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