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Melinda Dillon, mom in movie classics 'Christmas Story,' 'Close Encounters,' dies at 83

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Melinda Dillon, mom in movie classics 'Christmas Story,' 'Close Encounters,' dies at 83

The two-time Oscar nominee was also known for films like "Absence of Malice," "Harry and the Hendersons" and "Magnolia."
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Melinda Dillon, who earned Oscar nominations for her dramatic roles in Steven Spielberg's 1977 sci-fi classic Close Encounters of the Third Kind and in the Paul Newman journalism drama Absence of Malice, but was perhaps best known for playing Ralphie's mom in the original A Christmas Story, has died at 83.

According to a public obituary, she died Jan. 9, although no further details were given.

Throughout her five-decade career in Hollywood, Dillon also played roles in the movies Harry and the Hendersons; Slap Shot; The Prince of Tides; To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar; How to Make an American Quilt; and Magnolia. On TV, she appeared in Tracy Takes On..., Judging Amy, The Twilight Zone; The Jeffersons; and Bonanza.
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