Dee Wallace
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.
Filmography
High Sierra Search and Rescue
1995 · 10.0
If It Bleeds
2025 · 10.0
Skeezer
1982 · 10.0
The Five of Me
1981 · 9.3
Welcome to Werewolfland
2004 · 9.0
Cops n Roberts
1995 · 9.0
Kalamazoo?
2006 · 9.0
The Office
2005 · 8.6
Supernatural
2005 · 8.3
Criminal Minds
2005 · 8.3
Grimm
2011 · 8.3
Grey's Anatomy
2005 · 8.2
9-1-1
2018 · 8.2
Happy
1983 · 8.2
Bones
2005 · 8.2
Ghost Whisperer
2005 · 8.1
Rebel Highway
1994 · 8.0
American Blend
2006 · 8.0
My Family Treasure
1995 · 8.0
Illusion Infinity
2004 · 8.0
The Christmas Visitor
1987 · 8.0
Together We Stand
1986 · 7.8
Cold Case
2003 · 7.7
The Twilight Zone
1985 · 7.7
Just Add Magic
2016 · 7.7
The Mother of Invention
2009 · 7.7
Roswell Delirium
2025 · 7.7
Warehouse 13
2009 · 7.7
My Name Is Earl
2005 · 7.6
NCIS
2003 · 7.6
Murder, She Wrote
1984 · 7.5
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
1982 · 7.5
Switched at Birth
2011 · 7.5
She Spies
2002 · 7.5
Ellery Queen
1975 · 7.5
Brothers' Destiny
1995 · 7.5
Lou Grant
1977 · 7.4
Saving Grace
2007 · 7.4
Starsky & Hutch
1975 · 7.4
You're the Worst
2014 · 7.4
Taxi
1978 · 7.3
JAG
1995 · 7.3
Without a Trace
2002 · 7.2
Shooter
2016 · 7.2
Touched by an Angel
1994 · 7.2
Crossing Jordan
2001 · 7.2
Love's Deadly Triangle: The Texas Cadet Murder
1997 · 7.2
The Boroughs
2026 · 7.2
The Division
2001 · 7.1
The Streets of San Francisco
1972 · 7.1
Love & Mercy
2015 · 7.1
L.A. Law
1986 · 7.0
Police Story
1973 · 7.0
Skag
1980 · 7.0
The Legend of Catclaws Mountain
2024 · 7.0
A Whale for the Killing
1981 · 7.0
Addicted to His Love
1988 · 7.0
The Loch Ness Monster
2005 · 7.0
Unleashing the Beast: Making ‘The Howling’
2003 · 7.0
The Frighteners
1996 · 7.0
Hart to Hart
1979 · 6.9
The Agency
2001 · 6.9
The New Lassie
1989 · 6.9
Law & Order: LA
2010 · 6.8
CHiPs
1977 · 6.8
Finder of Lost Loves
1984 · 6.8
Vanishing Son
1994 · 6.8
Hotel
1982 · 6.7
Simon & Simon
1981 · 6.7
The Whispers
2015 · 6.7
Secret Admirer
1985 · 6.7
Every Other Holiday
2018 · 6.7
Day 14
2020 · 6.7
The Stepford Wives
1975 · 6.7
The Howling
1981 · 6.6
Felicity
1998 · 6.6
Nash Bridges
1996 · 6.6
Trapper John, M.D.
1979 · 6.6
Christmas in Louisiana
2019 · 6.6
Ally McBeal
1997 · 6.5
Police Woman
1974 · 6.5
Mrs. Columbo
1979 · 6.5
Sons & Daughters
2006 · 6.5
Child Bride of Short Creek
1981 · 6.5
Man from Atlantis
1977 · 6.5
Critters
1986 · 6.5
P.S. I Luv U
1991 · 6.4
Sunrise in Heaven
2019 · 6.4
Extraordinary Measures
2010 · 6.3
Paul T. Goldman
2023 · 6.3
Halloween
2007 · 6.2
The House of the Devil
2009 · 6.2
Rock-A-Doodle
1991 · 6.2
Moment of Truth: Cradle of Conspiracy
1994 · 6.2
Huck and the King of Hearts
1994 · 6.2
Cujo
1983 · 6.2
The Hills Have Eyes
1977 · 6.2
Fatal Attraction
2023 · 6.1
Renovation of the Heart
2019 · 6.1
Jimmy the Kid
1982 · 6.1
Matchmaker Mary
2008 · 6.0
Babysitters Beware
2009 · 6.0
Bonnie & Clyde: Justified
2013 · 6.0
Runaway Daughters
1994 · 6.0
The Fuzz
2017 · 6.0
Fish Don't Blink
2002 · 6.0
Grand Piano
2013 · 6.0
Close to Home
2005 · 5.9
Jingle Belle
2018 · 5.9
The Haunted World of El Superbeasto
2009 · 5.9
Sex and the Teenage Mind
2002 · 5.9
Critters Attack!
