Melinda Dillon

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Born: 10/13/1939

Biography: Though best known for her intense, sensitive dramatic portrayals, Melinda Dillon first attracted attention as an improvisational comedienne. Her Broadway break came about when she played the hypertense Honey in Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf (1962). Making her …

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Harry and the Hendersons [Movie] as Nancy Henderson

2007

Reign Over Me [Movie] as Ginger Timpleman

2007

Debating Robert Lee [Movie] as Mrs. Lee

2006

Adam & Steve [Movie] as Dottie

2006

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: Blood [TV Series] as Jenny Rogers

2005

A Painted House [Movie] as Gran Chandler

2003

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Year
Result
Award
Movie

1981
Won
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Best Supporting Actress
Absence of Malice

1977
Won
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Best Supporting Actress
Close Encounters of the Third Kind

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