Deanna Wallace, professionally known as Dee Wallace, is an American actress born in Kansas City, Kansas, on December 14, 1948. She is best known for her role as Mary, the mother of the children in the Steven Spielberg classic *E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial* (1982), a performance that earned her a Saturn Award nomination and international fame. However, her career is closely linked to the horror genre, which established her as one of the most famous "scream queens" of the 1970s and 1980s. Her most significant films include Wes Craven's *The Hills Have Eyes* (1977), Joe Dante's *The Howling* (1981), the Stephen King adaptation *Cujo* (1983), and the horror-comedy *Critters* (1986). With a filmography of over two hundred titles, she has continued to work extensively in independent cinema and television productions, solidifying her status as an iconic figure in genre cinema.