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  1. 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 ...

  2. Feb 5, 2023 · 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, staged a comeback, receiving best supporting actress ...

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  3. Feb 3, 2023 · Melinda Ruth Dillon was born on Oct. 13, 1939, in Hope, Arkansas. Her mother divorced and remarried an Army veteran, and she lived on several military bases, including one in Nuremberg, Germany ...

  4. 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 ...

  5. Feb 4, 2023 · Dillon was married to actor Richard Libertini from 1963 until their divorce in 1978, and they shared a son, also named Richard. Libertini died in 2016, at 82. Melinda Dillon, the Oscar-nominated ...

  6. Feb 4, 2023 · Actor earned an Oscar nomination for her role in Steven Spielberg’s UFO drama. Melinda Dillon, the actor best known for roles in Close Encounters of the Third Kind and A Christmas Story, has ...

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  8. Feb 22, 2023 · In recent years, Ms. Dillon had exited public life, returning to her private existence after retiring from acting in 2007. She is survived by her son Richard and her extended family. RELATED:

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