- Films
- 17
- Avg rating
- 6.38
- Peak run
- 1976’83
- Oscar noms
- 2
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
Melinda by the numbers
Average
6.38
14 rated films
Vote weighted
6.48
bigger films count more
Median
6.6
half are better
Consistency
±1.20
rating spread
Career
39y
1969 to 2007
Total votes
688K
across every film
Best
7.9
A Christmas Story
Worst
3.3
Captain America
Newest first
Filmography
| 2007 |  Reign Over Me | Ginger Timpleman | 7.4 | 106K |
| 2001 | Cowboy Up | Rose Braxton | 5.6 | 1,055 |
| 1996 | Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story | Sister Aloysius | · | 566 |
| 1995 |  To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar | Merna | 6.9 | 42,799 |
| 1994 | Sioux City | Leah Goldman | · | 597 |
| 1991 |  The Prince of Tides | Savannah Wingo | 6.8 | 21,764 |
| 1990 |  Captain America | Mrs. Rogers | 3.3 | 16,290 |
| 1989 | Spontaneous Combustion | Nina | 4.9 | 3,544 |
| 1989 | Staying Together | Eileen McDermott | · | 967 |
| 1987 |  Harry and the Hendersons | Nancy Henderson | 6.1 | 40,021 |
| 1984 | Songwriter | Honey Carder | 6.2 | 1,037 |
| 1983 |  A Christmas Story | Mother Parker | 7.9 | 180K |
| 1981 |  Absence of Malice | Teresa Perrone | 6.9 | 16,832 |
| 1978 | F.I.S.T. | Anna Zarinkas | 6.4 | 9,497 |
| 1977 |  Close Encounters of the Third Kind | Jillian Guiler | 7.6 | 239K |
| 1976 | Bound for Glory | Mary - Woody's Wife | 7.2 | 6,115 |
| 1969 | The April Fools | Leslie Hopkins | 6.1 | 1,839 |
Takes
On Melinda Dillon
2 nominations, 0 wins
Awards record
- NominatedBest Supporting Actress · Academy Awards 1982Melinda Dillon
- NominatedBest Supporting Actress · Academy Awards 1978Melinda Dillon
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