Dee Wallace

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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.

Known For

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

Mary

Grey's Anatomy

Joan Waring

Supernatural

Mildred Baker

The Office

Ellen Bernard

Criminal Minds

Dr. Jan Mohikian

Grimm

Alice

Bones

Special Agent Callie Warner

9-1-1

Margaret Buckley

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2026	Ted Bunny MOVIE	Catherine
2026	Water Rites MOVIE	Caroline
2025	The Pitchfork Retreat MOVIE	Helen
2025	If It Bleeds MOVIE	Kelly
2025	The Boy from Below MOVIE	Sybil
2025	Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch MOVIE	Alice Cassidy
2025	The Lies We Bury MOVIE	Lynn Wright
2025	Roswell Delirium MOVIE	Betty
2024	Stream MOVIE	Linda Spring
2024	Last Night on Earth MOVIE	Carla
2024	The Legend of Catclaws Mountain MOVIE	Maggie Porter
2023	House of Dolls MOVIE	Celine Charles
2023	Love by Design MOVIE	Diane Yeardly
2023	The Little Mermaid MOVIE	Sea Witch Revina (voice)
2023	Fatal Attraction TV	Emma Rauch
2023	Lena's Dance MOVIE	Lena Swain
2023	Incubus: New Beginnings MOVIE	Zura Valentine
2023	Paul T. Goldman TV	Terri Jay
2022	In Search of Darkness: Part III MOVIE	Self
2022	Nix MOVIE	Donna
2022	The Munsters MOVIE	Good Morning Transylvania Host
2022	Jeepers Creepers: Reborn MOVIE	Marie
2022	Time Pirates MOVIE	The Crone
2022	Making I'm Dangerous Tonight MOVIE	Herself
2022	Killer Design MOVIE	Elana
2022	In Search of Tomorrow MOVIE	Self - Interviewee
2021	Every Time a Bell Rings MOVIE	Donna
2021	Courageous Warriors Beauty from the Ashes MOVIE	Narrator
2021	13 Fanboy MOVIE	Dee Wallace
2021	The Nest MOVIE	Marissa
2020	Rondo and Bob MOVIE	Self
2020	Critters Attack! MOVIE	Dee
2020	The Gift of Christmas MOVIE	Ellen Rodgers
2020	Stay Home MOVIE	Herself
2020	Await the Dawn MOVIE	Annie
2020	Day 14 MOVIE	Self
2020	Six feet of separation MOVIE	Self
2019	Christmas in Louisiana MOVIE	Doris
2019	3 from Hell MOVIE	Greta
2019	To Hell and Back: The Making of 3 From Hell MOVIE	Self
2019	Renovation of the Heart MOVIE	Diane Dover
2019	The Wrong Mommy MOVIE	Carol
2019	Dolls MOVIE	Margaret
2019	The Very Very Best of the 70s TV	Self - Commentator
2019	Sunrise in Heaven MOVIE	Marion
2018	The Wrong Teacher MOVIE	Dr. Smith
2018	After Emma MOVIE	Self
2018	They Bite!: The Making of Critters MOVIE	Self
2018	Jingle Belle MOVIE	Shelby
2018	Every Other Holiday MOVIE	Mimi
2018	Beyond The Sky MOVIE	Lucille
2018	Ouija House MOVIE	Katherine Fields
2018	Death House MOVIE	Dr. Eileen Fletcher
2018	9-1-1 TV	Margaret Buckley
2017	This Old Machine MOVIE	Irene
2017	Horror Movie: A Low Budget Nightmare MOVIE	Self
2017	Ayla MOVIE	Susan
2017	The Fuzz MOVIE	Dawn Lockwood
2016	Charlie's Gift MOVIE	Self
2016	Shooter TV	Katherine Mayfield
2016	All Hallow's Eve MOVIE	Haidy Hallow
2016	Red Christmas MOVIE	Diane
2016	Just Add Magic TV	Grandma
2015	The Abundance Factor MOVIE	Herself
2015	Flowers in December MOVIE	Hannah
