Dee Wallace
Known for: Acting
Born: December 14, 1948
Place of birth: Kansas City, Kansas, USA
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.
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Filmography
223 movies · 62 TV shows, newest first
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Godmother
2026
4.9
Night of the Living Dead
2026
2.0
25 Miles to Normal
2026
NR
Models vs. Werewolves
2026
7.2
The Boroughs
2026
3.0
Ted Bunny
2026
5.9
Southern Scares
2026
4.3
Water Rites
2026
NR
The Pitchfork Retreat
2025
10.0
If It Bleeds
2025
6.5
The Boy from Below
2025
3.7
Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch
2025
5.0
The Lies We Bury
2025
7.5
Roswell Delirium
2025
5.4
Stream
2024
5.1
Last Night on Earth
2024
7.0
The Legend of Catclaws Mountain
2024
3.0
House of Dolls
2023
5.2
Love by Design
2023
5.4
The Little Mermaid
2023
6.1
Fatal Attraction
2023
NR
Lena's Dance
2023
4.5
Incubus: New Beginnings
2023
NR
90 Hari Sebelum Cinta Pergi
2023
6.3
Paul T. Goldman
2023
7.5
In Search of Darkness: Part III
2022
5.5
Nix
2022
5.6
The Munsters
2022
5.3
Jeepers Creepers: Reborn
2022
4.0
Time Pirates
2022
6.0
Making I'm Dangerous Tonight
2022
7.2
Killer Design
2022
6.7
In Search of Tomorrow
2022
5.6
Every Time a Bell Rings
2021
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Courageous Warriors Beauty from the Ashes
2021
5.0
13 Fanboy
2021
5.3
The Nest
2021
NR
Rondo and Bob
2020
6.0
Critters Attack!
2020
4.9
The Gift of Christmas
2020
6.5
Stay Home
2020
4.0
Await the Dawn
2020
6.7
Day 14
2020
3.0
Six feet of separation
2020
6.6
Christmas in Louisiana
2019
5.8
3 from Hell
2019
6.0
To Hell and Back: The Making of 3 From Hell
2019
6.1
Renovation of the Heart
2019
6.8
The Wrong Mommy
2019
3.8
Dolls
2019NR
The Very Very Best of the 70s
2019
6.4
Sunrise in Heaven
2019
5.6
The Wrong Teacher
2018NR
After Emma
2018
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They Bite!: The Making of Critters
2018
5.9
Jingle Belle
2018
6.7
Every Other Holiday
2018
4.9
Beyond the Sky
2018
5.3
Ouija House
2018
3.7
Death House
2018
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Closure
2018
8.2
9-1-1
2018
3.2
This Old Machine
2017
7.0
Horror Movie: A Low Budget Nightmare
2017
3.9
Ayla
2017
6.0
The Fuzz
2017
6.0
Midnight Madness: The Making of "Popcorn"
2017
2.0
Charlie's Gift
2016
7.2
Shooter
2016
5.1
All Hallow's Eve
2016
4.2
Red Christmas
2016
7.7
Just Add Magic
2016
9.0
The Abundance Factor
20151.0
Flowers in December
2015
6.7
The Whispers
2015
7.1
Love & Mercy
2015
3.5
Zombie Killers: Elephant's Graveyard
2015
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Horror Icon: Inside Michael's Mask with Tony Moran
2015
3.8
Ejecta
2014
7.4
You're the Worst
2014
4.3
Haunting of Cellblock 11
2014
3.3
2 Bedroom 1 Bath
2014NR
Snow Moon: Cinderella Chronicles Saga
2014
6.0
Bonnie & Clyde: Justified
2013
6.0
Grand Piano
2013
4.9
My Stepbrother Is a Vampire!?!
2013
4.5
RoboCroc
2013
5.4
The Lords of Salem
2013
4.5
As High as the Sky
2013
4.7
Hansel & Gretel
2013
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Aliens from Uranus
20125.5
I Heart Monster Movies
2012
10.0
The 'E.T.' Journals
2012
4.3
The Boarder
2012
2.0
Sebastian
2012
NR
Fuzz Track City
2012
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Margarine Wars
2012
4.3
Collision Course
2012
7.5
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012
1.0
Sam Steele and the Crystal Chalice
2011
4.2
Walk a Mile in My Pradas
2011
8.3
Grimm
2011
5.2
Exit Humanity
2011
4.8
Stay Cool
2011
7.5
Switched at Birth
2011
2.2
Pound of Flesh
2011
3.9
Bad Actress
2011
NR
The Junior Spy Agency
2011NR
Between Heaven and Hell
20105.2
The Guardian
2010
6.8
Law & Order: LA
2010
3.5
Raven
2010NR
Soupernatural
2010
6.3
Extraordinary Measures
2010
3.3
Bedrooms
2010
6.3
Babysitters Beware
2009
6.2
The House of the Devil
2009
3.2
Dark Fields
2009
7.3
Celebrity Ghost Stories
2009
5.9
The Haunted World of El Superbeasto
2009
7.7
Warehouse 13
2009
7.7
The Mother of Invention
2009
2.0
Stem Cell
2009
3.6
Happy in the Valley
2009
6.5
Michael Lives: The Making of Halloween
2008
6.0
Matchmaker Mary
2008
3.3
Little Red Devil
2008
3.5
The Blue Rose
2007
5.0
Dog Days: The Making of 'Cujo'
2007
6.2
Halloween
2007
7.4
Saving Grace
2007
6.0
The Return of the Living Dead: The Decade of Darkness
2007
5.3
Bone Dry
2007
4.9
Curse of the Weeping Woman: J-ok'el
20078.0
American Blend
2006
4.9
The Plague
2006
2.8
The Eden Formula
2006
4.2
Voodoo Moon
2006
4.8
Abominable
2006
9.0
Kalamazoo?
