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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 4,585,348 page views. Her biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Melinda Dillon is the 4,381st most popular actor (down from 3,225th in 2019), the 6,568th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,138th in 2019) and the 2,048th most popular American Actor.

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  • 4.6M

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  • 46.62

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.60

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.55

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Melinda Dillon ranks 4,381 out of 9,996Before her are Lolita Flores, Aloma Wright, Stephen Dorff, Ron Leibman, Margarita Xirgu, and Gennady Khazanov. After her are Cyril Raffaelli, Anthony Andrews, Anna Massey, Sanjay Dutt, Anton Lesser, and Robert Armstrong.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Melinda Dillon ranks 353Before her are Viktor Sadovnichiy, Jorge Toro, Spencer Davis, Klavdiya Boyarskikh, Hadi Khosroshahi, and Anthony D. Smith. After her are István Kozma, Louise Lasser, Valentin Afonin, Allen Garfield, Dion DiMucci, and Jacqueline Mars. Among people deceased in 2023, Melinda Dillon ranks 260Before her are Antonio Juliano, Nina Matviienko, Klas Lestander, Eugenio Calabi, Fiona Graham, and Murat Karayılan. After her are Julie Garwood, Tom Verlaine, John Warnock, Russell Banks, Jacques Gaillot, and Alfredo Rojas.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Melinda Dillon ranks 6,568 out of 18,182Before her are Aloma Wright (1950), Stephen Dorff (1973), Ron Leibman (1937), Letitia Christian Tyler (1790), Florence Bascom (1862), and Joel Roberts Poinsett (1779). After her are Shane Dawson (1988), Evan Stone (1964), James Michael Harvey (1949), Paul J. Weitz (1932), Mother Angelica (1923), and Sean Parker (1979).

Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Melinda Dillon ranks 2,048Before her are Paul Dooley (1928), Jack Haley (1898), Thelma Todd (1906), Aloma Wright (1950), Stephen Dorff (1973), and Ron Leibman (1937). After her are Robert Armstrong (1890), Traylor Howard (1966), John Getz (1946), Garret Dillahunt (1964), Noah Emmerich (1965), and John McIntire (1907).

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