2015	The Whispers TV	Willie Starling (Grammy)
2015	Love & Mercy MOVIE	Rosemary (uncredited)
2015	Zombie Killers: Elephant's Graveyard MOVIE	Sharon Sommers
2015	Horror Icon: Inside Michael's Mask with Tony Moran MOVIE	Self
2014	Ejecta MOVIE	Ashley Winnington-Ball (uncredited)
2014	You're the Worst TV	Gail
2014	Haunting of Cellblock 11 MOVIE	Ms. Simon
2014	2 Bedroom 1 Bath MOVIE	Rose
2014	Snow Moon: Cinderella Chronicles Saga MOVIE	Gram Pearl
2013	Bonnie & Clyde: Justified MOVIE	Emma
2013	Grand Piano MOVIE	Marjorie Green
2013	My Stepbrother Is a Vampire!?! MOVIE	Tabitha the Cat (voice)
2013	RoboCroc MOVIE	Dr. Riley
2013	The Lords of Salem MOVIE	Sonny
2013	As High as the Sky MOVIE	Aunt Deborah (voice)
2013	Hansel & Gretel MOVIE	Lilith
2012	Aliens from Uranus MOVIE	Olga
2012	I Heart Monster Movies MOVIE	Herself
2012	The 'E.T.' Journals MOVIE	Self
2012	The Boarder MOVIE	Elizabeth
2012	Sebastian MOVIE	Barbara Sample
2012	Fuzz Track City MOVIE	Dawn Lockwood
2012	Margarine Wars MOVIE	Madge Havershank
2012	Collision Course MOVIE	Polly
2012	Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen MOVIE	(archive footage)
2011	Sam Steele and the Crystal Chalice MOVIE	Ms. Jenkins
2011	Grimm TV	Alice
2011	Exit Humanity MOVIE	Eve
2011	Stay Cool MOVIE	Mrs. McCarthy
2011	Switched at Birth TV	Lorena McGowen
2011	Pound of Flesh MOVIE	Dean Jean Clark
2011	Bad Actress MOVIE	Dee Wallace
2010	Between Heaven and Hell MOVIE	Dr. Isabel Greenlee
2010	The Guardian MOVIE	Mom
2010	Law & Order: LA TV	Ellen Powell
2010	Raven MOVIE	LuAnne
2010	Soupernatural MOVIE	Mrs. Conners
2010	Extraordinary Measures MOVIE	Sal
2010	Bedrooms MOVIE	Marnie
2009	Babysitters Beware MOVIE	Ms. Greene
2009	The House of the Devil MOVIE	Landlady
2009	Dark Fields MOVIE	Jean Applebe
2009	Celebrity Ghost Stories TV	Self
2009	The Haunted World of El Superbeasto MOVIE	Trixie (voice)
2009	Warehouse 13 TV	Mrs. Garner
2009	The Mother of Invention MOVIE	Nancy Dooly
2009	Stem Cell MOVIE	The Healer
2009	Happy in the Valley MOVIE	Gloria
2008	Michael Lives: The Making of Halloween MOVIE	Self
2008	Matchmaker Mary MOVIE	Aunt Karen
2008	Little Red Devil MOVIE	Mother
2007	The Blue Rose MOVIE	Mrs. Garrison
2007	Dog Days: The Making of 'Cujo' MOVIE	Self
2007	Halloween MOVIE	Cynthia Strode
2007	Saving Grace TV	Janice Shapiro
2007	The Return of the Living Dead: The Decade of Darkness MOVIE	Self
2007	Bone Dry MOVIE	Joanne
2007	Curse of the Weeping Woman: J-ok'el MOVIE	Helen Moret
2006	The Plague MOVIE	Nora
2006	The Eden Formula MOVIE	Rhonda
2006	Voodoo Moon MOVIE	Mary-Ann
2006	Abominable MOVIE	Ethel Hoss
2006	Kalamazoo? MOVIE	Susan
2006	The Lost MOVIE	Barbara Hanlon
2006	Sons & Daughters TV	Colleen Halbert
2006	Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills MOVIE	Self
2006	Expiration Date MOVIE	Lucille
2005	Ghost Whisperer TV	Claire Taylor
2005	Criminal Minds TV	Dr. Jan Mohikian
2005	Close to Home TV	Joan Monroe
2005	My Name Is Earl TV	Governor Katherine Hazelwood
