Dee Wallace
Acting • Born 1948-12-14
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
277 credits
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Movie • 1982
Mary
Halloween
Movie • 2007
Cynthia Strode
Abominable
Movie • 2006
Ethel Hoss
Every Time a Bell Rings
Movie • 2021
Donna
Critters
Movie • 1986
Helen Brown
The Frighteners
Movie • 1996
Patricia Bradley
Cujo
Movie • 1983
Donna Trenton
Stay Cool
Movie • 2011
Mrs. McCarthy
The Howling
Movie • 1981
Karen White
The Haunted World of El Superbeasto
Movie • 2009
Trixie (voice)
Bone Dry
Movie • 2007
Joanne
Secret Admirer
Movie • 1985
Connie Ryan
After Emma
Movie • 2018
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 20th Anniversary Special
Movie • 2002
Self
The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'
Movie • 1996
Self
The Hills Have Eyes
Movie • 1977
Lynne Wood
10
Movie • 1979
Mary Lewis
In Search of Darkness: Part III
Movie • 2022
Self
Sex and the Teenage Mind
Movie • 2002
Francine Heitmeyer
The House of the Devil
Movie • 2009
Landlady
Charlie's Gift
Movie • 2016
Headspace
Movie • 2005
Dr. Denise Bell
Scar
Movie • 2005
Isabella
Incubus: New Beginnings
Movie • 2023
Zura Valentine
Alligator 2: The Mutation
Movie • 1991
Christine Hodges
Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch
Movie • 2025
Alice Cassidy
Best of the Best 3: No Turning Back
Movie • 1995
Georgia
Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills
Movie • 2006
Self
Dark Fields
Movie • 2009
Jean Applebe
The Plague
Movie • 2006
Nora
Invisible Mom
Movie • 1996
Laura Griffin
Bedrooms
Movie • 2010
Marnie
Jimmy the Kid
Movie • 1982
May
Popcorn
Movie • 1991
Suzanne
Club Life
Movie • 1986
Tilly Francesca
Pound of Flesh
Movie • 2011
Dean Jean Clark
Courageous Warriors Beauty from the Ashes
Movie • 2021
Narrator
Expiration Date
Movie • 2006
Lucille
Black Circle Boys
Movie • 1997
Barbara Sullivan
Stream
Movie • 2024
Linda Spring
Sunrise in Heaven
Movie • 2019
Marion
The Little Mermaid
Movie • 2023
Sea Witch Revina (voice)
Lena's Dance
Movie • 2023
Lena Swain
Exit Humanity
Movie • 2011
Eve
Bad As I Wanna Be: The Dennis Rodman Story
Movie • 1998
Rodman's stepmother
Runaway Daughters
Movie • 1994
Mrs. Gordon
The Christmas Visitor
Movie • 1987
Elizabeth O'Day
The Lords of Salem
Movie • 2013
Sonny
The Phoenix and the Magic Carpet
Movie • 1995
Mother
The Eden Formula
Movie • 2006
Rhonda
Huck and the King of Hearts
Movie • 1994
Darlene
Matchmaker Mary
Movie • 2008
Aunt Karen
Rescue Me
Movie • 1992
Sarah Sweeney
Collision Course
Movie • 2012
Polly
Search and Rescue
Movie • 1994
Morgan
Killer Instinct
Movie • 2001
Sarah Fairchild
Prophet of Evil: The Ervil LeBaron Story
Movie • 1993
Jackie Fields (as Dee Wallace-Stone)
Fish Don't Blink
Movie • 2002
Dr. Roswell
The Skateboard Kid II
Movie • 1995
Lois Curtis
As High as the Sky
Movie • 2013
Aunt Deborah (voice)
Hansel & Gretel
Movie • 2013
Lilith
Love's Deadly Triangle: The Texas Cadet Murder
Movie • 1997
Linda Jones
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Movie • 2012
(archive footage)
To Love, Honor, & Betray
Movie • 1999
Julia Brennan (as Dee Wallace Stone)
Kalamazoo?
