Melinda Dillon
- Birthday
- Oct 13, 1939
Bio: Though best known for her intense, sensitive dramatic portrayals, Melinda Dillon first attracted attention as an improvisational comedienne. Her Broadway break came about when she played the hypertense Honey in Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf (1962). Making her film debut playing a small role in The April Fools (1969). Since then Dillon has been… More Bio: Though best known for her intense, sensitive dramatic portrayals, Melinda Dillon first attracted attention as an improvisational comedienne. Her Broadway break came about when she played the hypertense Honey in Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf (1962). Making her film debut playing a small role in The April Fools (1969). Since then Dillon has been Oscar-nominated for her portrayal of a mother whose young child is abducted by aliens in Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) and her performance as a suicidal grade-school teacher in Absence of Malice (1981). After seeing Melinda Dillon so often afflicted with trembling lip and moistened eyes, it was somewhat a relief to watch her return to comedy full-force on the 1971 TV revue series Story Theatre and as Peter Billingsley's overbearing mother ("You'll put your eye out!") in A Christmas Story (1983). Dillon continues working in a wide variety of feature films like How to Make an American Quilt (1995); she also occasionally appears in television movies such as Shattered Innocence (1984). ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Filmography
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Reign Over Me (2007)
- Ginger Timpleman
- 63%
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Debating Robert Lee (2006)
- Mrs. Lee
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Adam & Steve (2005)
- Dottie
- 55%
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A Painted House (2003)
- Gran Chandler
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Cowboy Up (2001)
- Actor
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Melinda Dillon Videos
To Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything, Julie Newmar
2 minutes 37 seconds
Reign Over Me
2 minutes 26 seconds
Demolition Man
2 minute
Magnolia
3 minutes 37 seconds
How To Make An American Quilt
2 minutes 26 seconds
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