Melinda Dillon (1939-2023) has died The American actress best known for, among other things, the classic Christmas film Merry Christmas (1983), has died. according to obituary January 9 at the age of 83.

The character actress began her career in theater. Dillon played, among other things, in the American premiere on Broadway in the play “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?”. She was nominated for a Tony Award for her performance.

Melinda Dillon career

She began her film career in the late 1960s. She was nominated twice for an Oscar: in 1978 for Steven Spielberg’s Close Encounters of the Third Kind and in 1981 for The Sensational Reporter. She also had success with This Country Is My Country (1976) and Magnolia (1999). Melinda Dillon was married to actor Richard Libertini (1933–2016) from 1963 to 1978, with whom she has a son.
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