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Melinda Dillon
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Actor Born: October 13, 1939 in Hope, AR Biography:Though best known for her intense, sensitive dramatic portrayals, "Melinda Dillon" first attracted attention as an improvisational comedienne. Her Broadway break came about when she played the hypertense Honey in "Edward Albee"'s "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" (1962). Making her film debut playing a small role in "The April Fools" (1969). Since then Dillon has been Oscar-nominated for her portrayal of a mother whose young child is abducted by aliens in "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" (1977) and her performance as a suicidal grade-school teacher in "Absence of Malice" (1981). After seeing "Melinda Dillon" so often afflicted with trembling lip and moistened eyes, it was somewhat a relief to watch her return to comedy full-force on the 1971 TV revue series "Story Theatre" and as "Peter Billingsley"'s overbearing mother ("You'll put your eye out!") in "A Christmas Story" (1983). Dillon continues... Full Biography
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