Movie • 2006
Susan
RoboCroc
Movie • 2013
Dr. Riley
Grand Piano
Movie • 2013
Marjorie Green
Bonnie & Clyde: Justified
Movie • 2013
Emma
Subliminal Seduction
Movie • 1996
Sissy Bonner
Invisible Mom II
Movie • 1999
Laura Griffin (as Dee Wallace-Stone)
Temptress
Movie • 1995
Allison Mackie
Pirates of the Plain
Movie • 1999
Glenna (as Dee Wallace-Stone)
She's No Angel
Movie • 2002
Maureen Shawnessy
The Munsters
Movie • 2022
Good Morning Transylvania Host
Killer Design
Movie • 2022
Elana
House of Dolls
Movie • 2023
Celine Charles
Sin of Innocence
Movie • 1986
Vicki McGary
Unhallowed
Movie
Rita Harrison
Zombie Killers: Elephant's Graveyard
Movie • 2015
Sharon Sommers
Snow Moon: Cinderella Chronicles Saga
Movie • 2014
Gram Pearl
Fuzz Track City
Movie • 2012
Dawn Lockwood
The Guardian
Movie • 2010
Mom
Stem Cell
Movie • 2009
The Healer
Skeletons
Movie • 1997
Heather Crane
2 Bedroom 1 Bath
Movie • 2014
Rose
Curse of the Weeping Woman: J-ok'el
Movie • 2007
Helen Moret
Mutual Needs
Movie • 1997
Patricia
Six feet of separation
Movie • 2020
Self
Wait Till Your Mother Gets Home
Movie • 1983
Pat Peters
A Whale for the Killing
Movie • 1981
Janet Landon
I'm Dangerous Tonight
Movie • 1990
Wanda
The Pitchfork Retreat
Movie • 2025
Helen
Addicted to His Love
Movie • 1988
Betty Ann Brennan
Dog Days: The Making of 'Cujo'
Movie • 2007
Self
Making I'm Dangerous Tonight
Movie • 2022
Herself
All the King's Horses
Movie • 1977
Sandy Benson
The Shepherd
Movie • 1984
Alone in the Dark
Movie • 1993
Linda Grant (as Dee Wallace Stone)
Death House
Movie • 2018
Dr. Eileen Fletcher
Legend of the White Horse
Movie • 1987
Alta (as Dee Wallace-Stone)
The Stepford Wives
Movie • 1975
Nettie the Maid
Brothers' Destiny
Movie • 1995
Lucille Bastian
Here Come the Munsters
Movie • 1995
Mrs. Walker
Flowers in December
Movie • 2015
Hannah
Time Pirates
Movie • 2022
The Crone
Witness to the Execution
Movie • 1994
Emily Dawson (as Dee Wallace-Stone)
Nevada
Movie • 1997
Ruby (as Dee Wallace Stone)
Jeepers Creepers: Reborn
Movie • 2022
Marie
I Take These Men
Movie • 1983
Elaine Zakarian
The Perfect Husband: The Laci Peterson Story
Movie • 2004
Sharon Rocha
Roswell Delirium
Movie • 2025
Betty
The Making of 'The Frighteners'
Movie • 1998
Self
Haunting of Cellblock 11
Movie • 2014
Ms. Simon
Campfire
Movie
Mrs. Hallowell
Little Red Devil
Movie • 2008
Mother
The Mother of Invention
Movie • 2009
Nancy Dooly
Skeezer
Movie • 1982
Lucille
The Return of the Living Dead: The Decade of Darkness
Movie • 2007
Self
Love by Design
Movie • 2023
Diane Yeardly
The Lost
Movie • 2006
Barbara Hanlon
The Legend of Catclaws Mountain
Movie • 2024
Maggie Porter
Vanishing Son IV
Movie • 1994
Megan
Sam Steele and the Crystal Chalice
Movie • 2011
Ms. Jenkins
Ayla
Movie • 2017
Susan
Last Night on Earth
Movie • 2024
Carla
Red Christmas
Movie • 2016
Diane
Hostage Flight
Movie • 1985
Laura Kenrick
Bits
Movie
Fallen One
All Hallow's Eve
Movie • 2016
Haidy Hallow
I Heart Monster Movies
Movie • 2012
Herself
Happy in the Valley
Movie • 2009
Gloria
Extraordinary Measures
Movie • 2010
Sal
If It Bleeds
Movie • 2025
Kelly
Moment of Truth: Cradle of Conspiracy
Movie • 1994
Suzanne Guthrie (as Dee Wallace-Stone)
Sebastian
Movie • 2012
Barbara Sample
The Secret War of Jackie's Girls
Movie • 1980
Maxine
My Stepbrother Is a Vampire!?!
