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Dee Wallace

Acting · Born 1948-12-14 · 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.

Credits · 261

Night of the Living Dead

25 Miles to Normal

2026 · Deborah

2026 · Catherine

Southern Scares

2026 · Caroline

The Boy from Below

Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch

2025 · Alice Cassidy

The Lies We Bury

2025 · Lynn Wright

Roswell Delirium

2024 · Linda Spring

Last Night on Earth

The Legend of Catclaws Mountain

2024 · Maggie Porter

2023 · Celine Charles

2023 · Diane Yeardly

The Little Mermaid

2023 · Sea Witch Revina (voice)

Fatal Attraction

2023 · Emma Rauch

Incubus: New Beginnings

2023 · Zura Valentine

Paul T. Goldman

2023 · Terri Jay

In Search of Darkness: Part III

2022 · Good Morning Transylvania Host

Jeepers Creepers: Reborn

2022 · The Crone

Making I'm Dangerous Tonight

2022 · Herself

In Search of Tomorrow

2022 · Self - Interviewee

Every Time a Bell Rings

2021 · Dee Wallace

2021 · Marissa

Critters Attack!

The Gift of Christmas

2020 · Ellen Rodgers

2020 · Herself

Six feet of separation

Christmas in Louisiana

To Hell and Back: The Making of 3 From Hell

Renovation of the Heart

2019 · Diane Dover

The Wrong Mommy

2019 · Margaret

The Very Very Best of the 70s

The Very Very Best of the 70s

2019 · Self - Commentator

Sunrise in Heaven

The Wrong Teacher

2018 · Dr. Smith

Every Other Holiday

2018 · Lucille

2018 · Katherine Fields

2018 · Dr. Eileen Fletcher

2018 · Margaret Buckley

This Old Machine

Horror Movie: A Low Budget Nightmare

2017 · Dawn Lockwood

Midnight Madness: The Making of "Popcorn"

2016 · Katherine Mayfield

All Hallow's Eve

2016 · Haidy Hallow

2016 · Grandma

The Abundance Factor

2015 · Herself

Flowers in December

Flowers in December

2015 · Willie Starling (Grammy)

2015 · Rosemary (uncredited)

Zombie Killers: Elephant's Graveyard

2015 · Sharon Sommers

2014 · Ashley Winnington-Ball (uncredited)

You're the Worst

Haunting of Cellblock 11

2014 · Ms. Simon

2 Bedroom 1 Bath

Bonnie & Clyde: Justified

2013 · Marjorie Green

My Stepbrother Is a Vampire!?!

2013 · Tabitha the Cat (voice)

2013 · Dr. Riley

The Lords of Salem

As High as the Sky

2013 · Aunt Deborah (voice)

Hansel & Gretel

I Heart Monster Movies

I Heart Monster Movies

The 'E.T.' Journals

2012 · Elizabeth

2012 · Barbara Sample

Collision Course

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

2012 · (archive footage)

Sam Steele and the Crystal Chalice

2011 · Ms. Jenkins

Walk a Mile in My Pradas

2011 · Mrs. McCarthy

Switched at Birth

2011 · Lorena McGowen

2011 · Dean Jean Clark

2011 · Dee Wallace

Law & Order: LA

2010 · Ellen Powell

Extraordinary Measures

Babysitters Beware

2009 · Ms. Greene

The House of the Devil

2009 · Landlady

2009 · Jean Applebe

Celebrity Ghost Stories

The Haunted World of El Superbeasto

2009 · Trixie (voice)

2009 · Mrs. Garner

The Mother of Invention

2009 · Nancy Dooly

2009 · The Healer

Happy in the Valley

Michael Lives: The Making of Halloween

Matchmaker Mary

2008 · Aunt Karen

Little Red Devil

2007 · Mrs. Garrison

Dog Days: The Making of 'Cujo'

2007 · Cynthia Strode

2007 · Janice Shapiro

The Return of the Living Dead: The Decade of Darkness

Curse of the Weeping Woman: J-ok'el

2007 · Helen Moret

The Eden Formula

2006 · Mary-Ann

2006 · Ethel Hoss

2006 · Barbara Hanlon

Sons & Daughters

2006 · Colleen Halbert

Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills

Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills

Expiration Date

2006 · Lucille

Ghost Whisperer

2005 · Claire Taylor

2005 · Dr. Jan Mohikian

2005 · Joan Monroe

My Name Is Earl

2005 · Governor Katherine Hazelwood

2005 · Dr. Denise Bell

2005 · Special Agent Callie Warner

2005 · Mildred Baker

2005 · Isabella

2005 · Nurse Russell

The Loch Ness Monster

2005 · Elizabeth Horner

2005 · Joan Waring

2005 · Ellen Bernard

2004 · Mrs. Makepiece

Welcome to Werewolfland

The Perfect Husband: The Laci Peterson Story

2004 · Sharon Rocha

Illusion Infinity

2004 · Patricia (as Dee Wallace Stone)

