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Melinda Dillon

1939 - 2023

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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 her roles as Jillian Guiler in Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) and Teresa Perrone in 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Melinda Dillon has received more than 4,805,233 page views. Her biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Melinda Dillon is the 4,350th most popular actor (up from 4,373rd in 2019), the 6,372nd most popular biography from United States (up from 6,554th in 2019) and the 1,947th most popular American Actor.

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  • 32

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  • 1.48

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  • 5.10

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Melinda Dillon ranks 4,350 out of 13,578. Before her are Jane Greer, Barbara La Marr, Stanley Baker, Hunter Tylo, Lexington Steele, and Ian Abercrombie. After her are Carole André, Louis Calhern, Corbin Bleu, Carole Laure, Thelma Todd, and Steven Culp.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Melinda Dillon ranks 375. Before her are Lido Vieri, Eugenio Dal Corso, Bob James, Franjo Gregurić, Étienne Mourrut, and Jan Nowicki. After her are Eduard Mudrik, Cláudio Coutinho, Nancy Kwan, Louise Lasser, Egon Zimmermann, and Len Cariou. Among people deceased in 2023, Melinda Dillon ranks 413. Before her are Remigijus Valiulis, Pedro Solbes, Paweł Huelle, Albert Eschenmoser, José María Gil-Robles, and Michael Lerner. After her are Bo Goldman, Gil de Ferran, Charlie Dominici, Peter-Michael Kolbe, Moonbin, and Bram Moolenaar.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Melinda Dillon ranks 6,372 out of 20,380. Before her are Bobby Womack (1944), Patti Scialfa (1953), Amos Bronson Alcott (1799), Lexington Steele (1969), George Murdock (1897), and Jonathan Carroll (1949). After her are Bo Goldman (1932), Mother Angelica (1923), Louis Calhern (1895), Edwin Stanton (1814), Corbin Bleu (1989), and Helene Hanff (1916).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Melinda Dillon ranks 1,947. Before her are Michael Lerner (1941), Priscilla Lane (1915), Jane Greer (1924), Barbara La Marr (1896), Hunter Tylo (1962), and Lexington Steele (1969). After her are Louis Calhern (1895), Corbin Bleu (1989), Thelma Todd (1906), Steven Culp (1955), Bernadette Peters (1948), and Joseph Sweeney (1884).

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Television and Movie Roles

Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Jillian Guiler
After an encounter with UFOs, an electricity linesman feels undeniably drawn to an isolated area in the wilderness where something spectacular is about to happen.
Dec 14o 19777.358 / 10
A Christmas Story
Mrs. Parker
The comic mishaps and adventures of a young boy named Ralph, trying to convince his parents, teachers, and Santa that a Red Ryder B.B. gun really is the perfect Christmas gift for the 1940s.
Nov 18o 19837.246 / 10
Magnolia
Rose Gator
On one random day in the San Fernando Valley, a dying father, a young wife, a male caretaker, a famous lost son, a police officer in love, a boy genius, an ex-boy genius, a game show host and an estranged daughter will each become part of a dazzling multiplicity of plots, but one story.
Dec 17o 19997.7 / 10