Movie • 2013
Tabitha the Cat (voice)
Stranger on My Land
Movie • 1988
Annie Whitman
Welcome to Werewolfland
Movie • 2004
Out of the Black
Movie • 2001
Penny Hart
Beyond The Sky
Movie • 2018
Lucille
Voodoo Moon
Movie • 2006
Mary-Ann
Ejecta
Movie • 2014
Ashley Winnington-Ball (uncredited)
Dead End Road
Movie • 2004
Mrs. Makepiece
Boo
Movie • 2005
Nurse Russell
Raven
Movie • 2010
LuAnne
Shadow Play
Movie • 1986
Morgan Hanna
The Abundance Factor
Movie • 2015
Herself
Lightning in a Bottle
Movie • 1993
Jean Markley
The Five of Me
Movie • 1981
Ann
The Boarder
Movie • 2012
Elizabeth
Ouija House
Movie • 2018
Katherine Fields
The Fuzz
Movie • 2017
Dawn Lockwood
3 from Hell
Movie • 2019
Greta
This Old Machine
Movie • 2017
Irene
Every Other Holiday
Movie • 2018
Mimi
Jingle Belle
Movie • 2018
Shelby
Cops n Roberts
Movie • 1995
The Wrong Teacher
Movie • 2018
Dr. Smith
Suburban Beat
Movie • 1985
Joanna
13 Fanboy
Movie • 2021
Dee Wallace
Happy
Movie • 1983
Marilyn
Critters Attack!
Movie • 2020
Dee
They Bite!: The Making of Critters
Movie • 2018
Self
Looking Back at 'The Hills Have Eyes'
Movie • 2003
Self
Horror Movie: A Low Budget Nightmare
Movie • 2017
Self
Dolls
Movie • 2019
Margaret
The 'E.T.' Journals
Movie • 2012
Self
A Month of Sundays
Movie • 2001
Sarah McCabe
Discretion Assured
Movie • 1994
Kitten
Rock-A-Doodle
Movie • 1991
Dory (voice)
Christmas in Louisiana
Movie • 2019
Doris
Bad Actress
Movie • 2011
Dee Wallace
Between Heaven and Hell
Movie • 2010
Dr. Isabel Greenlee
To Hell and Back: The Making of 3 From Hell
Movie • 2019
Self
Illusion Infinity
Movie • 2004
Patricia (as Dee Wallace Stone)
Renovation of the Heart
Movie • 2019
Diane Dover
The Blue Rose
Movie • 2007
Mrs. Garrison
In Search of Tomorrow
Movie • 2022
Self - Interviewee
Await the Dawn
Movie • 2020
Annie
Day 14
Movie • 2020
Michael Lives: The Making of Halloween
Movie • 2008
Self
Stay Home
Movie • 2020
Herself
Unleashing the Beast: Making ‘The Howling’
Movie • 2003
The Christmas Path
Movie • 1998
Jenny
Child Bride of Short Creek
Movie • 1981
Mary Jacobs
The Gift of Christmas
Movie • 2020
Ellen Rodgers
The Nest
Movie • 2021
Marissa
Young Love, First Love
Movie • 1979
Leslie
The Sky's No Limit
Movie • 1984
Dr. Maureen Harris
Rondo and Bob
Movie • 2020
Self
The Wrong Mommy
Movie • 2019
Carol
My Family Treasure
Movie • 1995
Alex Danieloff
Nix
Movie • 2022
Donna
Curse of Vandor
Movie
Ethel Gordon
Margarine Wars
Movie • 2012
Madge Havershank
Howl: Inside the Forest Hills
Movie
Self
Critters 3
Movie • 1991
Mom (archive footage)
The Loch Ness Monster
Movie • 2005
Elizabeth Horner
Soupernatural
Movie • 2010
Mrs. Conners
Babysitters Beware
Movie • 2009
Ms. Greene
The Lies We Bury
Movie • 2025
Lynn Wright
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Movie • 1987
Self
The Boy from Below
Movie • 2025
Sybil
25 Miles to Normal
Movie
Deborah
Aliens from Uranus
Movie • 2012
Olga
American Blend
Movie
Water Rites
Movie • 2026
Caroline
The Perfect Mother
Movie • 1997
Gina Mitrou
The Licked Hand
Movie
Eleanor
Horror Icon: Inside Michael's Mask with Tony Moran
Movie • 2015
Self
Ted Bunny
Movie • 2026
Catherine
Godmother
Movie
Love & Mercy
Movie • 2015
Rosemary (uncredited)
Models vs. Werewolves
Movie
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Mildred Terhune
CHiPs
TV • 1977
Mrs. Columbo
TV • 1979
Trapper John, M.D.
