![]() In 2005, Dillon guest starred on Law & Order: SVU, and two years later in TNT's Heartland. Besides her more memorable roles in A Christmas Story and Close Encounters, the 78-year-old actress has also appeared in Absence of Malice (for which she was nominated a second time for an Oscar), Harry and the Hendersons, The Prince of Tides, How to Make an American Quilt, and Magnolia. ![]() While Dillon started out in theater and was nominated for a Tony in her Broadway role for Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, she found steady work on the big screen. However, you may also recall her more serious maternal role, in which she was nominated for an Oscar - Steven Spielberg’s Close Encounters of the Third Kind. “Oh, Ralphie!” These are the words that you associate with Melinda Dillon when you think of her as the mop-headed, kooky mom of Ralphie and Randy. Let’s dig a little deeper to see where our favorite Christmas movie cast has been as of late: Mother (Melinda Dillon) Regardless of the film’s sleeper-hit status, most of the actors were already veterans in the business by the time they decided to take on their off-kilter, iconic roles and went on to lead successful careers in Hollywood. ![]() Decades after its 1983 release, it started garnering the kudos it deserved, with some critics ranking it as the top holiday film of all time. You’d think the round-the-clock TV marathons of Bob Clark’s comedy, A Christmas Story, would be as overwhelming as Ralphie Parker’s Pepto Bismol-colored bunny costume, but the nostalgia, hilarious absurdity and countless memorable scenes and quotes are all too joyfully addicting.īased on Jean Shepherd’s semi-autobiographical short stories, A Christmas Story surprisingly took some time to become the American mainstream classic that it is today. ![]()
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