Melinda Dillon
American actress (1939-2023) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 83
Melinda Ruth Dillon was an American actress. She was nominated for a 1963 Tony Award for her Broadway debut in the original production of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her roles in Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) and Absence of Malice...
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A life in dates
HalFilm2007
HeartlandSeries, Janet Jacobs2005
Adam & SteveFilm, Dottie2003
The Lyon's DenSeries
A Painted HouseFilm, 2003Gran Chandler1999
Judging AmySeries, Violet Loomis
MagnoliaFilm, 1999Rose Gator1997
Christmas Unwrapped: The History of ChristmasFilm, Mrs. Parker (archive footage)1995
How to Make an American QuiltFilm, Mrs. Darling1993
Judgment Day: The John List StoryFilm, Eleanor1992
Picket FencesSeries, Mrs. Klausner1989
NightbreakerFilm, Paula Brown1987
Harry and the HendersonsFilm, Nancy Henderson1985
SpaceSeries, Rachel Mott1984
SongwriterFilm, Honey Carder1981
Absence of MaliceFilm, Teresa Perrone1978
F.I.S.T.Film, Anna Zarinkas1977
CHiPsSeries1976
Bound for GloryFilm, Mary / Memphis Sue1975
The JeffersonsSeries1963Theatre World AwardAward1961
The DefendersSeries, Jeannie Birch1959
BonanzaSeries, Cissy Summers
The Cry of JazzFilm, 1959Faye1951
Hallmark Hall of FameSeries, Gran Chandler1939Born13 October 1939People around Melinda
Paul Newman Directed The Shadow Box (1980)
Sydney Pollack Produced Absence of Malice and Songwriter
M. Emmet Walsh Also in Bound for Glory (1979)
Ronny Cox Also in Captain America and Bound for Glory
Stuart Gillard Directed Mega Piranha (2011)
John Harkins Also in Marriage Is Alive and Well (1980)
Steven Spielberg Directed Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Barbra Streisand Directed The Prince of Tides (1991)
Stan Lee Produced Captain America (1991)
Martin Sheen Also in Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (2012)
David Carradine Also in Bound for Glory and The Effects of Magic
Blythe Danner Also in The Prince of Tides (1992)
Tobe Hooper Directed Spontaneous Combustion (1991)
Bob Balaban Also in Absence of Malice (1982)
Alfonso Arau Directed A Painted House (2003)
Alan Rudolph Directed Songwriter (1984)
Josef Sommer Also in Absence of Malice (1982)
Lorene Scafaria Directed Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (2012)
Jocelyn Moorhouse Directed How to Make an American Quilt (1996)
Bobby Roth Directed Judgment Day: The John List Story (1993)
Brad Sullivan Also in Slap Shot and The Prince of Tides
Robert Lewis Directed Fallen Angel (1981)
David Michael Latt Produced Mega Piranha (2011)- Miguel Perez Also in A Painted House and Magnolia
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Magnolia 1999
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar 1995
Close Encounters of the Third Kind 1977
Reign Over Me 2007
A Christmas Story 1983
Filmography 40
55 credits on file
Television 13
Media & music
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She was nominated for a 1963 Tony Award for her Broadway debut in the original production of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her roles in Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) and Absence of Malice (1981).
