Dillon, who was Oscar-nominated for roles in Close Encounters and Absence Of Malice, played an iconic movie mom in A Christmas Story
for—the other had come back in 1977, when Ashby recommended her to Steven Spielberg to play the mother of a three-year-old abduction victim in. Cast just three days before filming began, Dillon anchors the film’s most harrowing scene, fighting to keep her young son safe from mysterious, seemingly malevolent invaders.But, as we said: It’s hard to call any role of Dillon’s more enduring than.
As the mother to Peter Billingsley’s Ralphie, Dillon embodies a quintessential movie mom, but in a way that allowed her gifts as a comedian and dramatic actress to shine through. There are many reasonsrotation for the last 40 years; the authenticity and delight Dillon brought to the part is undeniably one of them.
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