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
- Ted Bunny as Catherine
- Night of the Living Dead
- Water Rites as Caroline
- 25 Miles to Normal as Deborah
- Models vs. Werewolves
2025
- Roswell Delirium as Betty
- The Pitchfork Retreat as Helen
- Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch as Alice Cassidy
- If It Bleeds as Kelly
- 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
- Love by Design as Diane Yeardly
- The Little Mermaid as Sea Witch Revina (voice)
- House of Dolls as Celine Charles
- Lena's Dance as Lena Swain
- Incubus: New Beginnings as Zura Valentine
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
- Killer Design as Elana
- In Search of Darkness: Part III as Self
- Nix as Donna
- Making I'm Dangerous Tonight as Herself
2021
- 13 Fanboy as Dee Wallace
- The Nest as Marissa
- 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
- The Gift of Christmas as Ellen Rodgers
- Stay Home as Herself
- 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
- Sunrise in Heaven as Marion
- Dolls as Margaret
- The Wrong Mommy as Carol
- 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
- 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
- After Emma
- Every Other Holiday as Mimi
- Closure as The Superior
- They Bite!: The Making of Critters as Self
2017
- Ayla as Susan
- The Fuzz as Dawn Lockwood
- This Old Machine as Irene
- Midnight Madness: The Making of "Popcorn" as Self
- Horror Movie: A Low Budget Nightmare 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)
- Flowers in December as Hannah
- Zombie Killers: Elephant's Graveyard as Sharon Sommers
- Horror Icon: Inside Michael's Mask with Tony Moran as Self
- The Abundance Factor as Herself
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
- Grand Piano as Marjorie Green
- The Lords of Salem as Sonny
- Hansel & Gretel as Lilith
- Bonnie & Clyde: Justified as Emma
- RoboCroc as Dr. Riley
- As High as the Sky as Aunt Deborah (voice)
- My Stepbrother Is a Vampire!?! as Tabitha the Cat (voice)
2012
- Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen as (archive footage)
- The Boarder as Elizabeth
- The 'E.T.' Journals as Self
- Collision Course as Polly
- Sebastian as Barbara Sample
- Margarine Wars as Madge Havershank
- I Heart Monster Movies as Self
- Aliens from Uranus as Olga
- Fuzz Track City as Dawn Lockwood
2011
- Grimm as Alice
- Switched at Birth as Lorena McGowen
- Stay Cool as Mrs. McCarthy
- Exit Humanity as Eve
- Bad Actress as Dee Wallace
- Pound of Flesh as Dean Jean Clark
- Sam Steele and the Crystal Chalice as Ms. Jenkins
2010
- Law & Order: LA as Ellen Powell
- Extraordinary Measures as Sal
- Bedrooms as Marnie
- The Guardian as Mom
- Raven as LuAnne
- 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)
- Dark Fields as Jean Applebe
- Babysitters Beware as Ms. Greene
- The Mother of Invention as Nancy Dooly
- Stem Cell as The Healer
- Happy in the Valley as Gloria
2008
- Matchmaker Mary as Aunt Karen
- Little Red Devil as Mother
- Michael Lives: The Making of Halloween as Self
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 Blue Rose as Mrs. Garrison
- The Return of the Living Dead: The Decade of Darkness as Self
2006
- Sons & Daughters as Colleen Halbert
- Abominable as Ethel Hoss
- The Lost as Barbara Hanlon
- The Plague as Nora
- Voodoo Moon as Mary-Ann
- Expiration Date as Lucille
- The Eden Formula as Rhonda
- Kalamazoo? as Susan
- Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills as Self
2005
- Supernatural as Mildred Baker
- Grey's Anatomy as Joan Waring
- Criminal Minds as Dr. Jan Mohikian
- Bones as Special Agent Callie Warner
- 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
- She's No Angel as Maureen Shawnessy
- Sex and the Teenage Mind as Francine Heitmeyer
- Fish Don't Blink as Dr. Roswell
- E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 20th Anniversary Special as Self
2001
- Crossing Jordan as Lorraine Heeley
- The Division as Paula Meeks
- The Agency as Doris, Quinn's Sister
- Killer Instinct as Sarah Fairchild
- Out of the Black as Penny Hart
- A Month of Sundays as Sarah McCabe
1999
- Invisible Mom II as Laura Griffin (as Dee Wallace-Stone)
- Pirates of the Plain as Glenna (as Dee Wallace-Stone)
- Mutual Needs as Patricia
- To Love, Honor, & Betray as Julia Brennan (as Dee Wallace Stone)
1998
- Felicity as Allison Covington
- Invasion America as (Additional Voices)
- 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
- Nevada as Ruby (as Dee Wallace Stone)
- Skeletons as Heather Crane
- Love's Deadly Triangle: The Texas Cadet Murder as Linda Jones
- The Perfect Mother as Gina Mitrou
- Black Circle Boys as Barbara Sullivan
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
- High Sierra Search and Rescue
- Best of the Best 3: No Turning Back as Georgia
- Here Come the Munsters as Mrs. Walker
- Temptress as Allison Mackie
- Cops n Roberts
- The Skateboard Kid II as Lois Curtis
- Brothers' Destiny as Lucille Bastian
- The Phoenix and the Magic Carpet as Mother
- My Family Treasure as Alex Danieloff
1994
- Touched by an Angel as Sandra Browner
- Rebel Highway as Mrs. Gordon
- Vanishing Son as Megan
- Vanishing Son IV as Megan
- Discretion Assured as Kitten
- Runaway Daughters as Mrs. Gordon
- Witness to the Execution as Emily Dawson (as Dee Wallace-Stone)
- Huck and the King of Hearts as Darlene
- Search and Rescue as Morgan
- Moment of Truth: Cradle of Conspiracy as Suzanne Guthrie (as Dee Wallace-Stone)
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
- Rock-A-Doodle as Dory (voice)
- Critters 3 as Mom (archive footage)
- 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
- 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
- Shadow Play as Morgan Hanna
- Sin of Innocence as Vicki McGary
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
- Child Bride of Short Creek as Mary Jacobs
- The Five of Me as Ann
- 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 San Pedro Beach Bums
- The Hills Have Eyes as Lynne Wood
- All the King's Horses as Sandy Benson
1975
- Starsky & Hutch
- Ellery Queen
- The Stepford Wives as Nettie the Maid