Melinda Dillon, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Melinda Dillon

American actress

Date of Birth: 13-Oct-1939

Place of Birth: Hope, Arkansas, United States

Profession: stage actor, television actor, film actor

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Melinda Ruth Dillon (born October 13, 1939) is an American actress.
She received a 1963 Tony Award nomination for her Broadway debut in the original production of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, and 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 in Absence of Malice (1981).
Her other film appearances include Bound for Glory (1976), F.I.S.T.
(1978), A Christmas Story (1983), Harry and the Hendersons (1987), The Prince of Tides (1991) and Magnolia (1999).