Acting · Kansas City, Kansas, USA · Born December 14, 1948
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.
MovieNight of the Living Dead
2026
Movie25 Miles to Normal
2026
as Deborah
MovieModels vs. Werewolves
2026
TVThe Boroughs
2026
as Grace
MovieTed Bunny
2026
as Catherine
MovieSouthern Scares
2026
as Myra
MovieWater Rites
2026
as Caroline
MovieThe Pitchfork Retreat
2025
as Helen
MovieIf It Bleeds
2025
as Kelly
MovieThe Boy from Below
2025
as Sybil
MovieButch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch
2025
as Alice Cassidy
MovieThe Lies We Bury
2025
as Lynn Wright
MovieRoswell Delirium
2025
as Betty
MovieStream
2024
as Linda Spring
MovieLast Night on Earth
2024
as Carla
MovieThe Legend of Catclaws Mountain
2024
as Maggie Porter
MovieHouse of Dolls
2023
as Celine Charles
MovieLove by Design
2023
as Diane Yeardly
MovieThe Little Mermaid
2023
as Sea Witch Revina (voice)
TVFatal Attraction
2023
as Emma Rauch
MovieLena's Dance
2023
as Lena Swain
MovieIncubus: New Beginnings
2023
as Zura Valentine
Movie90 Hari Sebelum Cinta Pergi
2023
TVPaul T. Goldman
2023
as Terri Jay
MovieIn Search of Darkness: Part III
2022
as Self
MovieNix
2022
as Donna
MovieThe Munsters
2022
as Good Morning Transylvania Host
MovieJeepers Creepers: Reborn
2022
as Marie
MovieTime Pirates
2022
as The Crone
MovieMaking I'm Dangerous Tonight
2022
as Herself
MovieKiller Design
2022
as Elana
MovieIn Search of Tomorrow
2022
as Self - Interviewee
MovieEvery Time a Bell Rings
2021
as Donna
MovieCourageous Warriors Beauty from the Ashes
2021
as Narrator
Movie13 Fanboy
2021
as Dee Wallace
MovieThe Nest
2021
as Marissa
MovieRondo and Bob
2020
as Self
MovieCritters Attack!
2020
as Dee
MovieThe Gift of Christmas
2020
as Ellen Rodgers
MovieStay Home
2020
as Herself
MovieAwait the Dawn
2020
as Annie
MovieDay 14
2020
MovieSix feet of separation
2020
as Self
MovieChristmas in Louisiana
2019
as Doris
Movie3 from Hell
2019
as Greta
MovieTo Hell and Back: The Making of 3 From Hell
2019
as Self
MovieRenovation of the Heart
2019
as Diane Dover
MovieThe Wrong Mommy
2019
as Carol
MovieDolls
2019
as Margaret
The Very Very Best of the 70s
2019
as Self - Commentator
MovieSunrise in Heaven
2019
as Marion
MovieThe Wrong Teacher
2018
as Dr. Smith
After Emma
2018
MovieThey Bite!: The Making of Critters
2018
as Self
MovieJingle Belle
2018
as Shelby
MovieEvery Other Holiday
2018
as Mimi
MovieBeyond the Sky
2018
as Lucille
MovieOuija House
2018
as Katherine Fields
MovieDeath House
2018
as Dr. Eileen Fletcher
MovieClosure
2018
as The Superior
TV9-1-1
2018
as Margaret Buckley
MovieThis Old Machine
2017
as Irene
MovieHorror Movie: A Low Budget Nightmare
2017
as Self
MovieAyla
2017
as Susan
MovieThe Fuzz
2017
as Dawn Lockwood
MovieMidnight Madness: The Making of "Popcorn"
2017
as Self
MovieCharlie's Gift
2016
TVShooter
2016
as Katherine Mayfield
MovieAll Hallow's Eve
2016
as Haidy Hallow
MovieRed Christmas
2016
as Diane
TVJust Add Magic
2016
as Grandma
MovieThe Abundance Factor
2015
as Herself
Flowers in December
2015
as Hannah
TVThe Whispers
2015
as Willie Starling (Grammy)
MovieLove & Mercy
2015
as Rosemary (uncredited)
MovieZombie Killers: Elephant's Graveyard
2015
as Sharon Sommers
MovieHorror Icon: Inside Michael's Mask with Tony Moran
2015
as Self
MovieEjecta
2014
as Ashley Winnington-Ball (uncredited)
TVYou're the Worst
2014
as Gail
MovieHaunting of Cellblock 11
2014
as Ms. Simon
Movie2 Bedroom 1 Bath
2014
as Rose
Snow Moon: Cinderella Chronicles Saga
2014
as Gram Pearl
MovieBonnie & Clyde: Justified
2013
as Emma
MovieGrand Piano
2013
as Marjorie Green
MovieMy Stepbrother Is a Vampire!?!
