Actor
Melinda Dillon
87 years · Hope, Arkansas, USA · 42 films
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.
Best known for
Filmography 42
Hal
2019 · Self (archive footage)
On OVID
Reign Over Me
2007 · Ginger Timpleman
On Tubi TV
Adam & Steve
2005 · Dottie
Debating Robert Lee
2004 · Mrs. Lee
A Painted House
2003 · Gran Chandler
On Philo
Cowboy Up
2002 · Rose Braxton
The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'
2001 · Self
Magnolia
1999 · Rose Gator
On HBO Max
The Effects of Magic
1998 · Mom
Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas
1997 · Mrs. Parker (archive footage)
Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story
1996 · Sister Aloysius
On Hoopla
How to Make an American Quilt
1995 · Mrs. Darling
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
1995 · Merna
Naomi & Wynonna: Love Can Build a Bridge
1995 · Polly Judd
On The Roku Channel
Sioux City
1994 · Leah Goldman
On Plex
State of Emergency
1994 · Betty Anderson
Confessions: Two Faces of Evil
1994 · Carol Mothershed
Judgment Day: The John List Story
1993 · Eleanor
The Prince of Tides
1991 · Savannah Wingo
Captain America
1990 · Mrs. Rogers
Staying Together
1989 · Eileen McDermott
Spontaneous Combustion
1989 · Nina
On Philo
Nightbreaker
1989 · Paula Brown
Shattered Innocence
1988 · Sharon Anderson