Melinda Dillon

Biography

Melinda Rose Dillon (born October 13, 1939) is an American actress, perhaps best known for her roles in Close Encounters of the Third Kind and the holiday classic A Christmas Story. Description above from the Wikipedia article Melinda Dillon, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

(1999) Jenny Rogers

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Judging Amy

(1999) Violet Loomis

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Close Encounters of the Third Kind

(1977) Jillian Guiler

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The Defenders

(1961) Jeannie Birch

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Magnolia

(1999) Rose Gator

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Captain America

(1990) Mrs. Rogers

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Reign Over Me

(2007) Ginger Timpleman

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How to Make an American Quilt

(1995) Mrs. Darling

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Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
2019	Self (archive footage)	Hal 2019-03-28 Movie
2007	N/A	Heartland 2007-06-18 TV Show
	Ginger Timpleman	Reign Over Me 2007-03-22 Movie
2005	Dottie	Adam & Steve 2005-04-24 Movie
2004	Mrs. Lee	Debating Robert Lee 2004-09-17 Movie
2003	N/A	The Lyon's Den 2003-09-28 TV Show
	Gran Chandler	A Painted House 2003-04-27 Movie
2002	Rose Braxton	Cowboy Up 2002-09-03 Movie
2001	Self	The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' 2001-05-08 Movie
1999	Rose Gator	Magnolia 1999-12-10 Movie
	Jenny Rogers	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 1999-09-20 TV Show
	Violet Loomis	Judging Amy 1999-09-19 TV Show
1998	N/A	The Effects of Magic 1998-09-28 Movie
1996	Sister Aloysius	Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story 1996-09-27 Movie
1995	Mrs. Darling	How to Make an American Quilt 1995-10-06 Movie
	Merna	To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar 1995-09-07 Movie
	Polly Judd	Naomi & Wynonna: Love Can Build a Bridge 1995-05-14 Movie
1994	Leah Goldman	Sioux City 1994-04-01 Movie
	Betty Anderson	State of Emergency 1994-02-21 Movie
	Carol Mothershed	Confessions: Two Faces of Evil 1994-01-17 Movie
1993	Eleanor	Judgment Day: The John List Story 1993-02-23 Movie
1991	Savannah Wingo	The Prince of Tides 1991-12-25 Movie
1990	Mrs. Rogers	Captain America 1990-12-14 Movie
	Nina	Spontaneous Combustion 1990-02-23 Movie
1989	Paula Brown	Nightbreaker 1989-03-08 Movie
	Eileen McDermott	Staying Together 1989-01-01 Movie
1988	Sharon Anderson	Shattered Innocence 1988-03-09 Movie
1987	Nancy Henderson	Harry and the Hendersons 1987-06-05 Movie
1986	Joyce Mollencamp	Shattered Spirits 1986-01-06 Movie
1985	N/A	The Twilight Zone 1985-09-27 TV Show
1984	Honey Carder	Songwriter 1984-10-14 Movie
1983	Ruda Dwyer	Right of Way 1983-11-21 Movie
	Mrs. Parker	A Christmas Story 1983-11-18 Movie
1981	Teresa Perrone	Absence of Malice 1981-11-19 Movie
	Anne Gronouski	Hellinger's Law 1981-03-10 Movie
	Sherry Phillips	Fallen Angel 1981-02-24 Movie
1980	Agnes	The Shadow Box 1980-09-30 Movie
	Jeannie	Marriage Is Alive and Well 1980-01-25 Movie
1979	Woman with Balloon	The Muppet Movie 1979-06-22 Movie
1978	Anna Zarinkas	F.I.S.T. 1978-04-26 Movie
1977	Jillian Guiler	Close Encounters of the Third Kind 1977-11-18 Movie
	N/A	CHiPs 1977-09-15 TV Show
	Suzanne Hanrahan	Slap Shot 1977-02-25 Movie
1976	Mary / Memphis Sue	Bound for Glory 1976-12-05 Movie
1975	N/A	The Jeffersons 1975-01-18 TV Show
1969	Leslie Hopkins	The April Fools 1969-05-28 Movie
1961	Jeannie Birch	The Defenders 1961-09-16 TV Show
1959	Faye	The Cry of Jazz 1959-03-22 Movie
1951	Gran Chandler	Hallmark Hall of Fame 1951-12-24 TV Show
Year	Character	Movie/Tv