Melinda Dillon Who Played Ralphie's Mother In A Christmas Story Dead At 83

[ChristisKing]

I didn't even know that she was that old. RIP. Also curious why we're finding out so late.

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[Synthaholic]

Also the wife in 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'.

 

[Rodimus]

I didn't even know that she was that old. RIP. Also curious why we're finding out so late.

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My prayers for her family. Rest In Peace Melinda.

 

[hjmick]

Also the wife in 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'.

Teri Garr was the wife of Richard Dreyfuss in Close Encounter of the Third Kind. Melinda Dillon played Jillian Guiler, the mother to Barry who was abducted. She was single.

 

[toobfreak]

Also the wife in 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'.

This should have been put in the TV Forum where people could find it.