Oscar and Tony-nominated actor Melinda Dillon, who played Mother Parker in “A Christmas Story,” and appeared in “Magnolia” and “Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” died Jan. 9. She was 83.
Oscar and Tony-nominated actor Melinda Dillon, who played Mother Parker in “A Christmas Story,” and appeared in “Magnolia” and “Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” died Jan. 9. She was 83.Dillon is celebrated for her role as Jillian Guiler in Steven Speilberg’s “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” , for which she earned an Oscar nomination for supporting actress. She received a second supporting actress nomination in 1982 for her role as Teresa in Sydney Pollack’s “Absence of Malice” .
The actor played the matriarch of the Parker family in Bob Clark’s holiday classic “A Christmas Story” and went on to appear in “Harry and the Hendersons” , “Captain America” and “Nightbreaker” . Her most recent appearances were in “Heartland” in 2007, and before that in Paul Thomas Anderson’s “Magnolia” as Rose Gator.Dillon’s career began as a stage actor and improvisational comedian in Chicago’s “The Second City.
“The April Fools” in 1969 was her first feature film. On TV, her portfolio includes episodes of “Bonanza,” , “The Twilight Zone” and “Law & Order: SVU” . Born Oct. 13, 1939, in Hope, Ark., the actor was raised in Cullman, Ala., and spent four years in Germany before graduating from high school in Chicago. She graduated from the Art Institute of Chicago’s Goodman School of Drama . Dillon married actor Richard Libertini, and the two divorced in 1978.
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