Dee Wallace
Department: Acting
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
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
1982
Halloween
2007
Abominable
2006
Every Time a Bell Rings
2021
Critters
1986
The Frighteners
1996
Cujo
1983
Stay Cool
2011
The Howling
1981
The Haunted World of El Superbeasto
2009
Bone Dry
2007
Secret Admirer
1985
After Emma
2018
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 20th Anniversary Special
2002
The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'
1996
The Hills Have Eyes
1977
10
1979
In Search of Darkness: Part III
2022
Sex and the Teenage Mind
2002
The House of the Devil
2009
Charlie's Gift
2016
Headspace
2005
Scar
2005
Incubus: New Beginnings
2023
Alligator 2: The Mutation
1991
Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch
2025
Best of the Best 3: No Turning Back
1995
Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills
2006
Dark Fields
2009
The Plague
2006
Invisible Mom
1996
Bedrooms
2010
Jimmy the Kid
1982
Popcorn
1991
Club Life
1986
Pound of Flesh
2011
Courageous Warriors Beauty from the Ashes
2021
Expiration Date
2006
Black Circle Boys
1997
Stream
2024
Sunrise in Heaven
2019
The Little Mermaid
2023
Lena's Dance
2023
Exit Humanity
2011
Bad As I Wanna Be: The Dennis Rodman Story
1998
Runaway Daughters
1994
The Christmas Visitor
1987
The Lords of Salem
2013
The Phoenix and the Magic Carpet
1995
The Eden Formula
2006
Huck and the King of Hearts
1994
Matchmaker Mary
2008
Rescue Me
1992
Collision Course
2012
Search and Rescue
1994
Killer Instinct
2001
Prophet of Evil: The Ervil LeBaron Story
1993
Fish Don't Blink
2002
The Skateboard Kid II
1995
As High as the Sky
2013
Hansel & Gretel
2013
Love's Deadly Triangle: The Texas Cadet Murder
1997
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012
To Love, Honor, & Betray
1999
Kalamazoo?
2006
RoboCroc
2013
Grand Piano
2013
Bonnie & Clyde: Justified
2013
Subliminal Seduction
1996
Invisible Mom II
1999
Temptress
1995
Pirates of the Plain
1999
She's No Angel
2002
The Munsters
2022
Killer Design
2022
House of Dolls
2023
Sin of Innocence
1986
Unhallowed
—
Zombie Killers: Elephant's Graveyard
2015
Snow Moon: Cinderella Chronicles Saga
2014
Fuzz Track City
2012
The Guardian
2010
Stem Cell
2009
Skeletons
1997
2 Bedroom 1 Bath
2014
Curse of the Weeping Woman: J-ok'el
2007
Mutual Needs
1997
Six feet of separation
2020
Wait Till Your Mother Gets Home
1983
A Whale for the Killing
1981
I'm Dangerous Tonight
1990
The Pitchfork Retreat
2025
Addicted to His Love
1988
Dog Days: The Making of 'Cujo'
2007
Making I'm Dangerous Tonight
2022
All the King's Horses
1977
The Shepherd
1984
Alone in the Dark
1993
Death House
2018
Legend of the White Horse
1987
The Stepford Wives
1975
Brothers' Destiny
1995
Here Come the Munsters
1995
Flowers in December
2015
Time Pirates
2022
Witness to the Execution
1994
Nevada
1997
Jeepers Creepers: Reborn
2022
I Take These Men
1983
The Perfect Husband: The Laci Peterson Story
2004
Roswell Delirium
2025
The Making of 'The Frighteners'
1998
Haunting of Cellblock 11
2014
Campfire
—
Little Red Devil
2008
The Mother of Invention
2009
Skeezer
1982
The Return of the Living Dead: The Decade of Darkness
2007
Love by Design
2023
The Lost
2006
The Legend of Catclaws Mountain
2024
Vanishing Son IV
1994
Sam Steele and the Crystal Chalice
2011
Ayla
2017
Last Night on Earth
2024
Red Christmas
2016
Hostage Flight
1985
Bits
—
All Hallow's Eve
2016
I Heart Monster Movies
2012
Happy in the Valley
2009
Extraordinary Measures
2010
If It Bleeds
2025
Moment of Truth: Cradle of Conspiracy
1994
Sebastian
2012
The Secret War of Jackie's Girls
1980
My Stepbrother Is a Vampire!?!
