Melinda Dillon

Melinda Dillon (83)

1939-10-13 - 2023-01-09 | Hope, Arkansas, USA

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.

On Movies

  • Reign Over Me
  • Adam & Steve
  • Debating Robert Lee
  • A Painted House
  • Cowboy Up
  • Magnolia
  • Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story
  • How to Make an American Quilt
  • To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
  • Naomi & Wynonna: Love Can Build a Bridge
  • Sioux City
  • State of Emergency
  • Confessions: Two Faces of Evil
  • Judgment Day: The John List Story
  • The Prince of Tides
  • Captain America
  • Spontaneous Combustion
  • Staying Together
  • Nightbreaker
  • Shattered Innocence
  • Harry and the Hendersons
  • Shattered Spirits
  • Songwriter
  • Right of Way
  • A Christmas Story
  • Absence of Malice
  • Hellinger's Law
  • Fallen Angel
  • The Shadow Box
  • Marriage Is Alive and Well
  • The Muppet Movie
  • F.I.S.T.
  • Close Encounters of the Third Kind
  • Slap Shot
  • Bound for Glory
  • The April Fools

On Series

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