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Dillon was born as Melinda Ruth Clardy on October 13, 1939, in Hope, Arkansas, but raised in Cullman, Alabama. [2] [a] After spending four years in Germany while her father was stationed on a base there, Dillon attended Hyde Park High School and the Goodman School of Drama at the Art Institute of Chicago (now at DePaul University) in Chicago.
Melinda Dillon, the actor best known for roles in Close Encounters of the Third Kind and A Christmas Story, has died at the age of 83. The news was announced by her family, with no cause of death ...
Melinda Dillion, the two-time-Oscar nominee, played Ralphie’s mom in “A Christmas Story” and earned a Tony nomination.
Melinda Dillon, who earned Oscar nominations for her dramatic roles in Steven Spielberg's 1977 sci-fi classic Close Encounters of the Third Kind and in the Paul Newman journalism drama Absence of ...
Melinda Dillon as Jillian Guiler. Teri Garr wanted to portray Jillian, but was cast as Ronnie. Hal Ashby, who worked with Dillon on Bound for Glory (1976), suggested her for the part to Spielberg. Dillon was cast three days before filming began. [12] Bob Balaban as David Laughlin, Lacombe's assistant and English-French interpreter
Oscar and Tony-nominated actor Melinda Dillon, who played Mother Parker in “A Christmas Story,” and appeared in “Magnolia” and “Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” died Jan. 9.
Shattered Spirits is a 1986 American television drama film directed by Robert Greenwald, starring Martin Sheen, Melinda Dillon, Matthew Labyorteaux, Lukas Haas, and Roxana Zal. Sheen plays an alcoholic father who loses his family. [1]
Peter Billingsly is mourning the loss of his on-screen mother, Melinda Dillon. Dillon, who played Mother Parker in A Christmas Story,died Jan. 9 at the age of 83."So very sad to hear of Melinda ...