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Melinda Dillon

1939 - 2023

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Melinda Ruth Dillon (October 13, 1939 – January 9, 2023) was an American actress. She was nominated for a 1963 Tony Award 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 in Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) and Absence of Malice (1981). She is well-known for her role as Mrs. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2024). Melinda Dillon is the 4,183rd most popular actor (up from 4,346th in 2024), the 6,702nd most popular biography from United States (down from 6,371st in 2019) and the 1,928th most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Melinda Dillon ranks 4,183 out of 13,578. Before her are Betty Compson, Om Puri, Maya Hawke, Tommy Wiseau, Murilo Benício, and Marian Seldes. After her are Elmo Lincoln, Estelle Parsons, Lola Beltrán, Paul Dooley, Elena Anaya, and Sergi López.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Melinda Dillon ranks 360. Before her are Valentin Afonin, Carlos Alberto Silva, Hugh Masekela, Alessandra Panaro, Klavdiya Boyarskikh, and Günter Bernard. After her are Carmelo Bossi, Jorge Toro, Fernando Poe Jr., Sante Gaiardoni, Eduard Mudrik, and István Nagy. Among people deceased in 2023, Melinda Dillon ranks 322. Before her are Francesco Alberoni, Trevor Francis, Gérard Latortue, Dominique Colonna, Gary Rossington, and Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurashi. After her are Renato Longo, Sante Gaiardoni, Argentina Menis, Murtaza Rakhimov, András Adorján, and Tom Verlaine.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Melinda Dillon ranks 6,704 out of 20,380. Before her are Ethel Catherwood (1908), Mona Simpson (1957), Marian Seldes (1928), Barbara Broccoli (1960), Danny Carey (1961), and Theodore Freeman (1930). After her are Elmo Lincoln (1889), James G. Blaine (1830), Estelle Parsons (1927), Paul Dooley (1928), Martha Jefferson (1748), and Edward R. Murrow (1908).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Melinda Dillon ranks 1,929. Before her are Gailard Sartain (1946), Renée Elise Goldsberry (1971), Beulah Bondi (1889), Betty Compson (1897), Maya Hawke (1998), and Marian Seldes (1928). After her are Elmo Lincoln (1889), Estelle Parsons (1927), Paul Dooley (1928), Chloë Sevigny (1974), Linden Ashby (1960), and Pamela Tiffin (1942).

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