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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, whom many fans came to know as Ralphie’s mom in “A Christmas Story,” has died. She was 83. The actor’s family announced in a public obituary ...
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 Dillion, the two-time-Oscar nominee, played Ralphie’s mom in “A Christmas Story” and earned a Tony nomination.
Libertini married actress Melinda Dillon on September 30, 1963; [4] he had one child with her, Richard. [5] They divorced in 1978. [6] Libertini died at the age of 82 in Venice, California, on January 7, 2016, from cancer. He had been diagnosed two years prior. [1] [7]
Magnolia is a 1999 American drama film written, directed and co-produced by Paul Thomas Anderson.It stars an ensemble cast, including Jeremy Blackman, Tom Cruise, Melinda Dillon, Philip Baker Hall, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ricky Jay, William H. Macy, Alfred Molina, Julianne Moore, John C. Reilly, Jason Robards (in his final film role) and Melora Walters.
Melinda Dillon's role in "A Christmas Story" was just as iconic as her acting career. As Ralphie and Randy's mother, she always wanted to keep her kids safe, whether that meant wrapping Randy up ...