Melinda Dillon

Actress Melinda Dillon played the role of Ralphie's mother in the 1983 comedy A Christmas Story. She began her career as improvisational comedian in the early 1960s. In 1962 she starred in the original Broadway production of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf and the role led the the nomination of a Tony Award for Best supporting Actress.

1. 1977: Close Encounters of the Third Kind
2. 1983: A Christmas Story
3. 1995: How to Make an American Quilt
4. 1995: To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar
5. 1991: The Prince of Tides
6. 1999: Magnolia Film

• Note: Many of the links in this timeline are to IMDb, which has pop-ups.

• October 13, 1939: Born

• 1969 The April Fools: IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes

• 1971 Story Theatre: IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes

• 1976 Bound for Glory: IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes

• 1977 Slap Shot: IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes

• 1977 Close Encounters of the Third Kind: IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes | Mahalo

• 1983 A Christmas Story: IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes | Mahalo

• 1987 Harry and the Hendersons: IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes | Mahalo

• 1991 The Prince of Tides: IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes

• 1995 To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar: IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes | Mahalo

• 1996 Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story: IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes

• 1999 Magnolia: IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes | Mahalo

• 2001 Cowboy Up: IMDb

• 2003 A Painted House: IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes