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Melinda Dillon

Born in Hope, Arkansas, USA, October 1939. Died in Los Angeles, USA, January 2023, at 83. Enter your age above to see where you would be on this timeline.

Actress of Close Encounters and A Christmas Story

  1. 0
    Born
    October 1939 · Hope, Arkansas, USA · Life
  2. ~24
    Earns a Tony nomination for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
    1963 · New York City, USA · Triumph
  3. 38
    Plays Jillian, whose son is taken, in Close Encounters of the Third Kind
    November 1977 · USA · Triumph
  4. ~44
    Plays the mother in A Christmas Story
    1983 · USA · Triumph
  5. 83
    Dies
    January 2023 · Los Angeles, USA · Life

Dates marked “~” are known only to the year, so the age may be off by one. Facts are checked against public sources, but mistakes can slip through.