Dee Wallace
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 14 December 1948 · 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
Acting 230
- 2026Bits as Fallen One
- 2026Unhallowed as Rita Harrison
- 2026Campfire as Mrs. Hallowell
- 2026The Licked Hand as Eleanor
- 2026Curse of Vandor as Ethel Gordon
- 2026Howl: Inside the Forest Hills as Self
- 2026Godmother as Mrs. Martinson
- 2026Night of the Living Dead as Maggie
- 202625 Miles to Normal as Deborah
- 2026Models vs. Werewolves
- 2026Ted Bunny as Catherine
- 2026Southern Scares as Myra
- 2026Water Rites as Caroline
- 2025The Pitchfork Retreat as Helen
- 2025If It Bleeds as Kelly
- 2025The Boy from Below as Sybil
- 2025Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch as Alice Cassidy
- 2025The Lies We Bury as Lynn Wright
- 2025Roswell Delirium as Betty
- 2024The Forest Hills as Angela
- 2024Stream as Linda Spring
- 2024Last Night on Earth as Carla
- 2024The Legend of Catclaws Mountain as Maggie Porter
- 2023House of Dolls as Celine Charles
- 2023Love by Design as Diane Yeardly
- 2023The Little Mermaid as Sea Witch Revina (voice)
- 2023Lena's Dance as Lena Swain
- 2023Incubus: New Beginnings as Zura Valentine
- 202390 Hari Sebelum Cinta Pergi
- 2022In Search of Darkness: Part III as Self
- 20221982: Greatest Geek Year Ever! as Self
- 2022Nix as Donna
- 2022The Munsters as Good Morning Transylvania Host
- 2022Jeepers Creepers: Reborn as Marie
- 2022Time Pirates as The Crone
- 2022Making I'm Dangerous Tonight as Herself
- 2022Killer Design as Elana
- 2022In Search of Tomorrow as Self - Interviewee
- 2021Every Time a Bell Rings as Donna
- 2021Courageous Warriors Beauty from the Ashes as Narrator
- 202113 Fanboy as Dee Wallace
- 2021The Nest as Marissa
- 2020Rondo and Bob as Self
- 2020Critters Attack! as Dee
- 2020The Gift of Christmas as Ellen Rodgers
- 2020Stay Home as Herself
- 2020Await the Dawn as Annie
- 2020Day 14
- 2020Six feet of separation as Self
- 2019Christmas in Louisiana as Doris
- 2019To Hell and Back: The Making of 3 From Hell as Self
- 20193 from Hell as Greta
- 2019Renovation of the Heart as Diane Dover
- 2019The Wrong Mommy as Carol
- 2019Dolls as Margaret
- 2019Sunrise in Heaven as Marion
- 2018The Wrong Teacher as Dr. Smith
- 2018After Emma
- 2018They Bite!: The Making of Critters as Self
- 2018Jingle Belle as Shelby
- 2018Every Other Holiday as Mimi
- 2018Beyond the Sky as Lucille
- 2018Ouija House as Katherine Fields
- 2018Death House as Dr. Eileen Fletcher
- 2018Closure as The Superior
- 2017This Old Machine as Irene
- 2017Horror Movie: A Low Budget Nightmare as Self
- 2017Ayla as Susan
- 2017The Fuzz as Dawn Lockwood
- 2017Midnight Madness: The Making of "Popcorn" as Self
- 2016Charlie's Gift
- 2016All Hallow's Eve as Haidy Hallow
- 2016Red Christmas as Diane
- 2015The Abundance Factor as Herself
- 2015Flowers in December as Hannah
- 2015Love & Mercy as Rosemary (uncredited)
- 2015Zombie Killers: Elephant's Graveyard as Sharon Sommers
- 2015Horror Icon: Inside Michael's Mask with Tony Moran as Self
- 2014Ejecta as Ashley Winnington-Ball (uncredited)
- 2014Haunting of Cellblock 11 as Ms. Simon
- 20142 Bedroom 1 Bath as Rose
- 2014Snow Moon: Cinderella Chronicles Saga as Gram Pearl