2020 · 5.9
10
1979 · 5.8
Popcorn
1991 · 5.8
3 from Hell
2019 · 5.8
Best of the Best 3: No Turning Back
1995 · 5.6
Every Time a Bell Rings
2021 · 5.6
The Wrong Teacher
2018 · 5.6
Lightning in a Bottle
1993 · 5.6
Vanishing Son IV
1994 · 5.6
The Munsters
2022 · 5.6
The San Pedro Beach Bums
1977 · 5.5
The Lords of Salem
2013 · 5.5
Nevada
1997 · 5.4
The Little Mermaid
2023 · 5.4
The Lost
2006 · 5.4
Nix
2022 · 5.3
Critters 3
1991 · 5.3
Ouija House
2018 · 5.3
The Nest
2021 · 5.3
Pirates of the Plain
1999 · 5.3
Bone Dry
2007 · 5.3
The Phoenix and the Magic Carpet
1995 · 5.3
Stream
2024 · 5.3
Jeepers Creepers: Reborn
2022 · 5.2
Southern Scares
2026 · 5.2
The Boy from Below
2025 · 5.2
Love by Design
2023 · 5.2
Here Come the Munsters
1995 · 5.2
Bad As I Wanna Be: The Dennis Rodman Story
1998 · 5.2
Stranger on My Land
1988 · 5.2
Shadow Play
1986 · 5.2
The Guardian
2010 · 5.2
Rescue Me
1993 · 5.2
Headspace
2005 · 5.1
Killer Instinct
2001 · 5.1
Exit Humanity
2011 · 5.1
All Hallow's Eve
2016 · 5.1
13 Fanboy
2021 · 5.1
Invisible Mom
1996 · 5.1
Sin of Innocence
1986 · 5.1
The Secret War of Jackie's Girls
1980 · 5.0
Wait Till Your Mother Gets Home
1983 · 5.0
I Take These Men
1983 · 5.0
Witness to the Execution
1994 · 5.0
Black Circle Boys
1997 · 5.0
Search and Rescue
1994 · 5.0
Beyond the Sky
2018 · 5.0
Night of the Living Dead
2026 · 4.9
Last Night on Earth
2024 · 4.9
I'm Dangerous Tonight
1990 · 4.9
The Plague
2006 · 4.9
The Gift of Christmas
2020 · 4.9
My Stepbrother Is a Vampire!?!
2013 · 4.9
Curse of the Weeping Woman: J-ok'el
2007 · 4.9
Alligator 2: The Mutation
1991 · 4.9
Stay Cool
2011 · 4.8
Scar
2005 · 4.8
Abominable
2006 · 4.8
Boo
2005 · 4.8
Invisible Mom II
1999 · 4.8
Discretion Assured
1994 · 4.7
A Month of Sundays
2001 · 4.7
Hansel & Gretel
2013 · 4.7
She's No Angel
2002 · 4.5
Out of the Black
2001 · 4.5
As High as the Sky
2013 · 4.5
Incubus: New Beginnings
2023 · 4.5
Expiration Date
2006 · 4.4
RoboCroc
2013 · 4.4
Water Rites
2026 · 4.3
Collision Course
2012 · 4.3
Haunting of Cellblock 11
2014 · 4.3
Club Life
1986 · 4.2
Voodoo Moon
2006 · 4.2
Skeletons
1997 · 4.2
The Boarder
2012 · 4.2
Red Christmas
2016 · 4.2
Walk a Mile in My Pradas
2011 · 4.2
Suburban Beat
1985 · 4.2
Await the Dawn
2020 · 4.1
Subliminal Seduction
1996 · 4.0
Time Pirates
2022 · 4.0
Models vs. Werewolves
2026 · 4.0
Mutual Needs
1999 · 4.0
All the King's Horses
1977 · 4.0
Alone in the Dark
1993 · 4.0
Bad Actress
2011 · 3.9
Legend of the White Horse
1987 · 3.9
Ayla
2017 · 3.9
Dolls
2019 · 3.8
Temptress
1995 · 3.8
Ejecta
2014 · 3.8
The Christmas Path
1998 · 3.7
Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch
2025 · 3.7
Death House
2018 · 3.7
Happy in the Valley
2009 · 3.6
Raven
2010 · 3.5
Zombie Killers: Elephant's Graveyard
2015 · 3.5
The Blue Rose
2007 · 3.5
Bedrooms
2010 · 3.3
Little Red Devil
2008 · 3.3
2 Bedroom 1 Bath
2014 · 3.3
Dark Fields
2009 · 3.2
The Skateboard Kid II
1995 · 3.2
Dead End Road
2004 · 3.2
This Old Machine
2017 · 3.2
Ted Bunny
2026 · 3.0
House of Dolls
2023 · 3.0
The Eden Formula
2006 · 2.8
Pound of Flesh
2011 · 2.2
25 Miles to Normal
2026 · 2.0
Sebastian
2012 · 2.0
Charlie's Gift
2016 · 2.0
Stem Cell
2009 · 2.0
Sam Steele and the Crystal Chalice
2011 · 1.0
Flowers in December
2015 · 1.0
Godmother
2026 · 0.0
Closure
2018 · 0.0
Night of the Rising Dead
2026 · 0.0
The Licked Hand
— · 0.0
Unhallowed
— · 0.0
The Junior Spy Agency
2011 · 0.0
90 Hari Sebelum Cinta Pergi
2023 · 0.0
The Pitchfork Retreat
2025 · 0.0
Campfire
— · 0.0
Aliens from Uranus
2012 · 0.0
Lena's Dance
2023 · 0.0
Courageous Warriors Beauty from the Ashes
2021 · 0.0
After Emma
2018 · 0.0
Between Heaven and Hell
2010 · 0.0
Curse of Vandor
— · 0.0
Bits
— · 0.0
The Shepherd
1984 · 0.0
Soupernatural
2010 · 0.0
Margarine Wars
2012 · 0.0
Snow Moon: Cinderella Chronicles Saga
2014 · 0.0
Fuzz Track City
2012 · 0.0