2013
as Tabitha the Cat (voice)
MovieRoboCroc
2013
as Dr. Riley
MovieThe Lords of Salem
2013
as Sonny
MovieAs High as the Sky
2013
as Aunt Deborah (voice)
MovieHansel & Gretel
2013
as Lilith
MovieAliens from Uranus
2012
as Olga
I Heart Monster Movies
2012
as Self
MovieThe 'E.T.' Journals
2012
as Self
MovieThe Boarder
2012
as Elizabeth
MovieSebastian
2012
as Barbara Sample
MovieFuzz Track City
2012
as Dawn Lockwood
MovieMargarine Wars
2012
as Madge Havershank
MovieCollision Course
2012
as Polly
MovieFinal Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012
as (archive footage)
MovieSam Steele and the Crystal Chalice
2011
as Ms. Jenkins
TVGrimm
2011
as Alice
MovieExit Humanity
2011
as Eve
MovieStay Cool
2011
as Mrs. McCarthy
TVSwitched at Birth
2011
as Lorena McGowen
MoviePound of Flesh
2011
as Dean Jean Clark
MovieBad Actress
2011
as Dee Wallace
MovieThe Junior Spy Agency
2011
as Ms. Jenkins
Between Heaven and Hell
2010
as Dr. Isabel Greenlee
The Guardian
2010
as Mom
TVLaw & Order: LA
2010
as Ellen Powell
MovieRaven
2010
as LuAnne
Soupernatural
2010
as Mrs. Conners
MovieExtraordinary Measures
2010
as Sal
MovieBedrooms
2010
as Marnie
MovieBabysitters Beware
2009
as Ms. Greene
MovieThe House of the Devil
2009
as Landlady
MovieDark Fields
2009
as Jean Applebe
TVCelebrity Ghost Stories
2009
as Self
MovieThe Haunted World of El Superbeasto
2009
as Trixie (voice)
TVWarehouse 13
2009
as Mrs. Garner
MovieThe Mother of Invention
2009
as Nancy Dooly
MovieStem Cell
2009
as The Healer
MovieHappy in the Valley
2009
as Gloria
MovieMichael Lives: The Making of Halloween
2008
as Self
MovieMatchmaker Mary
2008
as Aunt Karen
MovieLittle Red Devil
2008
as Mother
MovieThe Blue Rose
2007
as Mrs. Garrison
MovieDog Days: The Making of 'Cujo'
2007
as Self
MovieHalloween
2007
as Cynthia Strode
TVSaving Grace
2007
as Janice Shapiro
MovieThe Return of the Living Dead: The Decade of Darkness
2007
as Self
MovieBone Dry
2007
as Joanne
MovieCurse of the Weeping Woman: J-ok'el
2007
as Helen Moret
MovieThe Plague
2006
as Nora
MovieThe Eden Formula
2006
as Rhonda
MovieVoodoo Moon
2006
as Mary-Ann
MovieAbominable
2006
as Ethel Hoss
MovieKalamazoo?
