Melinda Dillon Overview:

Actress, Melinda Dillon, was born Melinda Rose Dillon on Oct 13, 1939 in Hope, AR. As of December 2025, Melinda Dillon was 86 years old.

HONORS and AWARDS:

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Although Dillon was nominated for two Oscars, she never won a competitive Academy Award.

Academy Awards

YearAwardFilm nameRoleResult
1977Best Supporting ActressClose Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)Jillian GuilerNominated
1981Best Supporting ActressAbsence of Malice (1981)TeresaNominated
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Best Supporting Actress Oscar 1977
WINNER
Vanessa Redgrave
(as Julia)
in Julia
WINNER
Vanessa Redgrave
(as Julia)
in Julia
Nominee
Leslie Browne
(as Emilia Rodgers)
in The Turning Point
Nominee
Quinn Cummings
(as Lucy McFadden)
in The Goodbye Girl
Nominee

(as Jillian Guiler)
in Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Nominee
Tuesday Weld
(as Katherine Dunn)
in Looking for Mr. Goodbar
Nominee
Leslie Browne
(as Emilia Rodgers)
in The Turning Point
Nominee
Quinn Cummings
(as Lucy McFadden)
in The Goodbye Girl
Nominee

(as Jillian Guiler)
in Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Nominee
Tuesday Weld
(as Katherine Dunn)
in Looking for Mr. Goodbar
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Melinda Dillon Facts
Daughter of W. S. (an army officer) and E. Norine (Barnett) Dillon.
Has performed on stage with Chicago's legendary Second City improvisational comedy troupe.
She has played two Hoosiers (Indiana residents) - in Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) (which takes place in Muncie, Indiana), and in A Christmas Story (1983) (which takes place in Hohman, Indiana). Hohman is actually the name the main Avenue that passes through the historic district of the city Hammond, Indiana.
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