Dee Wallace
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.
As actor 285
Ally McBeal
1997
NCIS
2003
Grey's Anatomy
2005
Supernatural
2005
Criminal Minds
2005
Bones
2005
The Office
2005
JAG
1995
9-1-1
2018
Grimm
2011
Ghost Whisperer
2005
Without a Trace
2002
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Cold Case
2003
Crossing Jordan
2001
L.A. Law
1986
My Name Is Earl
2005
Taxi
1978
Warehouse 13
2009
Touched by an Angel
1994
Nash Bridges
1996
Simon & Simon
1981
Starsky & Hutch
1975
Hart to Hart
1979
Felicity
1998
The Twilight Zone
1985
Switched at Birth
2011
Hotel
1982
The Division
2001
Lou Grant
1977
Police Woman
1974
Shooter
2016
Trapper John, M.D.
1979
Saving Grace
2007
Close to Home
2005
Celebrity Ghost Stories
2009
Police Story
1973
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
She Spies
2002
Law & Order: LA
2010
The Agency
2001
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
1982
The Boroughs
2026
You're the Worst
2014
Ellery Queen
1975
Just Add Magic
2016
Fatal Attraction
2023
CHiPs
1977
Man from Atlantis
1977
Halloween
2007
Finder of Lost Loves
1984
Rebel Highway
1994
Vanishing Son
1994
The Whispers
2015
Mrs. Columbo
1979
Jeepers Creepers: Reborn
2022
The Frighteners
1996
Night of the Living Dead
2026
American Blend
2006
Critters
1986
Cujo
1983
Extraordinary Measures
2010
Rock-A-Doodle
1991
The Hills Have Eyes
1977
The House of the Devil
2009
P.S. I Luv U
1991
3 from Hell
2019
Stay Cool
2011
Paul T. Goldman
2023
The Howling
1981
10
1979
Sons & Daughters
2006
Grand Piano
2013
The Lords of Salem
2013
The Very Very Best of the 70s
2019
Together We Stand
1986
The Munsters
2022
Love & Mercy
2015
The San Pedro Beach Bums
1977
The Stepford Wives
1975
The New Lassie
1989
Secret Admirer
1985
Critters 3
1991
Critters Attack!
2020
Jingle Belle
2018
Bad Actress
2011
Stream
2024
Skag
1980
I'm Dangerous Tonight
1990
Ted Bunny
2026
Voodoo Moon
2006
Happy
1983
Best of the Best 3: No Turning Back
1995
Night of the Rising Dead
2026
Models vs. Werewolves
2026
Bedrooms
2010
Beyond the Sky
2018
Nevada
1997
Rescue Me
1993
Alligator 2: The Mutation
1991
Raven
2010
Subliminal Seduction
1996
Southern Scares
2026
Ouija House
2018
Headspace
2005
Last Night on Earth
2024
Killer Instinct
2001
The E.T. Journals
2012
The Horror Hall of Fame II
1991
Boo
2005
The Haunted World of El Superbeasto
2009
Matchmaker Mary
2008
The Boy from Below
2025
Time Pirates
2022
Club Life
1986
Godmother
2026
Abominable
2006
Water Rites
2026
The Christmas Path
1998
Every Time a Bell Rings
2021
Popcorn
1991
Every Other Holiday
2018
To Love, Honor, & Betray
1999
Dolls
2019
Legend of the White Horse
1987
The Plague
2006
The Wrong Teacher
2018
Nix
2022
The Legend of Catclaws Mountain
2024
Love by Design
2023
Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch
2025
Sex and the Teenage Mind
2002
The Phoenix and the Magic Carpet
1995
Hansel & Gretel
2013
The Little Mermaid
2023
The Perfect Husband: The Laci Peterson Story
2004
Dark Fields
2009
Skeletons
1997
The Nest
2021
Happy in the Valley
2009
Sunrise in Heaven
2019
Discretion Assured
1994
The Gift of Christmas
2020
The Wrong Mommy
2019
The Mother of Invention
2009
Temptress
1995
Here Come the Munsters
1995
Closure
2018
Pirates of the Plain
1999
A Whale for the Killing
1981
Young Love, First Love
1979
Prophet of Evil: The Ervil LeBaron Story
1993
Await the Dawn
2020
High Sierra Search and Rescue
1995
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987
All Hallow's Eve
2016
Renovation of the Heart
2019
Child Bride of Short Creek
1981
Lightning in a Bottle
1993
She's No Angel
2002
Haunting of Cellblock 11
2014
Stranger on My Land
1988
Collision Course
2012
In Search of Tomorrow
2022
Expiration Date
2006
Red Christmas
2016
Campfire
The Boarder
2012
Exit Humanity
2011
Kalamazoo?