- 2013Bonnie & Clyde: Justified as Emma
- 2013Grand Piano as Marjorie Green
- 2013My Stepbrother Is a Vampire!?! as Tabitha the Cat (voice)
- 2013RoboCroc as Dr. Riley
- 2013The Lords of Salem as Sonny
- 2013As High as the Sky as Aunt Deborah (voice)
- 2013Hansel & Gretel as Lilith
- 2012Aliens from Uranus as Olga
- 2012I Heart Monster Movies as Self
- 2012The 'E.T.' Journals as Self
- 2012The Boarder as Elizabeth
- 2012Sebastian as Barbara Sample
- 2012Fuzz Track City as Dawn Lockwood
- 2012Margarine Wars as Madge Havershank
- 2012Collision Course as Polly
- 2012Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen as (archive footage)
- 2011Sam Steele and the Crystal Chalice as Ms. Jenkins
- 2011Walk a Mile in My Pradas as Mary
- 2011Exit Humanity as Eve
- 2011Stay Cool as Mrs. McCarthy
- 2011Pound of Flesh as Dean Jean Clark
- 2011Bad Actress as Dee Wallace
- 2011The Junior Spy Agency as Ms. Jenkins
- 2010Between Heaven and Hell as Dr. Isabel Greenlee
- 2010The Guardian as Mom
- 2010Raven as LuAnne
- 2010Soupernatural as Mrs. Conners
- 2010Extraordinary Measures as Sal
- 2010Bedrooms as Marnie
- 2009Babysitters Beware as Ms. Greene
- 2009The House of the Devil as Landlady
- 2009Dark Fields as Jean Applebe
- 2009The Haunted World of El Superbeasto as Trixie (voice)
- 2009The Mother of Invention as Nancy Dooly
- 2009Stem Cell as The Healer
- 2009Happy in the Valley as Gloria
- 2008Michael Lives: The Making of Halloween as Self
- 2008Matchmaker Mary as Aunt Karen
- 2008Little Red Devil as Mother
- 2007The Blue Rose as Mrs. Garrison
- 2007Dog Days: The Making of 'Cujo' as Self
- 2007Halloween as Cynthia Strode
- 2007The Return of the Living Dead: The Decade of Darkness as Self
- 2007Bone Dry as Joanne
- 2007Curse of the Weeping Woman: J-ok'el as Helen Moret
- 2006American Blend as Jayme
- 2006The Plague as Nora
- 2006The Eden Formula as Rhonda
- 2006Voodoo Moon as Mary-Ann
- 2006Abominable as Ethel Hoss
- 2006Kalamazoo? as Susan
- 2006The Lost as Barbara Hanlon
- 2006Expiration Date as Lucille
- 2006Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills as Self
- 2005Headspace as Dr. Denise Bell
- 2005Scar as Isabella
- 2005Boo as Nurse Russell
- 2005The Loch Ness Monster as Elizabeth Horner
- 2005Supernatural as Mildred Baker · 1 episode
- 2005Criminal Minds as Dr. Jan Mohikian · 1 episode
- 2005Grey's Anatomy as Joan Waring · 1 episode
- 2004Dead End Road as Mrs. Makepiece
- 2004Welcome to Werewolfland
- 2004Illusion Infinity as Patricia (as Dee Wallace Stone)
- 2004The Perfect Husband: The Laci Peterson Story as Sharon Rocha
- 2003Looking Back at 'The Hills Have Eyes' as Self
- 2003Unleashing the Beast: Making ‘The Howling’
- 2003NCIS as Claire Hall · 1 episode
- 2002Fish Don't Blink as Dr. Roswell
- 2002E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 20th Anniversary Special as Self
- 2002She's No Angel as Maureen Shawnessy
- 2002Sex and the Teenage Mind as Francine Heitmeyer
- 2001A Month of Sundays as Sarah McCabe
- 2001Out of the Black as Penny Hart
- 2001Killer Instinct as Sarah Fairchild
- 1999Pirates of the Plain as Glenna (as Dee Wallace-Stone)
- 1999Invisible Mom II as Laura Griffin (as Dee Wallace-Stone)
- 1999To Love, Honor, & Betray as Julia Brennan (as Dee Wallace Stone)
