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
Movies
- E.T. the Extra-Terrestr...
1982
- Halloween
2007
- Abominable
2006
- Every Time a Bell Rings
2021
- Critters
1986
- The Frighteners
1996
- Cujo
1983
- Stay Cool
2009
- The Howling
1981
- The Haunted World of El...
2009
- Bone Dry
2007
- Secret Admirer
1985
- After Emma
2018
- E.T. the Extra-Terrestr...
2002
- The Making of 'E.T. the...
1996
- The Hills Have Eyes
1977
- 10
1979
- In Search of Darkness: ...
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 Mutati...
1991
- Butch Cassidy and the W...
2023
- Best of the Best 3: No ...
1995
- Witch's Dungeon: 40 Yea...
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 Bea...
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 ...
1998
- Runaway Daughters
1994
- Bushfire Moon
1987
- The Lords of Salem
2013
- The Phoenix and the Mag...
1995
- The Eden Formula
2006
- Huck and the King of He...
1994
- Matchmaker Mary
2008
- Rescue Me
1992
- Collision Course
2012
- Search and Rescue
1994
- Killer Instinct
2001
- Prophet of Evil: The Er...
1993
- Fish Don't Blink
2002
- The Skateboard Kid II
1995
- As High as the Sky
2013
- Hansel & Gretel
2013
- Love's Deadly Triangle:...
1997
- Final Cut: Hölgyeim és ...
2012
- To Love, Honor, & Betray
1999
- Kalamazoo?
2006
- RoboCroc
2013
- Grand Piano
2013
- Bonnie & Clyde: Justifi...
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
- Sin of Innocence
1986
- House of Dolls
2023
- Unhallowed
- Zombie Killers: Elephan...
2015
- Snow Moon: Cinderella C...
2014
- The Guardian
2010
- Fuzz Track City
2012
- Stem Cell
2009
- Skeletons
1997
- 2 Bedroom 1 Bath
2014
- J-ok'el
2007
- Mutual Needs
1997
- Six feet of separation
2020
- Wait Till Your Mother G...
1983
- A Whale for the Killing
1981
- I'm Dangerous Tonight
1990
- The Pitchfork Retreat
- Addicted to His Love
1988
- Dog Days: The Making of...
2007
- Making I'm Dangerous To...
2022
- All the King's Horses
1977
- The Shepherd
1984
- Alone in the Dark
1993
- Death House
2018
- Legend of the White Hor...
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: Th...
2004
- Roswell Delirium
2025
- The Making of 'The Frig...
1998
- The Forest Hills
2024
- Apparitional
2014
- Campfire
- Little Red Devil
2008
- The Mother of Invention
2009
- Skeezer
1982
- The Return of the Livin...
2007
- Love By Design
2023
- The Lost
2006
- The Legend of Catclaws ...
2024
- Vanishing Son IV
1994
- Sam Steele and the Crys...
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
- Moment of Truth: Cradle...
1994
- Sebastian
2012
- The Secret War of Jacki...
1980
- My Stepbrother Is a Vam...
2013
- Stranger on My Land
1988
- Welcome to Werewolfland
2004
- Out of the Black
2001
- Beyond The Sky
2018
- Boo
2005
- Ejecta
2014
- Raven
2010
- Voodoo Moon
2006
- Dead End Road
2004
- 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 ...
2018
- Looking Back at 'The Hi...
2003
- Horror Movie: A Low Bud...
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 M...
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 Maki...
2008
- Stay Home
2020
- Unleashing the Beast: M...
2003
- The Christmas Path
1998
- Child Bride of Short Cr...
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...
- Critters 3
1991
- 1982: Greatest Geek Yea...
2022
- The Loch Ness Monster
2005
- Soupernatural
2010
- Babysitters Beware
2009
- The Lies We Bury
2025
- Happy 100th Birthday, H...
1987
- The Boy from Below
TV Shows
- 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
- Bones
2005
- Simon & Simon
1981
- The Twilight Zone
1985
- The Office
2005
- Cold Case
2003
- The Streets of San Fran...
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 ...
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 t...
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