2006
as Susan
MovieThe Lost
2006
as Barbara Hanlon
TVSons & Daughters
2006
as Colleen Halbert
Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills
2006
as Self
MovieExpiration Date
2006
as Lucille
TVGhost Whisperer
2005
as Claire Taylor
TVCriminal Minds
2005
as Dr. Jan Mohikian
TVClose to Home
2005
as Joan Monroe
TVMy Name Is Earl
2005
as Governor Katherine Hazelwood
MovieHeadspace
2005
as Dr. Denise Bell
TVBones
2005
as Special Agent Callie Warner
TVSupernatural
2005
as Mildred Baker
MovieScar
2005
as Isabella
MovieBoo
2005
as Nurse Russell
MovieThe Loch Ness Monster
2005
as Elizabeth Horner
TVGrey's Anatomy
2005
as Joan Waring
TVThe Office
2005
as Ellen Bernard
MovieDead End Road
2004
as Mrs. Makepiece
MovieWelcome to Werewolfland
2004
MovieThe Perfect Husband: The Laci Peterson Story
2004
as Sharon Rocha
MovieIllusion Infinity
2004
as Patricia (as Dee Wallace Stone)
TVCold Case
2003
as Charlotte Jones
MovieLooking Back at 'The Hills Have Eyes'
2003
as Self
TVNCIS
2003
as Claire Hall
MovieUnleashing the Beast: Making ‘The Howling’
2003
TVWithout a Trace
2002
as Lara Duncan
TVShe Spies
2002
as Daphne
MovieFish Don't Blink
2002
as Dr. Roswell
MovieE.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 20th Anniversary Special
2002
as Self
MovieShe's No Angel
2002
as Maureen Shawnessy
MovieSex and the Teenage Mind
2002
as Francine Heitmeyer
TVThe Agency
2001
as Doris, Quinn's Sister
TVCrossing Jordan
2001
as Lorraine Heeley
MovieA Month of Sundays
2001
as Sarah McCabe
MovieOut of the Black
2001
as Penny Hart
MovieKiller Instinct
2001
as Sarah Fairchild
TVThe Division
2001
as Paula Meeks
MoviePirates of the Plain
1999
as Glenna (as Dee Wallace-Stone)
MovieInvisible Mom II
1999
as Laura Griffin (as Dee Wallace-Stone)
MovieTo Love, Honor, & Betray
1999
as Julia Brennan (as Dee Wallace Stone)
MovieMutual Needs
1999
as Patricia
MovieThe Making of 'The Frighteners'
1998
as Self
TVFelicity
1998
as Allison Covington
MovieBad As I Wanna Be: The Dennis Rodman Story
1998
as Rodman's stepmother
MovieThe Christmas Path
1998
as Jenny
TVAlly McBeal
1997
as Gail Clarkson
MovieSkeletons
1997
as Heather Crane
MovieNevada
1997
as Ruby (as Dee Wallace Stone)
MovieLove's Deadly Triangle: The Texas Cadet Murder
1997
as Linda Jones
MovieThe Perfect Mother
1997
as Gina Mitrou
MovieBlack Circle Boys
1997
as Barbara Sullivan
MovieThe Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'
1996
as Self
MovieThe Frighteners
1996
as Patricia Bradley
TVNash Bridges
1996
as Susan Martin
MovieInvisible Mom
1996
as Laura Griffin
MovieSubliminal Seduction
1996
as Sissy Bonner
MovieThe Phoenix and the Magic Carpet
1995
as Mother
MovieTemptress
1995
as Allison Mackie
TVJAG
1995
as Adele DeLong
TVHigh Sierra Search and Rescue
1995
MovieMy Family Treasure
1995
as Alex Danieloff
MovieBest of the Best 3: No Turning Back
1995
as Georgia
MovieHere Come the Munsters
1995
as Mrs. Walker
MovieThe Skateboard Kid II
1995
as Lois Curtis
MovieBrothers' Destiny
1995
as Lucille Bastian
MovieCops n Roberts
1995
MovieVanishing Son IV
1994
as Megan
TVTouched by an Angel
1994
as Sandra Browner
MovieRunaway Daughters
1994
as Mrs. Gordon
