Dee Wallace

American actress best known for her role as Mary Taylor in the 1982 blockbuster science fiction film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. Wallace earned further recognition as a scream queen for starring in several horror films, including The Hills Have Eyes (1977), The Howling (1981), Cujo (1983), Critters (1986), The Frighteners (1996), Halloween (2007), The House of the Devil (2009), and The Lords of Salem (2012).

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

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.

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