Melinda Dillon

Acting

October 13, 1939

Hope, Arkansas, USA

Biography

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.

Melinda Dillon

Biography

Movies

Magnolia

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Confessions: Two Faces of Evil

Reign Over Me

To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar

A Christmas Story

The Muppet Movie

Harry and the Hendersons

Cowboy Up

F.I.S.T.

Spontaneous Combustion

Captain America

Staying Together

Songwriter

Hal

Adam & Steve

Hellinger's Law

Sioux City

Slap Shot

The Shadow Box

TV Shows

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Bonanza

The Twilight Zone

Judging Amy

The Defenders

Picket Fences

The Jeffersons

CHiPs

The Lyon's Den

Heartland

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Space

The Critical List