Dee Wallace

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Biography

AboutAbout DeeOriginally from Kansas City, Kansas, Dee Wallace has worked as an author, teacher, dancer and actress in film, television and the stage for over 30 years. With over 100 credits to her name, Ms. Wallace is a true tour de force in this industry, working with countless directors, producers and some of Hollywood's biggest names including Steven Spielberg, Peter Jackson, Wes Craven, Joe Dante, Stephen King and Blake Edwards. Dee's career began in New York where she studied with famous acting teacher Uta Hagen before moving to Los Angeles where she continued to hone her craft with her mentor Charles Conrad.Her many feature film credits include such classics as The Hills Have Eyes, The Howling, Cujo, Secret Admirer, The Frighteners, 10, and most notably her starring role in one of America's most celebrated films, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, directed by Academy Award winning director and film icon Steven Spielberg. She was recently featured in the exciting new remake of Rob Zombie's Halloween.Her countless television credits only add more cache to an already illustrious acting career, with starring roles in over twenty Movies of the Week and four hit television series including her most recent portrayal as the passive aggressive matriarch in a very dysfunctional family on the 2006/7 ABC comedy "Sons and Daughters". Other most recent television credits include, "Grey's Anatomy," "Cold Case," "Without a Trace," "Ghost Whisperer," and a recurring role on "My Name is Earl."As a much sought after celebrity and renowned actress, Dee has appeared on every major news and talk show and has been featured on E! True Hollywood Stories, Oprah and The O'Reilly Factor. Her speaking engagements include numerous national and international venues including the Love and Harmony Forum in Tokyo, Japan; the Dillion Lecture Series; Unity Temple; the Kansas Film Commission; Spiritworks; Energetic Healing seminars throughout England, and her own healing and teaching seminars throughout the United States. On a weekly basis, Dee conducts numerous private healing sessions at her office in Woodland Hills, California.As an author, Dee has written a book devoted to the art of self-healing. She conducts monthly workshops to introduce people to the healing techniques outlined in her book, Conscious Creation.In addition to her ongoing work with fellow actors as an acting teacher and mentor, Dee devotes all her extra time to her beautiful daughter Gabrielle.

  • Primary profession
  • Actress·producer·miscellaneous
  • Nationality
  • United States
  • Gender
  • Female
  • Birth date
  • 14 December 1948
  • Place of birth
  • Kansas City· Kansas
  • Children
  • Gabrielle Stone
  • Spouses
  • Christopher Stone
  • Knows language
  • English language

Movies

TV

Books

Trivia

Daughter Gabrielle Stone with Christopher Stone.

Attended the same high school as actor Edward Asner.

2002 - Dee runs a Hollywood acting studio.

During the weekend of August 23-25, 2002, Dee appeared at the Second Annual Horrorfind convention in Baltimore, Maryland.

Father was an alcoholic who later committed suicide.

Considers E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial to be her generations The Wizard of Oz .

She studied drama at HB Studio in Greenwich Village in New York City.

(April 2006) Chiapas, Mxico

Has played a character named Mary 5 times: Walk a Mile in My Pradas , Voodoo Moon , E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial , Child Bride of Short Creek , & 10 .

Two of her characters had relations in adulterous situations, with Christopher Stones characters.

Quotes

A dancer knows how to move naturally. Dancing allows me to do almost,subliminal things as an actress that the audience might sense, but yet,not be fully aware of.

I hope I never see a Pinto again in my life. .

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