Melinda Dillon: Biography, Facts and Career
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Melinda Ruth Dillon (October 13, 1939 – January 9, 2023) was an American actress. She was nominated for a 1963 Tony Award for her Broadway debut in the original production of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her roles in Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) and Absence of Malice (1981). She is well-known for her role as Mrs. Parker in the holiday classic A Christmas Story (1983). Her other film roles include Bound for Glory (1976), Slap Shot (1977), F.I.S.T. (1978), Harry and the Hendersons (1987), Captain America (1990), The Prince of Tides (1991), To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar (1995), How to Make an American Quilt (1995), Magnolia (1999), for which she was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award, and Reign Over Me (2007).
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- Full name: Melinda Dillon
- Born: 1939-10-13
- Nationality: United States
- Known as: Actor
- Wikidata ID: Q271883
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Melinda Ruth Dillon (October 13, 1939 – January 9, 2023) was an American actress.
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Melinda Dillon is United States.
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Melinda Dillon was born on 1939-10-13.
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