
Melinda Dillon
October 13, 1939 (85 years old) in 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.
Known For
Credits
- 2019 · Hal as Self (archive footage)
- 2007 · Heartland as Janet Jacobs
- 2007 · Reign Over Me as Ginger Timpleman
- 2005 · Adam & Steve as Dottie
- 2004 · Debating Robert Lee as Mrs. Lee
- 2003 · The Lyon's Den as
- 2003 · A Painted House as Gran Chandler
- 2002 · Cowboy Up as Rose Braxton
- 2001 · The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' as Self
- 1999 · Magnolia as Rose Gator
- 1999 · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Jenny Rogers
- 1999 · Judging Amy as Violet Loomis
- 1998 · The Effects of Magic as Mom
- 1997 · Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas as Mrs. Parker (archive footage)
- 1996 · Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story as Sister Aloysius
- 1995 · How to Make an American Quilt as Mrs. Darling
- 1995 · To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar as Merna
- 1995 · Naomi & Wynonna: Love Can Build a Bridge as Polly Judd
- 1994 · Sioux City as Leah Goldman
- 1994 · State of Emergency as Betty Anderson
- 1994 · Confessions: Two Faces of Evil as Carol Mothershed
- 1993 · Judgment Day: The John List Story as Eleanor
- 1991 · The Prince of Tides as Savannah Wingo
- 1990 · Captain America as Mrs. Rogers
- 1990 · Spontaneous Combustion as Nina
- 1989 · Staying Together as Eileen McDermott
- 1989 · Nightbreaker as Paula Brown
- 1988 · Shattered Innocence as Sharon Anderson
- 1987 ·