
Hope, Arkansas, USA
Melinda Rose Dillon (October 13, 1939 - January 9, 2023) was a twice Oscar nominated American actress. She was best known for her roles in Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Absence of Malice and the holiday classic A Christmas Story.

as Violet Loomis

as Jenny Rogers
1999

as Cissy Summers
1959

as Violet Loomis
1999

as (segment "A Little Peace and Quiet")
1985

as Jeannie Birch
1961

1975

as Mrs. Klausner
1992

1977

as Jillian Guiler
1977

as Merna
1995

2003

as Rose Gator
1999
as Dottie
2005

as Self (archive footage)
2019

as Ginger Timpleman
2007

as Dottie
2005

as Mrs. Lee
2004

as Gran Chandler
2003

as Rose Braxton
2002

as Self
2001

as Rose Gator
1999

as Mom
1998

as Mrs. Parker (archive footage)
1997

as Sister Aloysius
1996

as Mrs. Darling
1995

as Merna
1995

as Polly Judd
1995

as Leah Goldman
1994

as Betty Anderson
1994

as Carol Mothershed
1994

as Eleanor
1993

as Savannah Wingo
1991

as Mrs. Rogers
1990

as Nina
1990

as Eileen McDermott
1989

as Paula Brown
1989

as Sharon Anderson
1988
as Violet Loomis
1 ep.

as Jenny Rogers
1 episodes

as Cissy Summers
1 episodes

as Violet Loomis
1 episodes

as (segment "A Little Peace and Quiet")
1 episodes

as Jeannie Birch
1 episodes

1 episodes

as Mrs. Klausner
1 episodes

1 episodes

1 episodes

as Janet Jacobs
3 episodes

as Gran Chandler
1 episodes

as Rachel Mott
5 episodes

as Dr. Kris Lassiter
2 episodes