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Number9Dream

(1,846 posts) Mon Oct 13, 2025, 04:54 PM Oct 13

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)."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melinda_Dillon