Actress Melinda Dillon of 'A Christmas Story' and 'Close Encounters' dies at 83

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Actress Melinda Dillon of 'A Christmas Story' and 'Close Encounters' dies at 83
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Actress Melinda Dillon, a two-time Oscar nominee best known for the movies 'A Christmas Story' and 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind,' has died, according to a cremation service in Long Beach, California. She was 83.

Actress Melinda Dillon, a two-time Oscar nominee best known for the movies "A Christmas Story" and "Close Encounters of the Third Kind," has died, according to a cremation service in Long Beach, California. She was 83.

She played the mother in "A Christmas Story," a nostalgic look back at a boy longing for a toy rifle. It was released in 1983 and went on to find an annual holiday audience on video and TV.

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