Dee Wallace
Acting
Born December 14, 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
Filmography
Night of the Living Dead
2026
Stream
2024 · Linda Spring
The Legend of Catclaws Mountain
2024 · Maggie Porter
Last Night on Earth
2024 · Carla
The Little Mermaid
2023 · Sea Witch Revina (voice)
In Search of Darkness: Part III
2022 · Self
The Munsters
2022 · Good Morning Transylvania Host
Jeepers Creepers: Reborn
2022 · Marie
In Search of Tomorrow
2022 · Self - Interviewee
Nix
2022 · Donna
Every Time a Bell Rings
2021 · Donna
13 Fanboy
2021 · Dee Wallace
The Nest
2021 · Marissa
Critters Attack!
2020 · Dee
Await the Dawn
2020 · Annie
Sunrise in Heaven
2019 · Marion
3 from Hell
2019 · Greta
Dolls
2019 · Margaret
Christmas in Louisiana
2019 · Doris
Renovation of the Heart
2019 · Diane Dover
The Wrong Mommy
2019 · Carol
Death House
2018 · Dr. Eileen Fletcher
Beyond the Sky
2018 · Lucille
Ouija House
2018 · Katherine Fields
Every Other Holiday
2018 · Mimi
Jingle Belle
2018 · Shelby
The Wrong Teacher
2018 · Dr. Smith
Ayla
2017 · Susan
Red Christmas
2016 · Diane
All Hallow's Eve
2016 · Haidy Hallow
Zombie Killers: Elephant's Graveyard
2015 · Sharon Sommers
Love & Mercy
2015 · Rosemary (uncredited)
2 Bedroom 1 Bath
2014 · Rose
Haunting of Cellblock 11
2014 · Ms. Simon
Ejecta
2014 · Ashley Winnington-Ball (uncredited)
The Lords of Salem
2013 · Sonny
Hansel & Gretel
2013 · Lilith
RoboCroc
2013 · Dr. Riley
Grand Piano
2013 · Marjorie Green
Bonnie & Clyde: Justified
2013 · Emma
Collision Course
2012 · Polly
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012 · (archive footage)
Stay Cool
2011 · Mrs. McCarthy
Pound of Flesh
2011 · Dean Jean Clark
Exit Humanity
2011 · Eve
Bedrooms
2010 · Marnie
Extraordinary Measures
2010 · Sal
The Haunted World of El Superbeasto
2009 · Trixie (voice)
The House of the Devil
2009 · Landlady
Dark Fields
2009 · Jean Applebe
Michael Lives: The Making of Halloween
2008 · Self
Halloween
2007 · Cynthia Strode
Bone Dry
2007 · Joanne
Curse of the Weeping Woman: J-ok'el
2007 · Helen Moret
Abominable
2006 · Ethel Hoss
The Plague
2006 · Nora
The Eden Formula
2006 · Rhonda
The Lost
2006 · Barbara Hanlon
Voodoo Moon
2006 · Mary-Ann
Headspace
2005 · Dr. Denise Bell
Boo
2005 · Nurse Russell
The Perfect Husband: The Laci Peterson Story
2004 · Sharon Rocha
Sex and the Teenage Mind
2002 · Francine Heitmeyer
She's No Angel
2002 · Maureen Shawnessy
Pirates of the Plain
1999 · Glenna (as Dee Wallace-Stone)
The Making of 'The Frighteners'
1998 · Self
Black Circle Boys
1997 · Barbara Sullivan
Love's Deadly Triangle: The Texas Cadet Murder
1997 · Linda Jones
Skeletons
1997 · Heather Crane
Nevada
1997 · Ruby (as Dee Wallace Stone)
The Perfect Mother
1997 · Gina Mitrou
The Frighteners
1996 · Patricia Bradley
The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'
1996 · Self
Invisible Mom
1996 · Laura Griffin
Best of the Best 3: No Turning Back
1995 · Georgia
Temptress
1995 · Allison Mackie
Here Come the Munsters
1995 · Mrs. Walker
Rescue Me
1992 · Sarah Sweeney
Alligator 2: The Mutation
1991 · Christine Hodges
Popcorn
1991 · Suzanne
Rock-A-Doodle
1991 · Dory (voice)
Critters 3
1991 · Mom (archive footage)
I'm Dangerous Tonight
1990 · Wanda
Stranger on My Land
1988 · Annie Whitman
Critters
1986 · Helen Brown
Secret Admirer
1985 · Connie Ryan
Cujo
1983 · Donna Trenton
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
1982 · Mary
The Howling
1981 · Karen White
Child Bride of Short Creek
1981 · Mary Jacobs
10
1979 · Mary Lewis
The Hills Have Eyes
1977 · Lynne Wood
The Stepford Wives
1975 · Nettie the Maid