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
2007
The Office
2011
NCIS
2018
Supernatural
2016
Criminal Minds
2008
Bones
2006
JAG
1997
9-1-1
2021
Grimm
2014
Without a Trace
2006
Murder, She Wrote
1989
Crossing Jordan
2005

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
286
Producing
3
2026
25 Miles to Normal
as Deborah
2026
Water Rites
as Caroline
2026
Ted Bunny
as Catherine
2026
Godmother
as Mrs. Martinson
2026
Models vs. Werewolves
2026
Night of the Living Dead
as Maggie
2026
Southern Scares
as Myra
2026
The Boroughs
as Grace
2025
Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch
as Alice Cassidy
2025
The Pitchfork Retreat
as Helen
2025
Roswell Delirium
as Betty
2025
If It Bleeds
as Kelly
2025
The Lies We Bury
as Lynn Wright
2025
The Boy from Below
as Sybil
2024
Stream
as Linda Spring
2024
The Legend of Catclaws Mountain
as Maggie Porter
2024
Last Night on Earth
as Carla
2023
Incubus: New Beginnings
as Zura Valentine
2023
The Little Mermaid
as Sea Witch Revina (voice)
2023
Lena's Dance
as Lena Swain
2023
House of Dolls
as Celine Charles
2023
Love by Design
as Diane Yeardly
2023
90 Hari Sebelum Cinta Pergi
2023
Paul T. Goldman
as Terri Jay
2023
Fatal Attraction
as Emma Rauch
2022
In Search of Darkness: Part III
as Self
2022
The Munsters
as Good Morning Transylvania Host
2022
Killer Design
as Elana
2022
Making I'm Dangerous Tonight
as Herself
2022
Time Pirates
as The Crone
2022
Jeepers Creepers: Reborn
as Marie
2022
In Search of Tomorrow
as Self - Interviewee
2022
Nix
as Donna
2021
Every Time a Bell Rings
as Donna
2021
Courageous Warriors Beauty from the Ashes
as Narrator
2021
13 Fanboy
as Dee Wallace
2021
The Nest
as Marissa
2021
9-1-1
as Margaret Buckley
2020
Six feet of separation
as Self
2020
Critters Attack!
as Dee
2020
Await the Dawn
as Annie
2020
Day 14
2020
Stay Home
as Herself
2020
The Gift of Christmas
as Ellen Rodgers
2020
Rondo and Bob
as Self
2019
Sunrise in Heaven
as Marion
2019
3 from Hell
as Greta
2019
Dolls
as Margaret
2019
Christmas in Louisiana
as Doris
2019
To Hell and Back: The Making of 3 From Hell
as Self
2019
Renovation of the Heart
as Diane Dover
2019
The Wrong Mommy
as Carol
2019
The Very Very Best of the 70s
as Self - Commentator
2018
After Emma
2018
Death House
as Dr. Eileen Fletcher
2018
Beyond the Sky
as Lucille
2018
Ouija House
as Katherine Fields
2018
Every Other Holiday
as Mimi
2018
Jingle Belle
as Shelby
2018
The Wrong Teacher
as Dr. Smith
2018
They Bite!: The Making of Critters
as Self
2018
Closure
as The Superior
2018
Shooter
as Katherine Mayfield
2018
NCIS
as Claire Hall
2017
Ayla
as Susan
2017
The Fuzz
as Dawn Lockwood
2017
This Old Machine
as Irene
2017
Horror Movie: A Low Budget Nightmare
as Self
2017
Midnight Madness: The Making of "Popcorn"
as Self
2017
You're the Worst
as Gail
2016
Charlie's Gift
2016
Red Christmas
as Diane
2016
All Hallow's Eve
as Haidy Hallow
2016
Supernatural
as Mildred Baker
2016
Just Add Magic
as Grandma
2015
Zombie Killers: Elephant's Graveyard
as Sharon Sommers
2015
Flowers in December
as Hannah
2015
The Abundance Factor
as Herself
2015
Horror Icon: Inside Michael's Mask with Tony Moran
as Self
2015
Love & Mercy
as Rosemary (uncredited)
2015
The Whispers
as Willie Starling (Grammy)
2014
Snow Moon: Cinderella Chronicles Saga
as Gram Pearl
2014
2 Bedroom 1 Bath
as Rose
2014
Haunting of Cellblock 11
as Ms. Simon
2014
Ejecta
as Ashley Winnington-Ball (uncredited)
2014
Grimm
as Alice
2013
The Lords of Salem
as Sonny
2013
As High as the Sky
as Aunt Deborah (voice)
2013
Hansel & Gretel
as Lilith
2013
RoboCroc
as Dr. Riley
2013
Grand Piano
as Marjorie Green
2013
Bonnie & Clyde: Justified
as Emma
2013
My Stepbrother Is a Vampire!?!