2005	Headspace MOVIE	Dr. Denise Bell
2005	Bones TV	Special Agent Callie Warner
2005	Supernatural TV	Mildred Baker
2005	Scar MOVIE	Isabella
2005	Boo MOVIE	Nurse Russell
2005	The Loch Ness Monster MOVIE	Elizabeth Horner
2005	Grey's Anatomy TV	Joan Waring
2005	The Office TV	Ellen Bernard
2004	Dead End Road MOVIE	Mrs. Makepiece
2004	Welcome to Werewolfland MOVIE	Self
2004	The Perfect Husband: The Laci Peterson Story MOVIE	Sharon Rocha
2004	Illusion Infinity MOVIE	Patricia (as Dee Wallace Stone)
2003	Cold Case TV	Charlotte Jones
2003	Looking Back at 'The Hills Have Eyes' MOVIE	Self
2003	NCIS TV	Claire Hall
2003	Unleashing the Beast: Making ‘The Howling’ MOVIE	Self
2002	Without a Trace TV	Lara Duncan
2002	She Spies TV	Daphne
2002	Fish Don't Blink MOVIE	Dr. Roswell
2002	E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 20th Anniversary Special MOVIE	Self
2002	She's No Angel MOVIE	Maureen Shawnessy
2002	Sex and the Teenage Mind MOVIE	Francine Heitmeyer
2001	The Agency TV	Doris, Quinn's Sister
2001	Crossing Jordan TV	Lorraine Heeley
2001	A Month of Sundays MOVIE	Sarah McCabe
2001	Out of the Black MOVIE	Penny Hart
2001	Killer Instinct MOVIE	Sarah Fairchild
2001	The Division TV	Paula Meeks
1999	Pirates of the Plain MOVIE	Glenna (as Dee Wallace-Stone)
1999	Invisible Mom II MOVIE	Laura Griffin (as Dee Wallace-Stone)
1999	To Love, Honor, & Betray MOVIE	Julia Brennan (as Dee Wallace Stone)
1998	The Making of 'The Frighteners' MOVIE	Self
1998	Felicity TV	Allison Covington
1998	Bad As I Wanna Be: The Dennis Rodman Story MOVIE	Rodman's stepmother
1998	The Christmas Path MOVIE	Jenny
1997	Ally McBeal TV	Gail Clarkson
1997	Skeletons MOVIE	Heather Crane
1997	Mutual Needs MOVIE	Patricia
1997	Nevada MOVIE	Ruby (as Dee Wallace Stone)
1997	Love's Deadly Triangle: The Texas Cadet Murder MOVIE	Linda Jones
1997	The Perfect Mother MOVIE	Gina Mitrou
1997	Black Circle Boys MOVIE	Barbara Sullivan
1996	The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial' MOVIE	Self
1996	The Frighteners MOVIE	Patricia Bradley
1996	Nash Bridges TV	Susan Martin
1996	Invisible Mom MOVIE	Laura Griffin
1996	Subliminal Seduction MOVIE	Sissy Bonner
1995	The Phoenix and the Magic Carpet MOVIE	Mother
1995	JAG TV	Adele DeLong
1995	High Sierra Search and Rescue TV	Self
1995	My Family Treasure MOVIE	Alex Danieloff
1995	Best of the Best 3: No Turning Back MOVIE	Georgia
1995	Here Come the Munsters MOVIE	Mrs. Walker
1995	The Skateboard Kid II MOVIE	Lois Curtis
1995	Temptress MOVIE	Allison Mackie
1995	Brothers' Destiny MOVIE	Lucille Bastian
1995	Cops n Roberts MOVIE	Self
1994	Vanishing Son IV MOVIE	Megan
1994	Touched by an Angel TV	Sandra Browner
1994	Runaway Daughters MOVIE	Mrs. Gordon
1994	Discretion Assured MOVIE	Kitten
1994	Rebel Highway TV	Mrs. Gordon
1994	Moment of Truth: Cradle of Conspiracy MOVIE	Suzanne Guthrie (as Dee Wallace-Stone)
1994	Search and Rescue MOVIE	Morgan
1994	Vanishing Son TV	Megan
1994	Witness to the Execution MOVIE	Emily Dawson (as Dee Wallace-Stone)