MovieDiscretion Assured
1994
as Kitten
TVRebel Highway
1994
as Mrs. Gordon
MovieMoment of Truth: Cradle of Conspiracy
1994
as Suzanne Guthrie (as Dee Wallace-Stone)
MovieSearch and Rescue
1994
as Morgan
TVVanishing Son
1994
as Megan
MovieWitness to the Execution
1994
as Emily Dawson (as Dee Wallace-Stone)
MovieHuck and the King of Hearts
1994
as Darlene
MovieProphet of Evil: The Ervil LeBaron Story
1993
as Jackie Fields (as Dee Wallace-Stone)
MovieLightning in a Bottle
1993
as Jean Markley
Alone in the Dark
1993
as Linda Grant (as Dee Wallace Stone)
MovieRescue Me
1992
as Sarah Sweeney
MovieCritters 3
1991
as Mom (archive footage)
The Horror Hall of Fame II
1991
as Self - Presenter (as Dee Wallace Stone)
TVP.S. I Luv U
1991
MovieRock-A-Doodle
1991
as Dory (voice)
MovieAlligator 2: The Mutation
1991
as Christine Hodges
MoviePopcorn
1991
as Suzanne
MovieI'm Dangerous Tonight
1990
as Wanda
TVThe New Lassie
1989
as Dee McCullough
MovieAddicted to His Love
1988
as Betty Ann Brennan
MovieStranger on My Land
1988
as Annie Whitman
MovieThe Christmas Visitor
1987
as Elizabeth O'Day
MovieLegend of the White Horse
1987
as Alta (as Dee Wallace-Stone)
MovieHappy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987
as Self
Together We Stand
1986
as Lori Randall
MovieShadow Play
1986
as Morgan Hanna
TVL.A. Law
1986
as Elaine Weston
MovieCritters
1986
as Helen Brown
MovieSin of Innocence
1986
as Vicki McGary
MovieClub Life
1986
as Tilly Francesca
MovieHostage Flight
1985
as Laura Kenrick
TVThe Twilight Zone
1985
as (segment "Wish Bank")
MovieSuburban Beat
1985
as Joanna
MovieSecret Admirer
1985
as Connie Ryan
TVMurder, She Wrote
1984
as Mildred Terhune
TVFinder of Lost Loves
1984
as Gail Aames
MovieThe Sky's No Limit
1984
as Dr. Maureen Harris
The Shepherd
1984
MovieHappy
1983
as Marilyn
MovieCujo
1983
as Donna Trenton
MovieWait Till Your Mother Gets Home
1983
as Pat Peters
MovieI Take These Men
1983
as Elaine Zakarian
MovieSkeezer
1982
as Lucille
MovieJimmy the Kid
1982
as May
TVHotel
1982
MovieE.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
1982
as Mary
MovieChild Bride of Short Creek
1981
as Mary Jacobs
TVSimon & Simon
1981
MovieThe Five of Me
1981
as Ann
MovieA Whale for the Killing
1981
as Janet Landon
MovieThe Howling
1981
as Karen White
MovieThe Secret War of Jackie's Girls
1980
as Maxine
Skag
1980
MovieYoung Love, First Love
1979
as Leslie
Movie10
1979
as Mary Lewis
TVTrapper John, M.D.
1979
TVHart to Hart
1979
as Connie
TVMrs. Columbo
1979
TVTaxi
1978
as Joyce
TVMan from Atlantis
1977
as Hot Dog Stand Owner (as Dee Wallace-Stone)
TVLou Grant
1977
as Patti Oxley
TVThe San Pedro Beach Bums
1977
TVCHiPs
1977
MovieThe Hills Have Eyes
1977
as Lynne Wood
All the King's Horses
1977
as Sandy Benson
TVEllery Queen
1975
TVStarsky & Hutch
1975
MovieThe Stepford Wives
1975
as Nettie the Maid
TVPolice Woman
1974
TVPolice Story
1973
TVThe Streets of San Francisco
1972
MovieUnhallowed
as Rita Harrison
MovieCampfire
as Mrs. Hallowell
MovieBits
as Fallen One
MovieCurse of Vandor
as Ethel Gordon
Howl: Inside the Forest Hills
as Self
American Blend
MovieThe Licked Hand
as Eleanor
MovieGodmother
as Mrs. Martinson
