Melinda Dillon, best known for playing Ralphie’s mom in „A Christmas Story,“ has died, according to a cremation service in Long Beach. She was 83.
— Actress Melinda Dillon, a two-time Oscar nominee best known for the movies „A Christmas Story“ and „Close Encounters of the Third Kind,“ has died, according to a cremation service in Long Beach, California. She was 83.
Dillon died January 9, according to Neptune Society, the cremation provider. No cause of death was given. Her death became widely known on Friday.
She played the mother in „A Christmas Story,“ a nostalgic look back at a boy longing for a toy rifle. It was released in 1983 and went on to find an annual holiday audience on video and TV.
