Melinda Dillon is a Actor American born on 13 october 1939 at Hope (USA)
Melinda Dillon
Melinda Dillon participated to
31 films (as actor, director or script writer).
Among those,
7 have good markets following the box office.
Here are the best films classified by number of entries :
Actress
, 2h9
Directed by Steven SpielbergOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Science fiction,
AdventureThemes Space adventure films,
Films about extraterrestrial life,
Space opera,
Films about extraterrestrial lifeActors Richard Dreyfuss,
François Truffaut,
Melinda Dillon,
Teri Garr,
Bob Balaban,
Cary GuffeyRoles Jillian Guiler
Rating75%
In the Sonoran Desert, French scientist Claude Lacombe (François Truffaut) and his American interpreter, mapmaker David Laughlin, along with other government scientific researchers, discover Flight 19, a squadron of Grumman TBM Avengers that went missing more than 30 years earlier. The planes are intact and operational, but there is no sign of the pilots. An old man who witnessed the event claimed "the sun came out at night, and sang to him." They also find a lost cargo ship in the Gobi Desert named SS Cotopaxi. At an air traffic control center in Indianapolis, a controller listens as two airline flights narrowly avoid a mid-air collision with an apparent unidentified flying object (UFO), which neither pilot chooses to report, even when invited to do so. In Muncie, Indiana, 3-year-old Barry Guiler is awakened in the night when his toys start operating on their own. Fascinated, he gets out of bed and discovers something or someone (off-screen) in the kitchen. He runs outside, forcing his mother, Jillian, to chase after him., 2h12
Directed by Barbra StreisandOrigin USAGenres Drama,
RomanceThemes Medical-themed films,
Rape in fiction,
Films about psychiatryActors Nick Nolte,
Blythe Danner,
Barbra Streisand,
Kate Nelligan,
Jeroen Krabbé,
Melinda DillonRoles Savannah Wingo
Rating67%
Tom Wingo (Nick Nolte), a teacher and football coach from South Carolina, is asked by his mother, Lila, to travel to New York to help his twin sister's psychiatrist, Susan Lowenstein (Barbra Streisand), after his sister Savannah's (Melinda Dillon) latest suicide attempt. Tom hates New York and reluctantly accepts, but largely to take the opportunity to be alone and away from a life that does not satisfy him. During his initial meetings with Lowenstein, Tom is reluctant to disclose many details of their dysfunctional family's secrets. In flashbacks, Tom relates incidents from his childhood to Lowenstein in hopes of discovering how to save Savannah's life. The Wingo parents were an abusive father and an overly proud, status-hungry mother. The father was a shrimp boat operator and, despite being successful at that profession, spent all of his money on frivolous business pursuits, leaving the family in poverty., 1h50
Directed by William DearOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy,
FantasyThemes Films about animals,
Environmental films,
Films about magic and magicians,
Giant monster films,
Political films,
Buddy filmsActors John Lithgow,
Melinda Dillon,
Margaret Langrick,
Kevin Peter Hall,
Lainie Kazan,
Don AmecheRoles Nancy Henderson
Rating60%
George Henderson (John Lithgow) is returning home with his family from a camping trip when they hit something with the family station wagon. George investigates, and discovers to his horror and awe, that they had hit a Sasquatch. Deciding to take the creature home, George does so, strapping it to the roof of the car. Meanwhile, a mysterious hunter has been tracking the creature and discovers the Hendersons' license plate, which fell off when they hit the creature. At home, curiosity gets the best of George, and he goes out to the garage to examine the creature. Much to his shock, the creature was not dead and has since disappeared. He hears noises from his kitchen and sees the creature, it has knocked over the fridge in its attempt to find food. After waking the whole house, the family realizes that the creature is friendly and kind. George has a change of heart, at first he wished to make money from the creature, but now decides to take him back to the wild. Naming the creature "Harry", George tries to lure him into the station wagon, but Harry believes that the Hendersons mean him harm and instead he disappears., 3h1
Directed by Paul Thomas AndersonOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Musical,
RomanceThemes Films about families,
Medical-themed films,
Films about sexuality,
LGBT-related films,
Films about cancer,
LGBT-related films,
LGBT-related filmActors Tom Cruise,
Jeremy Blackman,
Melinda Dillon,
April Grace,
Luis Guzmán,
Philip Baker HallRoles Rose Gator
Rating79%
The narrator recounts three instances of incredible coincidences and suggests that forces greater than chance play important roles in life., 1h56
Directed by Sydney PollackOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Crime,
RomanceThemes Films about writers,
Films about journalists,
Prison films,
Films about capital punishmentActors Paul Newman,
Sally Field,
Bob Balaban,
Melinda Dillon,
Luther Adler,
Barry PrimusRoles Teresa Perrone
Rating68%
Miami liquor wholesaler Michael Gallagher (Newman), who is the son of a deceased criminal, awakes one day to find himself a front-page story in the local newspaper, indicating that he is being investigated in the disappearance and presumed murder of a local longshoreman union official, Joey Diaz., 2h27
Directed by Hal AshbyOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Biography,
MusicalThemes Films about music and musicians,
Transport films,
Rail transport films,
Musical films,
Road moviesActors David Carradine,
Ronny Cox,
Melinda Dillon,
Gail Strickland,
Ji-Tu Cumbuka,
Randy QuaidRoles Mary / Memphis Sue
Rating71%
In the Depression 1930s, Midwesterner Guthrie (David Carradine) plays music locally but cannot make enough as a sign painter to support his wife (Melinda Dillon) and children. With only his paintbrushes, Woody joins the migration westward from the Dust Bowl to supposedly greener California pastures via boxcar and hitchhiking. Much of the film is based on Guthrie's attempt to humanize the desperate Okie Dust Bowl refugees in California during the Great Depression.