2006
90 Hari Sebelum Cinta Pergi
2023
The Christmas Visitor
1987
Death House
2018
A Month of Sundays
2001
The Lost
2006
2 Bedroom 1 Bath
2014
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 20th Anniversary Special
2002
Vanishing Son IV
1994
Six feet of separation
2020
Witness to the Execution
1994
The Skateboard Kid II
1995
Scar
2005
Welcome to Werewolfland
2004
Walk a Mile in My Pradas
2011
Moment of Truth: Cradle of Conspiracy
1994
The Return of the Living Dead: The Decade of Darkness
2007
The Eden Formula
2006
I Heart Monster Movies
2012
My Family Treasure
1995
Addicted to His Love
1988
The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'
1996
Margarine Wars
2012
Michael Lives: The Making of Halloween
2008
The Junior Spy Agency
2011
The Making of 'The Frighteners'
1998
The Five of Me
1981
Rondo and Bob
2020
Bad As I Wanna Be: The Dennis Rodman Story
1998
Love's Deadly Triangle: The Texas Cadet Murder
1997
Sin of Innocence
1986
RoboCroc
2013
I Take These Men
1983
Shadow Play
1986
They Bite!: The Making of Critters
2018
The Blue Rose
2007
Huck and the King of Hearts
1994
Little Red Devil
2008
Out of the Black
2001
Fish Don't Blink
2002
Bonnie & Clyde: Justified
2013
The Pitchfork Retreat
2025
Killer Design
2022
Curse of the Weeping Woman: J-ok'el
2007
As High as the Sky
2013
House of Dolls
2023
Midnight Madness: The Making of "Popcorn"
2017
My Stepbrother Is a Vampire!?!
2013
Bone Dry
2007
The Lies We Bury
2025
To Hell and Back: The Making of 3 From Hell
2019
Dog Days: The Making of 'Cujo'
2007
Ejecta
2014
Wait Till Your Mother Gets Home
1983
13 Fanboy
2021
Hostage Flight
1985
Ayla
2017
Black Circle Boys
1997
The Perfect Mother
1997
The Licked Hand
Babysitters Beware
2009
Zombie Killers: Elephant's Graveyard
2015
Sebastian
2012
Unleashing the Beast: Making ‘The Howling’
2003
Invisible Mom II
1999
Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills
2006
Sam Steele and the Crystal Chalice
2011
Christmas in Louisiana
2019
Lena's Dance
2023
If It Bleeds
2025
In Search of Darkness: Part III
2022
The Loch Ness Monster
2005
Illusion Infinity
2004
Runaway Daughters
1994
Day 14
2020
25 Miles to Normal
2026
The Secret War of Jackie's Girls
1980
Invisible Mom
1996
Looking Back at 'The Hills Have Eyes'
2003
The Sky's No Limit
1984
Roswell Delirium
2025
Aliens from Uranus
2012
Making I'm Dangerous Tonight
2022
Cops n Roberts
1995
Snow Moon: Cinderella Chronicles Saga
2014
Fuzz Track City
2012
Horror Movie: A Low Budget Nightmare
2017
Horror Icon: Inside Michael's Mask with Tony Moran
2015
Curse of Vandor
Search and Rescue
1994
Flowers in December
2015
Unhallowed
Courageous Warriors Beauty from the Ashes
2021
Jimmy the Kid
1982
Mutual Needs
1999
This Old Machine
2017
Pound of Flesh
2011
Alone in the Dark
1993
After Emma
2018
The Shepherd
1984
Charlie's Gift
2016
All the King's Horses
1977
Howl: Inside the Forest Hills
Skeezer
1982
Brothers' Destiny
1995
Bits
Stay Home
2020
Between Heaven and Hell
2010
Suburban Beat
1985
The Fuzz
2017
The Abundance Factor
2015
Soupernatural
2010
Incubus: New Beginnings
2023
Stem Cell
2009
Dead End Road
2004
The Guardian
2010