Dee Wallace

**Deanna "Dee" Wallace** (née **Bowers**; born December 14, 1948), also known as **Dee Wallace Stone**, is an American actress. She is perhaps best known for her role as Mary, the mother, in the 1982 blockbuster film *E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial*. She is also known for her starring roles in several horror films including *The Hills Have Eyes* (1977), *The Howling* (1981), *Cujo* (1983) and *Critters* (1986), which earned her the title of "scream queen".

## Personal life

Wallace was born in Kansas City, Kansas, the daughter of Maxine (née Nichols) and Robert Stanley Bowers. She attended Wyandotte High School, before attending the University of Kansas and obtaining an education degree. She briefly taught high school drama at Washington High School in her native Kansas City in the early 1970s.

She was briefly married first to Barry Wallace and still uses his last name in her career. Their marriage ended in divorce. She married Christopher Stone in 1980, who died suddenly in 1995. They have one daughter, Gabrielle Stone.

Wallace is a public speaker and self-help author, having written three books, and has her own call-in radio show where she talks exclusively about the creation of "self". She often speaks about how you can get through tough times with determination and love. She has also written a book called *Bright Light* about her life lessons from an acting career.Template:Citation needed

In 2018, she gave her first TED talk at TEDx Cape May, entitled "The Common Ground of Self".

## Career

Wallace began her career on television appearing in episodes of *The Streets of San Francisco*, *Starsky and Hutch* and *Police Woman*, before appearing in the box-office horror hit film *The Hills Have Eyes* (1977). In 1981, she played a leading role in the another horror film, *The Howling* opposite her husband Christopher Stone. They later starred together in *Cujo* (1983) based on Stephen King's 1981 novel of the same name.

In 1982, Wallace went to star in Steven Spielberg's science fiction film *E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial* (1982). The film became the highest-grossing film of all time—a record held for eleven years until *Jurassic Park*, another Spielberg-directed film, surpassed it in 1993. Wallace received Saturn Award nomination for her performance. Wallace also starred in a number of comedy movies, include *10* (1979), *Jimmy the Kid* (1982) and *Secret Admirer* (1985). In 1986, she starred in the horror comedy film *Critters* (and its sequel *Critters Attack!* in 2019) and later starred in many horror films, most notable Peter Jackson's *The Frighteners* (1996).

On television, Wallace played a leading role in the CBS sitcom *Together We Stand* from 1986 to 1987) and the family drama *The New Lassie* (1989–1992). She guest starred in episodes of the number of shows, include *The Twilight Zone*, *Hotel*, *Murder, She Wrote*, *Touched by an Angel*, *Bones*, *Grey's Anatomy*, *My Name Is Earl*, *Criminal Minds*, and *The Office*. In 2015, Wallace was cast on the ABC soap opera series *General Hospital*, as Patricia Spencer, the unseen, long-lost older sister of Luke and Bobbie Spencer. Wallace also appeared in the show *Supernatural*, in the episode titled “Into the Mystic (01/27/2016). She was nominated for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Guest Performer in a Drama Series.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Dee Wallace Stone Biography (1948-)". *filmreference.com*. http://www.filmreference.com/film/95/Dee-Wallace-Stone.html.
2. ↑ "Dee Wallace Talks Horror -- Exclusive Video Interview", *dreadcentral.com*.
3. ↑ Dee Wallace fansite Template:Webarchive. Retrieved April 9, 2015.
4. ↑ "Jerry Saravia on cinema and pop culture". *jerrysaravia.blogspot.com*. http://jerrysaravia.blogspot.com/2013/01/interview-with-dee-wallace-diverse-dee.html. Retrieved February 27, 2015.
5. ↑ "I AM Dee Wallace". http://www.iamdeewallace.com. Retrieved February 27, 2015.
6. ↑ "YouTube Tedx Talk". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8LXHwajMmE. Retrieved January 28, 2019.
7. ↑ "20 years later, Dee Wallace Stone's "E.T." performance still charms". *kuconnection.org*. http://www.kuconnection.org/archive/2002/04/people\_DeeWallace.asp. Retrieved February 27, 2015.
8. ↑ Thomas, Tinseltown Talks Nick. "Dee Wallace battling more critters". https://lmtribune.com/golden\_times/dee-wallace-battling-more-critters/article\_ea824c14-55b6-5748-a089-c1679cc47461.html.
9. ↑ "'The Office': Stephen Collins, Dee Wallace to guest as...". *Entertainment Weekly's EW.com*. http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/08/16/the-office-stephen-collins/. Retrieved February 27, 2015.
10. ↑ "EXCLUSIVE: GENERAL HOSPITAL CASTS PAT!", American Media, *Soap Opera Digest* (United States), soapoperadigest.com (March 6, 2015). Retrieved on March 6, 2015.
11. ↑ "‘Critters Attack!’ Actress Dee Wallace Reveals Why She Returned to the Franchise". June 29, 2019. https://movieweb.com/critters-attack-dee-wallace-returns/.

12. Demetria Fulton-Previewed Wallace in the show Supernatural; episode “Into the Mystic” (01/27/2016).

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