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Melinda Dillon

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Actress

The Resume

    (October 13, 1939-January 9, 2023)
    Born in Hope, Arkansas
    Acted in 'Reign Over Me,' 'Magnolia,' 'How To Make An American Quilt,' 'To Wong Foo: Thanks For Everything, Julie Newmar,' 'The Prince Of Tides,' 'Harry and the Hendersons,' 'A Christmas Story,' 'Absence Of Malice,' 'F.I.S.T.,' 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' and 'Slapshot'

Why she might be annoying:

    She rarely grants interviews.
    She is typecast as motherly figures.
    She divorced actor Richard Libertini.
    Many film critics thought her acting talents were wasted in her 1990's film roles.

Why she might not be annoying:

    She was an original member of the Second City improvisational comedy troupe.
    She was nominated for two Academy Awards and one Golden Globe Award.
    She was Tony Award nominated for her work in 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?'
    She was born in the same Arkansas town as Bill Clinton.

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Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 23 Votes: 13.04% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 4 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 10 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 73 Votes: 43.84% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 22 Votes: 31.82% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 7 Votes: 28.57% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 6 Votes: 16.67% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 30 Votes: 73.33% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 15 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 24 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 19 Votes: 26.32% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 152 Votes: 48.68% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 39 Votes: 46.15% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 45 Votes: 37.78% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 62 Votes: 40.32% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 158 Votes: 46.84% Annoying