Two-time Oscar nominee Melinda Dillon has passed away at the age of 83…after a legendary Hollywood career spanning 45 years.
Tony Award-winning actress Melinda Dillon, best known for her starring role in Steven Spielberg’s 1977 epic Close Encounters of the Third Kind, has died at the age of 83.
The two-time Oscar nominee’s family confirmed in an obituary that she died on January 9, but no cause of death has been revealed as of yet.
Throughout her legendary Hollywood career, the Arkansas-born Magnolia star garnered two Best Supporting Actress nominations at the Academy Awards.
His acting credits on film, television, and Broadway span more than four decades.
In addition to a memorable role as Ralphie’s high-strung mother, A Christmas Story, she won a Tony for her Broadway debut in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Passed away: Tony Award-winning actress Melinda Dillon, best known for her starring role in Steven Spielberg’s 1977 epic Close Encounters of the Third Kind, has died at the age of 83.
In 1976, she admitted that the intense gambling was ‘driving her crazy’ and she spent time in a mental hospital.
An icon: The two-time Oscar nominee’s family confirmed in an obituary that she died on January 9, but no cause of death has been revealed as of yet; seen in Steven Spielberg’s 1977 epic Close Encounters of the Third Kind