Melinda Dillon

Melinda Ruth Dillon 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... Wikipedia

• Born:  Melinda Ruth Clardy, October 13, 1939, Hope, Arkansas, U.S.
• Age at death:  83 years
• Died:  January 09, 2023, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
• Alma mater:  Art Institute of Chicago
• Occupation:  Actress
• Years active:  1959–2007
• Known for:  Jillian Guiler in Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), Teresa Perrone in Absence of Malice (1981), Mrs. Parker in A Christmas Story (1983)
• Children:  1
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