as Tabitha the Cat (voice)
2012
Collision Course
as Polly
2012
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
as (archive footage)
2012
Fuzz Track City
as Dawn Lockwood
2012
I Heart Monster Movies
as Self
2012
Sebastian
as Barbara Sample
2012
The Boarder
as Elizabeth
2012
The 'E.T.' Journals
as Self
2012
Margarine Wars
as Madge Havershank
2012
Aliens from Uranus
as Olga
2012
Switched at Birth
as Lorena McGowen
2012
Celebrity Ghost Stories
as Self
2012
Warehouse 13
as Mrs. Garner
2011
Stay Cool
as Mrs. McCarthy
2011
Pound of Flesh
as Dean Jean Clark
2011
Exit Humanity
as Eve
2011
Sam Steele and the Crystal Chalice
as Ms. Jenkins
2011
Bad Actress
as Dee Wallace
2011
The Junior Spy Agency
as Ms. Jenkins
2011
Walk a Mile in My Pradas
as Mary
2011
The Office
as Ellen Bernard
2010
Bedrooms
as Marnie
2010
The Guardian
as Mom
2010
Extraordinary Measures
as Sal
2010
Raven
as LuAnne
2010
Between Heaven and Hell
as Dr. Isabel Greenlee
2010
Soupernatural
as Mrs. Conners
2010
Law & Order: LA
as Ellen Powell
2009
The Haunted World of El Superbeasto
as Trixie (voice)
2009
The House of the Devil
as Landlady
2009
Dark Fields
as Jean Applebe
2009
Stem Cell
as The Healer
2009
The Mother of Invention
as Nancy Dooly
2009
Happy in the Valley
as Gloria
2009
Babysitters Beware
as Ms. Greene
2008
Matchmaker Mary
as Aunt Karen
2008
Little Red Devil
as Mother
2008
Michael Lives: The Making of Halloween
as Self
2008
Criminal Minds
as Dr. Jan Mohikian
2008
Saving Grace
as Janice Shapiro
2007
Halloween
as Cynthia Strode
2007
Bone Dry
as Joanne
2007
Curse of the Weeping Woman: J-ok'el
as Helen Moret
2007
Dog Days: The Making of 'Cujo'
as Self
2007
The Return of the Living Dead: The Decade of Darkness
as Self
2007
The Blue Rose
as Mrs. Garrison
2007
Ghost Whisperer
as Claire Taylor
2007
Grey's Anatomy
as Joan Waring
2007
My Name Is Earl
as Governor Katherine Hazelwood
2006
Abominable
as Ethel Hoss
2006
Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills
as Self
2006
The Plague
as Nora
2006
Expiration Date
as Lucille
2006
The Eden Formula
as Rhonda
2006
Kalamazoo?
as Susan
2006
The Lost
as Barbara Hanlon
2006
Voodoo Moon
as Mary-Ann
2006
American Blend
as Jayme
2006
Sons & Daughters
as Colleen Halbert
2006
Bones
as Special Agent Callie Warner
2006
Without a Trace
as Lara Duncan
2006
Close to Home
as Joan Monroe
2005
Headspace
as Dr. Denise Bell
2005
Scar
as Isabella
2005
Boo
as Nurse Russell
2005
The Loch Ness Monster
as Elizabeth Horner
2005
Cold Case
as Charlotte Jones
2005
Crossing Jordan
as Lorraine Heeley
2004
The Perfect Husband: The Laci Peterson Story
as Sharon Rocha
2004
Welcome to Werewolfland
2004
Dead End Road
as Mrs. Makepiece
2004
Illusion Infinity
as Patricia (as Dee Wallace Stone)
2003
Looking Back at 'The Hills Have Eyes'
as Self
2003
Unleashing the Beast: Making ‘The Howling’
2003
The Agency
as Doris, Quinn's Sister
2002
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 20th Anniversary Special
as Self
2002
Sex and the Teenage Mind
as Francine Heitmeyer
2002
Fish Don't Blink
as Dr. Roswell
2002
She's No Angel
as Maureen Shawnessy
2002
The Division
as Paula Meeks
2002
She Spies
as Daphne
2001
Killer Instinct
as Sarah Fairchild
2001
Out of the Black
as Penny Hart
2001
A Month of Sundays
as Sarah McCabe
2001
Felicity
as Allison Covington
1999
To Love, Honor, & Betray
as Julia Brennan (as Dee Wallace Stone)
1999
Invisible Mom II
as Laura Griffin (as Dee Wallace-Stone)
1999
Pirates of the Plain
as Glenna (as Dee Wallace-Stone)
1999
Mutual Needs
as Patricia
1999
Ally McBeal
as Gail Clarkson
1999
Nash Bridges
as Susan Martin
1998
Bad As I Wanna Be: The Dennis Rodman Story
as Rodman's stepmother
1998
The Making of 'The Frighteners'
as Self
1998
The Christmas Path
as Jenny
1997
