1939 - 2023
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 4,611,738 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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Among actors, Melinda Dillon ranks 4,381 out of 9,996. Before 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.
1958 - Present
HPI: 46.63
Rank: 4,375
1950 - Present
HPI: 46.63
Rank: 4,376
1973 - Present
HPI: 46.63
Rank: 4,377
1937 - 2019
HPI: 46.62
Rank: 4,378
1888 - 1969
HPI: 46.62
Rank: 4,379
1945 - Present
HPI: 46.62
Rank: 4,380
1939 - 2023
HPI: 46.62
Rank: 4,381
1974 - Present
HPI: 46.61
Rank: 4,382
1948 - Present
HPI: 46.61
Rank: 4,383
1937 - 2011
HPI: 46.61
Rank: 4,384
1959 - Present
HPI: 46.61
Rank: 4,385
1952 - Present
HPI: 46.60
Rank: 4,386
1890 - 1973
HPI: 46.60
Rank: 4,387
Among people born in 1939, Melinda Dillon ranks 353. Before 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 260. Before 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.
1939 - Present
HPI: 46.78
Rank: 347
1939 - 2024
HPI: 46.76
Rank: 348
1939 - 2020
HPI: 46.75
Rank: 349
1939 - 2009
HPI: 46.74
Rank: 350
1939 - 2020
HPI: 46.74
Rank: 351
1939 - 2016
HPI: 46.67
Rank: 352
1939 - 2023
HPI: 46.62
Rank: 353
1939 - 1970
HPI: 46.51
Rank: 354
1939 - Present
HPI: 46.49
Rank: 355
1939 - 2021
HPI: 46.42
Rank: 356
1939 - 2020
HPI: 46.41
Rank: 357
1939 - Present
HPI: 46.40
Rank: 358
1939 - Present
HPI: 46.38
Rank: 359
1943 - 2023
HPI: 46.76
Rank: 254
1947 - 2023
HPI: 46.75
Rank: 255
1931 - 2023
HPI: 46.72
Rank: 256
1923 - 2023
HPI: 46.71
Rank: 257
1961 - 2023
HPI: 46.71
Rank: 258
1954 - 2023
HPI: 46.70
Rank: 259
1939 - 2023
HPI: 46.62
Rank: 260
1946 - 2023
HPI: 46.53
Rank: 261
1949 - 2023
HPI: 46.53
Rank: 262
1940 - 2023
HPI: 46.53
Rank: 263
1940 - 2023
HPI: 46.48
Rank: 264
1935 - 2023
HPI: 46.44
Rank: 265
1937 - 2023
HPI: 46.42
Rank: 266
Among people born in United States, Melinda Dillon ranks 6,568 out of 18,182. Before 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).
1950 - Present
HPI: 46.63
Rank: 6,562
1973 - Present
HPI: 46.63
Rank: 6,563
1937 - 2019
HPI: 46.62
Rank: 6,564
1790 - 1842
HPI: 46.62
Rank: 6,565
1862 - 1945
HPI: 46.62
Rank: 6,566
1779 - 1851
HPI: 46.62
Rank: 6,567
1939 - 2023
HPI: 46.62
Rank: 6,568
1988 - Present
HPI: 46.62
Rank: 6,569
1964 - Present
HPI: 46.62
Rank: 6,570
1949 - Present
HPI: 46.62
Rank: 6,571
1932 - 2017
HPI: 46.61
Rank: 6,572
1923 - 2016
HPI: 46.61
Rank: 6,573
1979 - Present
HPI: 46.61
Rank: 6,574
Among actors born in United States, Melinda Dillon ranks 2,048. Before 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).
1928 - Present
HPI: 46.63
Rank: 2,042
1898 - 1979
HPI: 46.63
Rank: 2,043
1906 - 1935
HPI: 46.63
Rank: 2,044
1950 - Present
HPI: 46.63
Rank: 2,045
1973 - Present
HPI: 46.63
Rank: 2,046
1937 - 2019
HPI: 46.62
Rank: 2,047
1939 - 2023
HPI: 46.62
Rank: 2,048
1890 - 1973
HPI: 46.60
Rank: 2,049
1966 - Present
HPI: 46.60
Rank: 2,050
1946 - Present
HPI: 46.59
Rank: 2,051
1964 - Present
HPI: 46.58
Rank: 2,052
1965 - Present
HPI: 46.58
Rank: 2,053
1907 - 1991
HPI: 46.56
Rank: 2,054