Dee Wallace Stone never left her native Kansas City, Kansas until 1975, after teaching a year of high school and directing four plays. The day she landed in New York City, she auditioned for Hal Prince and made it successfully to the finals. It is there she learned the value of singing lessons after a humiliating rendition of Happy Birthday, and proceeded to study vigorously. This paid off during a successful run in "Annie Get Your Gun" at The Starlight Theater in 1983.
Stumbling into an open audition for the Milliken Show in New York, Dee used her years of dance training and confidence as a ballet soloist to win a part in the multimillion dollar industrial with Gwen Verdon and Bobby Morse. It also won her an equity card, and her "professional" career was off.
While studying with Uta Hagen, Dee racked up over 30 commercials and her SAG card. Several more industrials took her to Los Angeles, where the welcome was really positive, and she decided to stay. It is there that she found her mentor, Charles Conrad, and her acting career began to take off. Several day parts were acquired after baking cookies for interviews. Finally her first guest star role in "Police Woman", and the lead in a religious production, gained enough film to secure a theatrical agent. After many guest star parts, she landed the role of "The Hooker" in "Lou Grant", which lead directly to "May Lewes" in "10", Movies of the week, "The Howling" and of course a little film called "E.T.", followed by Stephen King's "Cujo" with "Secret Admirer" on its heels.
Dee continues to work on new and interesting projects. She spent the last month in South Africa filming "Pirates of the Plain", in which she stars with Tim Curry. Some of her most recent work can be seen now on video, specifically her wild turn in Robert Zemeckis' "The Frighteners", in which she stars with Michael J. Fox. Dee is now completing a new movie "Paradise"
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Stumbling into an open audition for the Milliken Show in New York, Dee used her years of dance training and confidence as a ballet soloist to win a part in the multimillion dollar industrial with Gwen Verdon and Bobby Morse. It also won her an equity card, and her "professional" career was off.
While studying with Uta Hagen, Dee racked up over 30 commercials and her SAG card. Several more industrials took her to Los Angeles, where the welcome was really positive, and she decided to stay. It is there that she found her mentor, Charles Conrad, and her acting career began to take off. Several day parts were acquired after baking cookies for interviews. Finally her first guest star role in "Police Woman", and the lead in a religious production, gained enough film to secure a theatrical agent. After many guest star parts, she landed the role of "The Hooker" in "Lou Grant", which lead directly to "May Lewes" in "10", Movies of the week, "The Howling" and of course a little film called "E.T.", followed by Stephen King's "Cujo" with "Secret Admirer" on its heels.
Dee continues to work on new and interesting projects. She spent the last month in South Africa filming "Pirates of the Plain", in which she stars with Tim Curry. Some of her most recent work can be seen now on video, specifically her wild turn in Robert Zemeckis' "The Frighteners", in which she stars with Michael J. Fox. Dee is now completing a new movie "Paradise"
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Dee is best known for her horror film roles - The Howling, Cujo, and The Hills Have Eyes to name a few.
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Dee's film debut was in 1975 playing the small role of a maid in "The Stepford Wives."
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Dee graduated from University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas in 1971 with degrees in theater and education, BA.
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Dee also has a book on healing due for a 2006 release by Jodere Press.
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Dee has run a full acting studio based in Hollywood since 2002.
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Dee's first husband was the late actor Christopher Stone whom she co-starred with in Cujo.
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Dee has been married to production manager Skip Belyea since 1998.
(edit) Dee has one daughter, Gabrielle, by Christopher Stone. (edit) She is only 5' 4½" (1.64 m) tall. (edit)
(edit) Dee has one daughter, Gabrielle, by Christopher Stone. (edit) She is only 5' 4½" (1.64 m) tall. (edit)
Dee: I'm the girl next door who learned how to make life work the hard way. I lived it. Victim to victory. When you find the joy, you have to share it.
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