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Melinda Dillon
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Melinda Dillon, c. 1976
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Born
| Melinda Ruth Dillon
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1939-10-13
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October 13, 1939
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Died
| January 9, 2023
(2023-01-09)
(aged 83)
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Education
| Art Institute of Chicago
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Occupation
| Actress
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Years active
| 1962?2007
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Children
| 1
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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?
. 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 in
Absence of Malice
(1981).
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Her other movie roles include
Bound for Glory
(1976),
F.I.S.T.
(1978),
A Christmas Story
(1983),
Harry and the Hendersons
(1987),
The Prince of Tides
(1991) and
Magnolia
(1999).
Dillon died on January 9, 2023 in
Los Angeles
,
California
at the age of 83.
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