2013
Stranger on My Land
1988
Welcome to Werewolfland
2004
Out of the Black
2001
Beyond The Sky
2018
Voodoo Moon
2006
Ejecta
2014
Dead End Road
2004
Boo
2005
Raven
2010
Shadow Play
1986
The Abundance Factor
2015
Lightning in a Bottle
1993
The Five of Me
1981
The Boarder
2012
Ouija House
2018
The Fuzz
2017
3 from Hell
2019
This Old Machine
2017
Every Other Holiday
2018
Jingle Belle
2018
Cops n Roberts
1995
The Wrong Teacher
2018
Suburban Beat
1985
13 Fanboy
2021
Happy
1983
Critters Attack!
2020
They Bite!: The Making of Critters
2018
Looking Back at 'The Hills Have Eyes'
2003
Horror Movie: A Low Budget Nightmare
2017
Dolls
2019
The 'E.T.' Journals
2012
A Month of Sundays
2001
Discretion Assured
1994
Rock-A-Doodle
1991
Christmas in Louisiana
2019
Bad Actress
2011
Between Heaven and Hell
2010
To Hell and Back: The Making of 3 From Hell
2019
Illusion Infinity
2004
Renovation of the Heart
2019
The Blue Rose
2007
In Search of Tomorrow
2022
Await the Dawn
2020
Day 14
2020
Michael Lives: The Making of Halloween
2008
Stay Home
2020
Unleashing the Beast: Making ‘The Howling’
2003
The Christmas Path
1998
Child Bride of Short Creek
1981
The Gift of Christmas
2020
The Nest
2021
Young Love, First Love
1979
The Sky's No Limit
1984
Rondo and Bob
2020
The Wrong Mommy
2019
My Family Treasure
1995
Nix
2022
Curse of Vandor
—
Margarine Wars
2012
Howl: Inside the Forest Hills
—
Critters 3
1991
The Loch Ness Monster
2005
Soupernatural
2010
Babysitters Beware
2009
The Lies We Bury
2025
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987
The Boy from Below
2025
25 Miles to Normal
—
Aliens from Uranus
2012
American Blend
—
Water Rites
2026
The Perfect Mother
1997
The Licked Hand
—
Horror Icon: Inside Michael's Mask with Tony Moran
2015
Ted Bunny
2026
Godmother
—
Love & Mercy
2015
Models vs. Werewolves
—
Murder, She Wrote
1984
CHiPs
1977
Mrs. Columbo
1979
Trapper John, M.D.
1979
L.A. Law
1986
Starsky & Hutch
1975
Ghost Whisperer
2005
The Division
2001
Sons & Daughters
2006
Simon & Simon
1981
Bones
2005
The Twilight Zone
1985
The Office
2005
Cold Case
2003
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
Hotel
1982
Without a Trace
2002
Criminal Minds
2005
Hart to Hart
1979
JAG
1995
Close to Home
2005
Ally McBeal
1997
Skag
1980
Police Woman
1974
Together We Stand
1986
Police Story
1973
Saving Grace
2007
The New Lassie
1989
P.S. I Luv U
1991
Ellery Queen
1975
The San Pedro Beach Bums
1977
High Sierra Search and Rescue
1995
Paul T. Goldman
2023
Man from Atlantis
1977
Felicity
1998
Switched at Birth
2011
The Whispers
2015
Grey's Anatomy
2005
Taxi
1978
Supernatural
2005
Just Add Magic
2016
Law & Order: LA
2010
9-1-1
2018
Grimm
2011
The Very Very Best of the 70s
2019
Celebrity Ghost Stories
2009
Warehouse 13
2009
Finder of Lost Loves
1984
My Name Is Earl
2005
Shooter
2016
She Spies
2002
Murder, She Wrote
1984
NCIS
2003
Touched by an Angel
1994
Crossing Jordan
2001
Fatal Attraction
2023
You're the Worst
2014
Vanishing Son
1994
Nash Bridges
1996
The Agency
2001
Rebel Highway
1994
Lou Grant
1977