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Melinda Dillon

Melinda Dillon

Birthday: 1939-10-13 | Place of Birth: Hope, Arkansas, USA

Melinda Rose Dillon (born October 13, 1939) is an American actress, perhaps best known for her roles in Close Encounters of the Third Kind and the holiday classic A Christmas Story. Description above from the Wikipedia article Melinda Dillon, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2007
Reign Over Me

as    Ginger Timpleman

2005
Adam & Steve

as    Dottie

2004
Debating Robert Lee

as    Mrs. Lee

2003
A Painted House

as    Gran Chandler

2002
Cowboy Up

as    Rose Braxton

1999
Magnolia

as    Rose Gator

1997
Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas

as    Mrs. Parker (archive footage)

1995
1994
State of Emergency

as    Betty Anderson

1994
Confessions: Two Faces of Evil

as    Carol Mothershed

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
Advance to Ground Zero

as    Paula Brown

1987
Harry and the Hendersons

as    Nancy Henderson

1985
Space

as    Rachel Mott

1985
Space

as    Rachel Mott

1984
Songwriter

as    Honey Carder

1983
A Christmas Story

as    Mother

1983
Right of Way

as    Ruda Dwyer

1981
Hellinger's Law

as    Anne Gronouski

1981
Fallen Angel

as    Sherry Phillips

1981
Absence of Malice

as    Teresa Perrone

1980
The Shadow Box

as    Agnes

1980
Marriage Is Alive and Well

as    Jeannie

1978
F.I.S.T.

as    Anna Zarinkas