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Number9Dream

(1,637 posts) Sat Oct 12, 2024, 03:34 PM Oct 12

Born October 13, 1939 - Melinda Dillon - American actress

"Ms. Dillon was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her roles as Jillian Guiler in Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) and Teresa Perrone in Absence of Malice (1981). She is well-known for her role as Mother Parker in the holiday classic A Christmas Story (1983)."

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Born October 13, 1939 - Melinda Dillon - American actress (Original Post) Number9Dream Oct 12 OP

I first was aware of the in Close Encounters of the Third Kind LogDog75 Oct 12 #1

LogDog75

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1. I first was aware of the in Close Encounters of the Third Kind

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Sat Oct 12, 2024, 05:17 PM

Oct 12

and then in A Christmas Story and Harry and the Hendersons. She play a mother and the thing I remember about those roles is she came across as a warm, loving person.

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