Know For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1939-10-13 (84 years old)
Deathday
2023-01-09
Place of Birth
Hope, Arkansas, USA
Also known As
Melinda Rose Dillon
ملیندا دیلون
Melinda Rose Dillon (October 13, 1939 - January 9, 2023) was a twice Oscar nominated American actress. She was best known for her roles in Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Absence of Malice and the holiday classic A Christmas Story.
1999
as Rose Gator
1977
as Jillian Guiler
1983
as Mother
2007
as Ginger Timpleman
1991
as Savannah Wingo
1995
as Mrs. Darling
1994
as Carol Mothershed
1987
as Nancy Henderson
1989
as Eileen McDermott
1978
as Anna Zarinkas
1990
as Mrs. Rogers
1976
as Mary / Memphis Sue
2003
as Gran Chandler
2005
as Dottie
1997
as Mrs. Parker (archive footage)
1981
as Teresa Perrone
1984
as Honey Carder
1969
as Leslie Hopkins
2002
as Rose Braxton
1981
as Sherry Phillips
1996
as Sister Aloysius
1993
as Eleanor
1994
as Betty Anderson
1989
as Paula Brown
1983
as Ruda Dwyer
1995
as Polly Judd
1988
as Sharon Anderson
1990
as Nina
2004
as Mrs. Lee
1994
as Leah Goldman
1998
as Mom
1977
as Suzanne Hanrahan
1981
as Anne Gronouski
1980
as Agnes
1986
as Joyce Mollencamp
1995
1979
as Woman with Balloon
1980
as Jeannie
2019
as Self (archive footage)
1959
as Faye
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