2003 · Charlotte Jones

Looking Back at 'The Hills Have Eyes'

2003 · Claire Hall

Unleashing the Beast: Making ‘The Howling’

Without a Trace

2002 · Lara Duncan

Fish Don't Blink

2002 · Dr. Roswell

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 20th Anniversary Special

2002 · Maureen Shawnessy

Sex and the Teenage Mind

2002 · Francine Heitmeyer

2001 · Doris, Quinn's Sister

Crossing Jordan

2001 · Lorraine Heeley

A Month of Sundays

2001 · Sarah McCabe

Out of the Black

2001 · Penny Hart

Killer Instinct

2001 · Sarah Fairchild

2001 · Paula Meeks

Pirates of the Plain

1999 · Glenna (as Dee Wallace-Stone)

Invisible Mom II

1999 · Laura Griffin (as Dee Wallace-Stone)

To Love, Honor, & Betray

1999 · Julia Brennan (as Dee Wallace Stone)

1999 · Patricia

The Making of 'The Frighteners'

1998 · Allison Covington

Bad As I Wanna Be: The Dennis Rodman Story

1998 · Rodman's stepmother

The Christmas Path

1997 · Gail Clarkson

1997 · Heather Crane

1997 · Ruby (as Dee Wallace Stone)

Love's Deadly Triangle: The Texas Cadet Murder

1997 · Linda Jones

The Perfect Mother

1997 · Gina Mitrou

Black Circle Boys

1997 · Barbara Sullivan

The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'

The Frighteners

1996 · Patricia Bradley

1996 · Susan Martin

1996 · Laura Griffin

Subliminal Seduction

1996 · Sissy Bonner

The Phoenix and the Magic Carpet

1995 · Allison Mackie

1995 · Adele DeLong

High Sierra Search and Rescue

My Family Treasure

1995 · Alex Danieloff

Best of the Best 3: No Turning Back

1995 · Georgia

Here Come the Munsters

1995 · Mrs. Walker

The Skateboard Kid II

1995 · Lois Curtis

Brothers' Destiny

1995 · Lucille Bastian

Vanishing Son IV

Touched by an Angel

1994 · Sandra Browner

Runaway Daughters

1994 · Mrs. Gordon

Discretion Assured

1994 · Mrs. Gordon

Moment of Truth: Cradle of Conspiracy

1994 · Suzanne Guthrie (as Dee Wallace-Stone)

Search and Rescue

Witness to the Execution

1994 · Emily Dawson (as Dee Wallace-Stone)

Huck and the King of Hearts

1994 · Darlene

1993 · Sarah Sweeney

Prophet of Evil: The Ervil LeBaron Story

1993 · Jackie Fields (as Dee Wallace-Stone)

Lightning in a Bottle

1993 · Jean Markley

Alone in the Dark

Alone in the Dark

1993 · Linda Grant (as Dee Wallace Stone)

1991 · Mom (archive footage)

The Horror Hall of Fame II

The Horror Hall of Fame II

1991 · Self - Presenter (as Dee Wallace Stone)

1991 · Dory (voice)

Alligator 2: The Mutation

1991 · Christine Hodges

1991 · Suzanne

I'm Dangerous Tonight

1989 · Dee McCullough

Addicted to His Love

1988 · Betty Ann Brennan

Stranger on My Land

1988 · Annie Whitman

The Christmas Visitor

1987 · Elizabeth O'Day

Legend of the White Horse

1987 · Alta (as Dee Wallace-Stone)

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

Together We Stand

Together We Stand

1986 · Lori Randall

1986 · Morgan Hanna

1986 · Elaine Weston

1986 · Helen Brown

Sin of Innocence

1986 · Vicki McGary

1986 · Tilly Francesca

1985 · Laura Kenrick

The Twilight Zone

1985 · (segment "Wish Bank")

1985 · Connie Ryan

Murder, She Wrote

1984 · Mildred Terhune

Finder of Lost Loves

1984 · Gail Aames

The Sky's No Limit

1984 · Dr. Maureen Harris

1983 · Marilyn

1983 · Donna Trenton

Wait Till Your Mother Gets Home

1983 · Pat Peters

I Take These Men

1983 · Elaine Zakarian

1982 · Lucille

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

Child Bride of Short Creek

1981 · Mary Jacobs

A Whale for the Killing

1981 · Janet Landon

1981 · Karen White

The Secret War of Jackie's Girls

Young Love, First Love

1979 · Mary Lewis

Trapper John, M.D.

Man from Atlantis

1977 · Hot Dog Stand Owner (as Dee Wallace-Stone)

1977 · Patti Oxley

The San Pedro Beach Bums

The Hills Have Eyes

1977 · Lynne Wood

All the King's Horses

All the King's Horses

1977 · Sandy Benson

Starsky & Hutch

The Stepford Wives

1975 · Nettie the Maid

The Streets of San Francisco

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