2006
5.4
The Lost
2006
6.5
Sons & Daughters
20068.2
Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills
2006
4.4
Expiration Date
2006
8.1
Ghost Whisperer
2005
8.3
Criminal Minds
2005
5.9
Close to Home
2005
7.6
My Name Is Earl
2005
5.1
Headspace
2005
8.2
Bones
2005
8.3
Supernatural
2005
4.8
Scar
2005
4.9
Boo
2005
7.0
The Loch Ness Monster
2005
8.2
Grey's Anatomy
2005
8.6
The Office
2005
3.3
Dead End Road
2004
9.0
Welcome to Werewolfland
2004
5.1
The Perfect Husband: The Laci Peterson Story
2004
8.0
Illusion Infinity
2004
7.7
Cold Case
2003
6.3
Looking Back at 'The Hills Have Eyes'
2003
7.6
NCIS
2003
7.0
Unleashing the Beast: Making ‘The Howling’
2003
7.2
Without a Trace
2002
7.6
She Spies
2002
6.0
Fish Don't Blink
2002
7.3
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 20th Anniversary Special
2002
4.5
She's No Angel
2002
5.7
Sex and the Teenage Mind
2002
6.9
The Agency
2001
7.2
Crossing Jordan
2001
4.7
A Month of Sundays
2001
4.5
Out of the Black
2001
5.1
Killer Instinct
2001
7.1
The Division
2001
5.3
Pirates of the Plain
1999
4.8
Invisible Mom II
1999
3.0
To Love, Honor, & Betray
1999
4.0
Mutual Needs
1999
8.5
The Making of 'The Frighteners'
1998
6.5
Felicity
1998
5.3
Bad As I Wanna Be: The Dennis Rodman Story
1998
3.7
The Christmas Path
1998
6.5
Ally McBeal
1997
4.2
Skeletons
1997
5.4
Nevada
1997
7.2
Love's Deadly Triangle: The Texas Cadet Murder
1997
6.7
The Perfect Mother
1997
5.0
Black Circle Boys
1997
7.4
The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'
1996
7.0
The Frighteners
1996
6.6
Nash Bridges
1996
5.1
Invisible Mom
1996
4.0
Subliminal Seduction
1996
5.3
The Phoenix and the Magic Carpet
1995
3.8
Temptress
1995
7.3
JAG
1995
10.0
High Sierra Search and Rescue
1995
8.0
My Family Treasure
1995
5.6
Best of the Best 3: No Turning Back
1995
5.2
Here Come the Munsters
1995
3.3
The Skateboard Kid II
1995
7.5
Brothers' Destiny
1995
9.0
Cops n Roberts
1995
5.6
Vanishing Son IV
1994
7.2
Touched by an Angel
1994
6.0
Runaway Daughters
1994
4.5
Discretion Assured
1994
8.0
Rebel Highway
1994
6.2
Moment of Truth: Cradle of Conspiracy
1994
5.0
Search and Rescue
1994
6.8
Vanishing Son
1994
5.0
Witness to the Execution
1994
6.3
Huck and the King of Hearts
1994
5.6
Prophet of Evil: The Ervil LeBaron Story
1993
5.6
Lightning in a Bottle
19934.0
Alone in the Dark
1993
5.0
Rescue Me
1992
5.3
Critters 3
19912.0
The Horror Hall of Fame II
1991
6.4
P.S. I Luv U
1991
6.2
Rock-A-Doodle
1991
4.9
Alligator 2: The Mutation
1991
5.8
Popcorn
1991
4.9
I'm Dangerous Tonight
1990
7.1
The New Lassie
1989
7.0
Addicted to His Love
1988
5.2
Stranger on My Land
1988
8.0
The Christmas Visitor
1987
3.9
Legend of the White Horse
1987
6.0
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
19877.8
Together We Stand
1986
5.2
Shadow Play
1986
7.1
L.A. Law
1986
6.5
Critters
1986
5.1
Sin of Innocence
1986
4.2
Club Life
1986
6.1
Hostage Flight
1985
7.7
The Twilight Zone
1985
4.3
Suburban Beat
1985
6.7
Secret Admirer
1985
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
1984
6.8
Finder of Lost Loves
1984
4.5
The Sky's No Limit
1984NR
The Shepherd
1984
8.3
Happy
1983
6.2
Cujo
1983
5.6
Wait Till Your Mother Gets Home
1983
5.0
I Take These Men
1983
10.0
Skeezer
1982
6.1
Jimmy the Kid
1982
6.8
Hotel
1982
7.5
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
1982
6.5
Child Bride of Short Creek
1981
6.7
Simon & Simon
1981
9.3
The Five of Me
1981
7.0
A Whale for the Killing
1981
6.6
The Howling
1981
5.0
The Secret War of Jackie's Girls
19807.0
Skag
1980
10.0
Young Love, First Love
1979
5.8
10
1979
6.6
Trapper John, M.D.
1979
6.9
Hart to Hart
1979
6.5
Mrs. Columbo
1979
7.3
Taxi
1978
6.4
Man from Atlantis
1977
7.4
Lou Grant
1977
5.5
The San Pedro Beach Bums
1977
6.8
CHiPs
1977
6.2
The Hills Have Eyes
19774.0
All the King's Horses
1977
7.5
Ellery Queen
1975
7.3
Starsky & Hutch
1975
6.7
The Stepford Wives
1975
6.4
Police Woman
1974
7.0
Police Story
1973
7.1
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
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Unhallowed
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Campfire
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Bits
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Curse of Vandor
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Howl: Inside the Forest Hills
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The Licked Hand
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