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Acting

Melinda Dillon

Career: Active from 1959 to 2004, with a break from 1960 to 1975, with up to 3 main titles a year.

Leading roles: 13
top three billing

Average score: 64/100

Highest rated: Close Encounters of the Third Kind
84/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 41 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Melinda Dillon Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Adrenaline
3.7, average 4.8
Violence
3.2, average 4.1
Fantasy
0.9, average 1.7
Absurdist Humor
1.3, average 2.0

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character Study 5
Family Drama 3
Psychological Thriller 3
Biographical Drama 3
Medical Ethics 2
Government Conspiracy 2
Character-Driven 2
Melancholy 2
Emotional Impact 2
Social Justice 2
Contemporary Realism 2
Nostalgic Americana 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

53

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2000s

7 titles · average score 60

Reign Over Me

68

as Ginger Timpleman

Heartland

47

TV show · as Janet Jacobs

Adam & Steve

47

as Dottie

Debating Robert Lee

51

as Mrs. Lee

The Lyon's Den

76

TV show

A Painted House

66

as Gran Chandler

Cowboy Up

68

as Rose Braxton

1990s

16 titles · average score 64

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

73

TV show · as Jenny Rogers

Judging Amy

76

TV show · as Violet Loomis

Magnolia

81

as Rose Gator

The Effects of Magic

as Mom

Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story

61

as Sister Aloysius

Naomi & Wynonna: Love Can Build a Bridge

68

as Polly Judd

To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar

65

as Merna

Sioux City

57

as Leah Goldman

State of Emergency

as Betty Anderson

Judgment Day: The John List Story

59

as Eleanor

Picket Fences

76

TV show · as Mrs. Klausner

The Prince of Tides

68

as Savannah Wingo

1980s

16 titles · average score 65

Spontaneous Combustion

44

as Nina

Nightbreaker

66

as Paula Brown

Staying Together

68

as Eileen McDermott

Shattered Innocence

66

as Sharon Anderson

Harry and the Hendersons

53

as Nancy Henderson

Shattered Spirits

64

as Joyce Mollencamp

The Twilight Zone

79

TV show · as (segment "A Little Peace and Quiet")

Songwriter

61

as Honey Carder

A Christmas Story

79

as Mother

Right of Way

73

as Ruda Dwyer

Fallen Angel

60

as Sherry Phillips

Absence of Malice

70

as Teresa Perrone

1970s

9 titles · average score 70

The Muppet Movie

80

as Woman with Balloon

The Critical List

TV show · as Dr. Kris Lassiter

F.I.S.T.

64

as Anna Zarinkas

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

84

as Jillian Guiler

CHiPs

44

TV show

Slap Shot

74

as Suzanne Hanrahan

Enigma

as Dora Herren

Bound for Glory

64

as Mary / Memphis Sue

The Jeffersons

80

TV show

1960s

2 titles · average score 59

The April Fools

47

as Leslie Hopkins

The Defenders

71

TV show · as Jeannie Birch

1950s

3 titles · average score 73

The Cry of Jazz

62

as Faye

Bonanza

73

TV show · as Cissy Summers

Hallmark Hall of Fame

84

TV show · as Gran Chandler