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  1. Browse Getty Images' premium collection of high-quality, authentic Melinda Dillon photos & royalty-free pictures, taken by professional Getty Images photographers. Available in multiple sizes and formats to fit your needs.

  2. 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?, and 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 Perrone in Absence of ...

  3. Feb 5, 2023 · Columbia Pictures/Getty Images. By Alex Traub. Feb. 5, 2023. Melinda Dillon, who shot to Broadway stardom at 23, withdrew from acting after a mental breakdown, and then, in her late 30s,...

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  5. 99+ Photos. Melinda Dillon came to prominence with the role of Jillian Guiler, a mother whose child is abducted by aliens in Steven Spielberg 's Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977). Dillon's performance in the film earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.

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  6. Feb 4, 2023 · Feb. 4, 2023, 8:04 AM PST. By Variety. Oscar and Tony-nominated actor Melinda Dillon, who played Mother Parker in “ A Christmas Story ,” and appeared in “Magnolia” and “Close Encounters of the...

  7. Feb 4, 2023 · ©Columbia Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection. CNN — Actress Melinda Dillon, a two-time Oscar nominee best known for the movies “A Christmas Story” and “Close Encounters of the Third Kind,”...

  8. Feb 4, 2023 · Stars we've lost in 2023. Melinda Dillon, the Oscar-nominated actress known for her work in 'A Christmas Story' and 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind,' died Jan. 9, 2023, at 83.

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