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Feb 4, 2023 · Melinda Ruth Dillon was born on Oct. 13, 1939, in Hope, Ark., and moved frequently with Army postings for her father, including time at a U.S. base in what was then West Germany. Advertisement
Feb 3, 2023 · Oscar and Tony-nominated actor Melinda Dillon, who played Mother Parker in “A Christmas Story,” and appeared in “Magnolia” and “Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” died Jan. 9.She was 83.
Dec 21, 2020 · The role of real-life suburban mom quickly lost its allure, though. “I got buried alive,” Ms. Dillon said of her stay-at-home stint in a 1976 interview with The Times. She went back to work ...
Dec 19, 2023 · After her work in A Christmas Story in 1983, Melinda Dillon went on to contribute to other movie projects, including more award-winning performances. She played another matriarch in Harry and the Hendersons in 1987, and her last well-known film, Magnolia, earned a SAG Award nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Theatrical Motion Picture, as well as an Awards Circuit Community ...
The Old Man : Go on, go on. Ralphie as an Adult : [narrating, as Mother switches off the leg lamp] My mother was about to make another brilliant maneuver in the legendary battle of the lamp. The epic struggle which follows lives in the folklore of Cleveland Street to this very day. Mother : Don't want to waste electricity.
Nov 18, 2022 · From left, actors Scott Schwartz and Melinda Dillon, production designer Reuben Freed, costume designer Mary McLeod and actor Peter Billingsley are pictured at the 35th-anniversary celebration of ...
Feb 3, 2023 · Melinda Dillon, the actress who played the mom in ‘A Christmas Story,’ has died at age 83. Dillon received supporting Oscar nominations for her roles in ‘Close Encounters of the Third Kind ...
