Melinda Dillon

Melinda Dillon

October 13, 1939 · 87 years old

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.

Known For

18 titles
1
Magnolia

Magnolia

1999 · 3h 8m · Movie

An epic mosaic of interrelated characters in search of love, forgiveness and meaning in the San Fernando Valley.

8.0
2
Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

1977 · 2h 18m · Movie

An Indiana electric lineman finds his quiet and ordinary daily life turned upside down after a close encounter with a UFO, spurring him to an obsessed cross-country quest for answers as a momentous event approaches.

7.6
3
A Christmas Story

A Christmas Story

1983 · 1h 33m · Movie

In the 1940s, a young boy named Ralphie Parker attempts to convince his parents, teacher, and Santa Claus that a Red Ryder Range 200 Shot BB gun really is the perfect Christmas gift.

7.9
4
Reign Over Me

Reign Over Me

2007 · 2h 4m · Movie

A man who lost his family in the September 11 attack on New York City runs into his old college roommate. Rekindling the friendship is the one thing that appears able to help the man recover from his grief.

7.4
5
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar

To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar

1995 · 1h 49m · Movie

Three drag queens travel cross-country until their car breaks down, leaving them stranded in a small town.

6.9
6
Harry and the Hendersons

Harry and the Hendersons

1987 · 1h 50m · Movie

The Henderson family adopt a friendly Sasquatch but have a hard time trying to keep the legend of 'Bigfoot' a secret.

6.1
7
The Prince of Tides

The Prince of Tides

1991 · 2h 12m · Movie

A troubled man talks to his suicidal sister's psychiatrist about their family history and falls in love with her in the process.

6.8
8
Captain America

Captain America

1990 · 1h 37m · Movie

Frozen in the ice for decades, Captain America is freed to battle against archcriminal The Red Skull.

3.2
9
F.I.S.T.

F.I.S.T.

1978 · 2h 25m · Movie

A rebellious Cleveland warehouse worker rises through the ranks of a trucking industry union to become union president but his organized crime links cause his eventual downfall.

6.4
10
Bound for Glory

Bound for Glory

1976 · 2h 27m · Movie

The early life of Woody Guthrie as a vagabond folk singer.

7.2
11
Spontaneous Combustion

Spontaneous Combustion

1989 · 1h 37m · Movie

A young man finds out that his parents had been used in an atomic-weapons experiment shortly before he was born, and that the results have had some unexpected effects on him.

4.9
12
The April Fools

The April Fools

1969 · 1h 35m · Movie

A married man enters his boss' apartment to sign papers for a promotion and finds a party of 200 instead. He doesn't fit in, leaves with a woman, spends all night with her, falls in love with her--and finds out she's his boss' wife.

6.1
13
A Painted House

A Painted House

2003 · 1h 37m · Movie

A young boy, his family, and the migrant workers they hire to work their cotton farm struggle against difficult odds to raise and sell the crop. Meanwhile, the boy dreams of living in better conditions. However, with this particul...

6.4
14
Cowboy Up

Cowboy Up

2002 · 1h 45m · Movie

Two brothers, One is a bull rider, the other a rodeo bullfighter/stock contractor, clash over the love of barrel racer Celia Jones, while each comes into their own in their respective field in the rodeo world.

5.6
15
Songwriter

Songwriter

1984 · 1h 34m · Movie

Doc Jenkins is a country music star who's become fed up with the industry. With some help from an old friend he attempts to right some wrongs and get back at the ruthless promoter who's swindled him.

6.2
16
Sioux City

Sioux City

1994 · 1h 42m · Movie

A young Lakota Sioux, adopted by a wealthy Jewish couple in Beverly Hills, gets in touch with his cultural roots and solves a mystery in this thriller. Because of his upbringing, Jesse Rainfeather Goldman knows almost nothing of N...

5.8
17
Shattered Spirits

Shattered Spirits

1986 · 1h 33m · Movie

When his drinking problem takes control of his life, a father tries to leave the bottle behind while putting his and his family's lives back together.

6.0
18
Naomi & Wynonna: Love Can Build a Bridge

Naomi & Wynonna: Love Can Build a Bridge

1995 · 1h 58m · Movie

Based on the lives of mother-daughter singers the Judds.

6.9