TV • 1979
L.A. Law
TV • 1986
Elaine Weston
Starsky & Hutch
TV • 1975
Ghost Whisperer
TV • 2005
Claire Taylor
The Division
TV • 2001
Paula Meeks
Sons & Daughters
TV • 2006
Colleen Halbert
Simon & Simon
TV • 1981
Bones
TV • 2005
Special Agent Callie Warner
The Twilight Zone
TV • 1985
(segment "Wish Bank")
The Office
TV • 2005
Ellen Bernard
Cold Case
TV • 2003
Charlotte Jones
The Streets of San Francisco
TV • 1972
Hotel
TV • 1982
Without a Trace
TV • 2002
Lara Duncan
Criminal Minds
TV • 2005
Dr. Jan Mohikian
Hart to Hart
TV • 1979
Connie
JAG
TV • 1995
Adele DeLong
Close to Home
TV • 2005
Joan Monroe
Ally McBeal
TV • 1997
Gail Clarkson
Skag
TV • 1980
Police Woman
TV • 1974
Together We Stand
TV • 1986
Lori Randall
Police Story
TV • 1973
Saving Grace
TV • 2007
Janice Shapiro
The New Lassie
TV • 1989
Dee McCullough
P.S. I Luv U
TV • 1991
Ellery Queen
TV • 1975
The San Pedro Beach Bums
TV • 1977
High Sierra Search and Rescue
TV • 1995
Paul T. Goldman
TV • 2023
Terri Jay
Man from Atlantis
TV • 1977
Hot Dog Stand Owner (as Dee Wallace-Stone)
Felicity
TV • 1998
Allison Covington
Switched at Birth
TV • 2011
Lorena McGowen
The Whispers
TV • 2015
Willie Starling (Grammy)
Grey's Anatomy
TV • 2005
Joan Waring
Taxi
TV • 1978
Joyce
Supernatural
TV • 2005
Mildred Baker
Just Add Magic
TV • 2016
Grandma
Law & Order: LA
TV • 2010
Ellen Powell
9-1-1
TV • 2018
Margaret Buckley
Grimm
TV • 2011
Alice
The Very Very Best of the 70s
TV • 2019
Self - Commentator
Celebrity Ghost Stories
TV • 2009
Self
Warehouse 13
TV • 2009
Mrs. Garner
Finder of Lost Loves
TV • 1984
Gail Aames
My Name Is Earl
TV • 2005
Governor Katherine Hazelwood
Shooter
TV • 2016
Katherine Mayfield
She Spies
TV • 2002
Daphne
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Ellen Wicker
NCIS
TV • 2003
Claire Hall
Touched by an Angel
TV • 1994
Sandra Browner
Crossing Jordan
TV • 2001
Lorraine Heeley
Fatal Attraction
TV • 2023
Emma Rauch
You're the Worst
TV • 2014
Gail
Vanishing Son
TV • 1994
Megan
Nash Bridges
TV • 1996
Susan Martin
The Agency
TV • 2001
Doris, Quinn's Sister
Rebel Highway
TV • 1994
Mrs. Gordon
Lou Grant
TV • 1977
Patti Oxley