Black Circle Boys
as Barbara Sullivan
1997
Love's Deadly Triangle: The Texas Cadet Murder
as Linda Jones
1997
Skeletons
as Heather Crane
1997
Nevada
as Ruby (as Dee Wallace Stone)
1997
The Perfect Mother
as Gina Mitrou
1997
JAG
as Adele DeLong
1997
Touched by an Angel
as Sandra Browner
1996
The Frighteners
as Patricia Bradley
1996
The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'
as Self
1996
Invisible Mom
as Laura Griffin
1996
Subliminal Seduction
as Sissy Bonner
1995
Best of the Best 3: No Turning Back
as Georgia
1995
The Phoenix and the Magic Carpet
as Mother
1995
The Skateboard Kid II
as Lois Curtis
1995
Temptress
as Allison Mackie
1995
Brothers' Destiny
as Lucille Bastian
1995
Here Come the Munsters
as Mrs. Walker
1995
Cops n Roberts
1995
My Family Treasure
as Alex Danieloff
1994
Runaway Daughters
as Mrs. Gordon
1994
Huck and the King of Hearts
as Darlene
1994
Search and Rescue
as Morgan
1994
Witness to the Execution
as Emily Dawson (as Dee Wallace-Stone)
1994
Vanishing Son IV
as Megan
1994
Moment of Truth: Cradle of Conspiracy
as Suzanne Guthrie (as Dee Wallace-Stone)
1994
Discretion Assured
as Kitten
1994
High Sierra Search and Rescue
1994
Vanishing Son
as Megan
1994
Rebel Highway
as Mrs. Gordon
1993
Rescue Me
as Sarah Sweeney
1993
Prophet of Evil: The Ervil LeBaron Story
as Jackie Fields (as Dee Wallace-Stone)
1993
Alone in the Dark
as Linda Grant (as Dee Wallace Stone)
1993
Lightning in a Bottle
as Jean Markley
1992
L.A. Law
as Elaine Weston
1991
Alligator 2: The Mutation
as Christine Hodges
1991
Popcorn
as Suzanne
1991
Rock-A-Doodle
as Dory (voice)
1991
Critters 3
as Mom (archive footage)
1991
The Horror Hall of Fame II
as Self - Presenter
1991
P.S. I Luv U
1991
Murder, She Wrote
as Ellen Wicker
1990
I'm Dangerous Tonight
as Wanda
1989
Murder, She Wrote
as Mildred Terhune
1989
The New Lassie
as Dee McCullough
1988
Addicted to His Love
as Betty Ann Brennan
1988
Stranger on My Land
as Annie Whitman
1987
The Christmas Visitor
as Elizabeth O'Day
1987
Legend of the White Horse
as Alta (as Dee Wallace-Stone)
1987
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
as Self
1986
Critters
as Helen Brown
1986
Club Life
as Tilly Francesca
1986
Sin of Innocence
as Vicki McGary
1986
Shadow Play
as Morgan Hanna
1986
Together We Stand
as Lori Randall
1985
Secret Admirer
as Connie Ryan
1985
Hostage Flight
as Laura Kenrick
1985
Suburban Beat
as Joanna
1985
Simon & Simon
1985
The Twilight Zone
as (segment "Wish Bank")
1985
Finder of Lost Loves
as Gail Aames
1984
The Shepherd
1984
The Sky's No Limit
as Dr. Maureen Harris
1984
Hotel
1983
Cujo
as Donna Trenton
1983
Wait Till Your Mother Gets Home
as Pat Peters
1983
I Take These Men
as Elaine Zakarian
1983
Happy
as Marilyn
1982
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
as Mary
1982
Jimmy the Kid
as May
1982
Skeezer
as Lucille
1981
The Howling
as Karen White
1981
A Whale for the Killing
as Janet Landon
1981
The Five of Me
as Ann
1981
Child Bride of Short Creek
as Mary Jacobs
1980
The Secret War of Jackie's Girls
as Maxine
1980
Skag
1979
10
as Mary Lewis
1979
Young Love, First Love
as Leslie
1979
Mrs. Columbo
1979
Trapper John, M.D.
1979
Hart to Hart
as Connie
1979
Taxi
as Joyce
1978
CHiPs
1978
Police Story
1978
Lou Grant
as Patti Oxley
1977
The Hills Have Eyes
as Lynne Wood
1977
All the King's Horses
as Sandy Benson
1977
Starsky & Hutch
1977
Police Woman
1977
The San Pedro Beach Bums
1977
Man from Atlantis
as Hot Dog Stand Owner (as Dee Wallace-Stone)
1975
The Stepford Wives
as Nettie the Maid
1975
The Streets of San Francisco
1975
Ellery Queen
Unhallowed
as Rita Harrison
Campfire
as Mrs. Hallowell
Bits
as Fallen One
Curse of Vandor
as Ethel Gordon
Howl: Inside the Forest Hills
as Self
The Licked Hand
as Eleanor