- Finder of Lost Loves as Gail Aames
- The Sky's No Limit as Dr. Maureen Harris
- The Shepherd
1983
- Cujo as Donna Trenton
- Happy as Marilyn
- Wait Till Your Mother Gets Home as Pat Peters
- I Take These Men as Elaine Zakarian
1982
- Hotel
- E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial as Mary
- Skeezer as Lucille
- Jimmy the Kid as May
1981
- Simon & Simon
- The Howling as Karen White
- A Whale for the Killing as Janet Landon
- The Five of Me as Ann
- Child Bride of Short Creek as Mary Jacobs
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