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Melinda Dillon

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10/13/1939, Hope, Arkansas, USA

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Melinda Dillon is an American actress born on October 13, 1939 in Hope, Arkansas. She entered her career in show business as a stage actress and her first major role was Honey in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, a Broadway play produced in 1962. Dillon's first role in…more

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Role
- Songwriter
  Star
  2010
- The Effects of Magic
  Star
  2007
- Cowboy Up
  Star
  2001
- Magnolia
  Star
  1999
- Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story
  Star
  1996
- To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
  Merna
  1995
- Sioux City
  Star
  1994
- The Prince of Tides
  Savannah Wingo
  1991
- Staying Together
  Star
  1989
- Harry and the Hendersons
  Nancy Henderson
  1987
- A Christmas Story
  Mrs. Parker
  1983
- Absence of Malice
  Teresa
  1981
- Close Encounters of the Third Kind
  Jillian Guiler
  1977
- Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Special Edition)
  Jillian Guiler
  1977
- Close Encounters of the Third Kind: 30th Anniversary Ultimate Edition
  Star
  1977
- Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Director's Cut)
  Star
  1977
- Bound for Glory
  Star
  1976
- A Christmas Story
  Mrs. Parker
  1983
  - S 1: Ep 1
Guest Star (18)

Role
- Heartland
  Janet Jacobs
  - S 1: Ep 8 As We Are So Wonderfully Done with Each Other
    8/6/07
  - S 1: Ep 6 Domino Effect
    7/23/07
- Hallmark Hall Of Fame
  Gran Chandler
  - S 52: Ep 3 A Painted House
    4/27/03
- Judging Amy
  Violet Loomis
  - S 3: Ep 9 Surprised by Gravity
    11/27/01
- Tracey Takes On...
  Desiree
  - S 2: Ep 16 The Best of "Tracey Takes On..." Season Two
    5/28/97
  - S 2: Ep 3 Mothers
    2/2/97
- Picket Fences
  Mrs Klausner
  - S 4: Ep 20 Liver Let Die
    6/26/96
- The Client
  Verna
  - S 1: Ep 4 The Peach Orchard
    10/10/95
- Harry and the Hendersons
  Nancy Henderson
  - S 1: Ep 1 Harry and the Hendersons
    6/5/87
- The Twilight Zone
  Penny
  - S 1: Ep 2 A Little Peace and Quiet
    9/27/85
- Insight
  Dulcy
  - S 23: Ep 16 The Juggler of Notre Dame
    12/12/82
- Insight
  Guest Star
  - S 23: Ep 11 The Fiddler
    11/8/82
- CHiPs (1983)
  Guest Star
  - S 3: Ep 5 Death Watch
    10/13/79
- Dinah!
  Herself
  - S 4: Ep 162 May 16, 1978
    5/16/78
  - S 4: Ep 132 March 31, 1978
    3/31/78
- The Academy Awards
  Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Supporting Role
  - S 50: Ep 1 The 50th Annual Academy Awards
    4/3/78
- The Mike Douglas Show
  Herself
  - S 15: Ep 190 Week of May 30, 1977
    5/30/77
- The Jeffersons
  Daphne
  - S 2: Ep 4 Harry and Daphne
    10/4/75
- Bonanza
  Cissy Summers
  - S 11: Ep 4 A Lawman's Lot Is Not a Happy One
    10/5/69
- East Side/West Side
  Stacy Barbella
  - S 1: Ep 15 The Beatnik and the Politician
    1/20/64
- The Defenders (1961)
  Jeannie Birch
  - S 3: Ep 2 The Empty Heart
    10/5/63

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- Melinda was nominated for a Golden Globe in 1977 for Best Acting Debut in a Motion Picture-Female for Bound for Glory.
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- Melinda has been nominated for two Oscars. In 1977 she was nominated for Best Supporting Role for Close Encounters of the Third Kind. In 1981 she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for Absense of Malice.
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- Melinda was nominated for a SAG award in 2000 for Magnolia for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Theatrical Motion Picture.
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