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Melinda Dillon

1939–2023 · American actress

Melinda Ruth Dillon was an American actress. She was nominated for a 1963 Tony Award for her Broadway debut in the original production of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her roles in Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) and Absence of Malice (1981).

Melinda Dillon, in order

  1. 1969 The April Fools: acted · directed by Stuart Rosenberg
  2. 1976 Bound for Glory: acted · directed by Hal Ashby · critics 82%, audiences 76%
  3. 1977 Close Encounters of the Third Kind: acted · directed by Steven Spielberg · critics 91%, audiences 85% · streaming on YouTube (free), Tubi
  4. 1977 Slap Shot: acted · directed by George Roy Hill
  5. 1978 F.I.S.T.: acted · directed by Norman Jewison
  6. 1979 The Muppet Movie: acted · directed by James Frawley · critics 89%, audiences 88% · streaming on Disney+
  7. 1980 The Shadow Box (TV movie): acted · directed by Paul Newman
  8. 1981 Absence of Malice: acted · directed by Sydney Pollack · critics 84%, audiences 64% · streaming on Prime Video, Roku Channel, Tubi
  9. 1981 Fallen Angel (TV movie): acted · directed by Robert Lewis
  10. 1983 A Christmas Story: acted · directed by Bob Clark
  11. 1983 Right of Way (TV movie): acted · directed by George Schaefer
  12. 1984 Songwriter: acted · directed by Alan Rudolph
  13. 1985 The Twilight Zone (TV series): acted
  14. 1987 Harry and the Hendersons: acted · directed by William Dear
  15. 1989 Staying Together: acted · directed by Lee Grant
  16. 1990 Captain America: acted · directed by Albert Pyun
  17. 1990 Spontaneous Combustion: acted · directed by Tobe Hooper
  18. 1991 The Prince of Tides: acted · directed by Barbra Streisand
  19. 1995 How to Make an American Quilt: acted · directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse
  20. 1995 To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar: acted · directed by Beeban Kidron
  21. 1996 Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story: acted · directed by Michael Ray Rhodes
  22. 1998 The Effects of Magic: acted · directed by Chuck Martinez
  23. 1999 Magnolia: acted · directed by Paul Thomas Anderson · critics 82%, audiences 89% · streaming on Fawesome
  24. 2003 A Painted House (TV movie): acted · directed by Alfonso Arau
  25. 2005 Adam & Steve: acted · directed by Craig Chester
  26. 2007 Reign Over Me: acted · directed by Mike Binder
  27. 2009 Mega Piranha (TV movie): acted · directed by Eric Forsberg and Stuart Gillard
  28. 2012 Seeking a Friend for the End of the World: acted · directed by Lorene Scafaria