Melinda Dillon
Melinda Dillon | |
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Dillon c. 1976 | |
| Born | Melinda Ruth Clardy October 13, 1939 Hope, Arkansas, U.S. |
| Died | January 9, 2023 (aged 83) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Art Institute of Chicago |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1959–2007 |
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| Children | 1 |
Melinda Ruth Dillon (October 13, 1939 – January 9, 2023) was an American actress. She received a 1963 Tony Award nomination for her Broadway debut in the original production of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, and she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) and Absence of Malice (1981). She is well-known for her role as Mother 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), The Muppet Movie (1979), 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).