- 1999Mutual Needs as Patricia
- 1998The Making of 'The Frighteners' as Self
- 1998Invasion America as (Additional Voices)
- 1998Bad As I Wanna Be: The Dennis Rodman Story as Rodman's stepmother
- 1998The Christmas Path as Jenny
- 1997Skeletons as Heather Crane
- 1997Nevada as Ruby (as Dee Wallace Stone)
- 1997Love's Deadly Triangle: The Texas Cadet Murder as Linda Jones
- 1997The Perfect Mother as Gina Mitrou
- 1997Black Circle Boys as Barbara Sullivan
- 1996The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial' as Self
- 1996The Frighteners as Patricia Bradley
- 1996Invisible Mom as Laura Griffin
- 1996Subliminal Seduction as Sissy Bonner
- 1995The Phoenix and the Magic Carpet as Mother
- 1995Temptress as Allison Mackie
- 1995My Family Treasure as Alex Danieloff
- 1995Best of the Best 3: No Turning Back as Georgia
- 1995Here Come the Munsters as Mrs. Walker
- 1995Cops n Roberts
- 1995Brothers' Destiny as Lucille Bastian
- 1995The Skateboard Kid II as Lois Curtis
- 1994Vanishing Son IV as Megan
- 1994Runaway Daughters as Mrs. Gordon
- 1994Discretion Assured as Kitten
- 1994Moment of Truth: Cradle of Conspiracy as Suzanne Guthrie (as Dee Wallace-Stone)
- 1994Search and Rescue as Morgan
- 1994Witness to the Execution as Emily Dawson (as Dee Wallace-Stone)
- 1994Huck and the King of Hearts as Darlene
- 1993Rescue Me as Sarah Sweeney
- 1993Prophet of Evil: The Ervil LeBaron Story as Jackie Fields (as Dee Wallace-Stone)
- 1993Lightning in a Bottle as Jean Markley
- 1993Alone in the Dark as Linda Grant (as Dee Wallace Stone)
- 1991Critters 3 as Mom (archive footage)
- 1991The Horror Hall of Fame II as Self - Presenter (as Dee Wallace Stone)
- 1991Rock-A-Doodle as Dory (voice)
- 1991Alligator 2: The Mutation as Christine Hodges
- 1991Popcorn as Suzanne
- 1990I'm Dangerous Tonight as Wanda
- 1988Addicted to His Love as Betty Ann Brennan
- 1988Stranger on My Land as Annie Whitman
- 1987The Christmas Visitor as Elizabeth O'Day
- 1987Legend of the White Horse as Alta (as Dee Wallace-Stone)
- 1987Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood as Self
- 1986Shadow Play as Morgan Hanna
- 1986Critters as Helen Brown
- 1986Sin of Innocence as Vicki McGary
- 1986Club Life as Tilly Francesca
- 1985Hostage Flight as Laura Kenrick
- 1985Suburban Beat as Joanna
- 1985Secret Admirer as Connie Ryan
- 1984The Sky's No Limit as Dr. Maureen Harris
- 1984The Shepherd
- 1983Happy as Marilyn
- 1983Cujo as Donna Trenton
- 1983Wait Till Your Mother Gets Home as Pat Peters
- 1983I Take These Men as Elaine Zakarian
- 1982Skeezer as Lucille
- 1982Jimmy the Kid as May
- 1982E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial as Mary
- 1981Child Bride of Short Creek as Mary Jacobs
- 1981The Five of Me as Ann
- 1981A Whale for the Killing as Janet Landon
- 1981The Howling as Karen White
- 1980The Secret War of Jackie's Girls as Maxine
- 1979Young Love, First Love as Leslie
- 197910 as Mary Lewis
- 1977The Hills Have Eyes as Lynne Wood
- 1977All the King's Horses as Sandy Benson
- 1975The Stepford Wives as Nettie the Maid
Production 3
- 2020Stay Home · executive producer
- 2016Red Christmas · producer
- 2010Between Heaven and Hell · executive producer