1994	Huck and the King of Hearts MOVIE	Darlene
1993	Prophet of Evil: The Ervil LeBaron Story MOVIE	Jackie Fields (as Dee Wallace-Stone)
1993	Lightning in a Bottle MOVIE	Jean Markley
1993	Alone in the Dark MOVIE	Linda Grant (as Dee Wallace Stone)
1992	Rescue Me MOVIE	Sarah Sweeney
1991	Critters 3 MOVIE	Mom (archive footage)
1991	P.S. I Luv U TV	Self
1991	Rock-A-Doodle MOVIE	Dory (voice)
1991	Alligator 2: The Mutation MOVIE	Christine Hodges
1991	Popcorn MOVIE	Suzanne
1990	I'm Dangerous Tonight MOVIE	Wanda
1989	The New Lassie TV	Dee McCullough
1988	Addicted to His Love MOVIE	Betty Ann Brennan
1988	Stranger on My Land MOVIE	Annie Whitman
1987	The Christmas Visitor MOVIE	Elizabeth O'Day
1987	Legend of the White Horse MOVIE	Alta (as Dee Wallace-Stone)
1987	Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood MOVIE	Self
1986	Together We Stand TV	Lori Randall
1986	Shadow Play MOVIE	Morgan Hanna
1986	L.A. Law TV	Elaine Weston
1986	Critters MOVIE	Helen Brown
1986	Sin of Innocence MOVIE	Vicki McGary
1986	Club Life MOVIE	Tilly Francesca
1985	Hostage Flight MOVIE	Laura Kenrick
1985	The Twilight Zone TV	(segment "Wish Bank")
1985	Suburban Beat MOVIE	Joanna
1985	Secret Admirer MOVIE	Connie Ryan
1984	Murder, She Wrote TV	Mildred Terhune
1984	Murder, She Wrote TV	Ellen Wicker
1984	Finder of Lost Loves TV	Gail Aames
1984	The Sky's No Limit MOVIE	Dr. Maureen Harris
1984	The Shepherd MOVIE	Self
1983	Happy MOVIE	Marilyn
1983	Cujo MOVIE	Donna Trenton
1983	Wait Till Your Mother Gets Home MOVIE	Pat Peters
1983	I Take These Men MOVIE	Elaine Zakarian
1982	Skeezer MOVIE	Lucille
1982	Jimmy the Kid MOVIE	May
1982	Hotel TV	Self
1982	E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial MOVIE	Mary
1981	Child Bride of Short Creek MOVIE	Mary Jacobs
1981	Simon & Simon TV	Self
1981	The Five of Me MOVIE	Ann
1981	A Whale for the Killing MOVIE	Janet Landon
1981	The Howling MOVIE	Karen White
1980	The Secret War of Jackie's Girls MOVIE	Maxine
1980	Skag TV	Self
1979	Young Love, First Love MOVIE	Leslie
1979	10 MOVIE	Mary Lewis
1979	Trapper John, M.D. TV	Self
1979	Hart to Hart TV	Connie
1979	Mrs. Columbo TV	Self
1978	Taxi TV	Joyce
1977	Man from Atlantis TV	Hot Dog Stand Owner (as Dee Wallace-Stone)
1977	Lou Grant TV	Patti Oxley
1977	The San Pedro Beach Bums TV	Self
1977	CHiPs TV	Self
1977	The Hills Have Eyes MOVIE	Lynne Wood
1977	All the King's Horses MOVIE	Sandy Benson
1975	Ellery Queen TV	Self
1975	Starsky & Hutch TV	Self
1975	The Stepford Wives MOVIE	Nettie the Maid
1974	Police Woman TV	Self
1973	Police Story TV	Self
1972	The Streets of San Francisco TV	Self
	Unhallowed MOVIE	Rita Harrison
	Campfire MOVIE	Mrs. Hallowell
	Bits MOVIE	Fallen One
	Curse of Vandor MOVIE	Ethel Gordon
	Howl: Inside the Forest Hills MOVIE	Self
	25 Miles to Normal MOVIE	Deborah
	American Blend MOVIE	Self
	The Licked Hand MOVIE	Eleanor
	Godmother MOVIE	Mrs. Martinson
	Models vs. Werewolves MOVIE	Self

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