- Films
- 23
- Avg rating
- 6.55
- Peak run
- 1977’83
- Oscar noms
- 2
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows audience votes. Films below the source vote floor sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
Melinda by the numbers
Average
6.55
20 rated films
Vote weighted
6.66
bigger films count more
Median
6.8
half are better
Consistency
±1.11
rating spread
Career
44y
1969 to 2012
Total votes
1.27M
across every film
Best
8.0
Magnolia
Worst
3.3
Captain America
Newest first
Filmography
| 2012 |  Seeking a Friend for the End of the World | · | 6.7 | 124K |
| 2007 |  Reign Over Me | Ginger Timpleman | 7.4 | 106K |
| 2005 | Adam & Steve | · | 5.8 | 3,409 |
| 2001 | Cowboy Up | Rose Braxton | 5.6 | 1,055 |
| 1999 |  Magnolia | · | 8.0 | 354K |
| 1996 | Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story | Sister Aloysius | · | 566 |
| 1995 |  How to Make an American Quilt | · | 6.3 | 13,251 |
| 1995 |  To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar | Merna | 6.9 | 42,818 |
| 1994 | Sioux City | Leah Goldman | · | 597 |
| 1991 |  The Prince of Tides | Savannah Wingo | 6.8 | 21,776 |
| 1990 |  Captain America | Mrs. Rogers | 3.3 | 16,289 |
| 1989 | Spontaneous Combustion | Nina | 4.9 | 3,549 |
| 1989 | Staying Together | Eileen McDermott | · | 967 |
| 1987 |  Harry and the Hendersons | Nancy Henderson | 6.1 | 40,034 |
| 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 | 16,845 |
| 1979 |  The Muppet Movie | · | 7.6 | 43,223 |
| 1978 |  F.I.S.T. | Anna Zarinkas | 6.4 | 9,504 |
| 1977 |  Close Encounters of the Third Kind | Jillian Guiler | 7.6 | 239K |
Takes
On Melinda Dillon
2 nominations, 0 wins
Awards record
- NominatedBest Supporting Actress · Academy Awards 1982Melinda Dillon
- NominatedBest Supporting Actress · Academy Awards 1978Melinda Dillon