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Melinda Dillon
Acting · follow into films and chains
Biography
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.
Notable films
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Highlights from credits and KinoChain journeys.
Magnolia
Appears in a KinoChain journey
Songwriter
Appears in a KinoChain journey
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
As Jillian Guiler
Harry and the Hendersons
As Nancy Henderson
Reign Over Me
As Ginger Timpleman
Spontaneous Combustion
As Nina
Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story
As Sister Aloysius
Cowboy Up
As Rose Braxton
Chains
KinoChain journeys
Public chains that pass through their films — or name them as a bridge.
Dolly Parton and the Art of the Country Star Turn
From Rhinestone to Dumplin', a chain of films where country music royalty carries the picture, each in a key uniquely their own.
8 films
The Perfect Needledrop: Ten Moments That Own the Screen
From sudden silences to euphoric choruses, these are the film moments where a song doesn't just score the scene, it becomes the scene.
10 films
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Reign Over Me
2007 · Ginger Timpleman
Cowboy Up
2002 · Rose Braxton
Magnolia
1999 · Rose Gator
Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story
1996 · Sister Aloysius
Spontaneous Combustion
1989 · Nina
Harry and the Hendersons
1987 · Nancy Henderson
Songwriter
1984 · Honey Carder
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
1977 · Jillian Guiler