🎭 Actor
Melinda Dillon
🎂 Born 13 October 1939 (age 83)✝ 9 January 2023📍 Hope, Arkansas, USA
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Popularity Score
42
Acting Credits
Melinda Rose Dillon (October 13, 1939 - January 9, 2023) was a twice Oscar nominated American actress. She was best known for her roles in Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Absence of Malice and the holiday classic A Christmas Story.
Known For
Full Filmography(42 films)
YearTitleRating
1977Close Encounters of the Third Kind★ 7.41999Magnolia★ 7.71995To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar★ 7.41979The Muppet Movie★ 7.21977Slap Shot★ 6.81987Harry and the Hendersons★ 6.12007Reign Over Me★ 7.21991The Prince of Tides★ 6.61983A Christmas Story★ 7.21981Fallen Angel★ 6.51981Absence of Malice★ 6.61995How to Make an American Quilt★ 6.41990Captain America★ 4.51978F.I.S.T.★ 6.52005Adam & Steve★ 5.51990Spontaneous Combustion★ 4.72002Cowboy Up★ 5.91994Sioux City★ 5.01976Bound for Glory★ 6.91969The April Fools★ 6.01983Right of Way★ 7.52019Hal★ 6.62003A Painted House★ 7.12001The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'★ 7.11989Nightbreaker★ 6.72004Debating Robert Lee★ 6.51984Songwriter★ 5.41986Shattered Spirits★ 5.61996Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story★ 5.41993Judgment Day: The John List Story★ 5.71995Naomi & Wynonna: Love Can Build a Bridge★ 6.71994State of Emergency★ 5.71980The Shadow Box★ 5.01981Hellinger's Law★ 8.81980Marriage Is Alive and Well★ 4.71989Staying Together★ 5.21959The Cry of Jazz★ 6.11997Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas★ 5.81988Shattered Innocence★ 6.71998The Effects of Magic★ 4.51977Enigma★ 7.01994Confessions: Two Faces of Evil★ 5.4