Acting
Melinda Dillon
Hope, Arkansas, USABorn 1939
Melinda Rose Dillon (October 13, 1939 - January 9, 2023) was a twice Oscar nominated American actress. She was best known for her roles in Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Absence of Malice and the holiday classic A Christmas Story.
42
Films
13
TV Shows
Known For
55 Credits
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Jenny Rogers
1999
Bonanza
as Cissy Summers
1959
The Twilight Zone
as (segment "A Little Peace and Quiet")
1985
The Defenders
as Jeannie Birch
1961
Judging Amy
as Violet Loomis
1999
The Jeffersons
1975
Picket Fences
as Mrs. Klausner
1992
CHiPs
1977
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
as Jillian Guiler
1977
Nightbreaker
as Paula Brown
1989
Slap Shot
as Suzanne Hanrahan
1977
Magnolia
as Rose Gator
1999