OT: RIP Ralphie's Mom

[bac2therac]

Melinda Dillon dead at 83. Besides her iconic role in A Christmas Story, she is best known for her work in Close Encounters of A Third Kind

Melinda Dillon, Actress in ‘Close Encounters of the Third Kind’ and ‘A Christmas Story,’ Dies at 83

A two-time Oscar nominee, she also appeared in 'Bound for Glory,' 'Slap Shot' and on Broadway in 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?'

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[T2Kplus20]

Melinda Dillon dead at 83. Besides her iconic role in A Christmas Story, she is best known for her work in Close Encounters of A Third Kind

Melinda Dillon, Actress in ‘Close Encounters of the Third Kind’ and ‘A Christmas Story,’ Dies at 83

A two-time Oscar nominee, she also appeared in 'Bound for Glory,' 'Slap Shot' and on Broadway in 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?'

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She wasn't in the Christmas Story sequel, assuming due to her health. The sequel was pretty good.

 

[Knight Shift]

What's next? RIP to the shark that Fonzie jumped in Happy Days?
You two have nerve busting @RU848789 's chops for weather threads.

 

[bac2therac]

What's next? RIP to the shark that Fonzie jumped in Happy Days?
You two have nerve busting @RU848789 's chops for weather threads.

This is a pretty big actress with 2 iconic roles. Also was nominated for Oscar for Absence of Malice. Certainly more well known than Warren Zevon

 

[Knight Shift]

This is a pretty big actress with 2 iconic roles. Also was nominated for Oscar for Absence of Malice. Certainly more well known than Warren Zevon

Never heard of her and over half the other ones you post about. Maybe start a running thread of RIP for obscure actors/actresses?

 

[e5fdny]

She was great as Hanrahan’s wife in “Slapshot” too.

If you know, you know. 😈

 

[MulletCork]

What's next? RIP to the shark that Fonzie jumped in Happy Days?
You two have nerve busting @RU848789 's chops for weather threads.

Unnecessary and wildly inappropriate

 

[DJ Spanky]

What's next? RIP to the shark that Fonzie jumped in Happy Days?

Dude, that shark has a star on Hollywood Boulevard. Did you know his grand kids starred in the first 2 Sharkanado movies?

 

[Knight Shift]

Dude, that shark has a star on Hollywood Boulevard. Did you know his grand kids starred in the first 2 Sharkanado movies?

Careful, you will be accused of being wildly inappropriate.

She was great as Hanrahan’s wife in “Slapshot” too.

If you know, you know. 😈

Maybe an apology by me is in order. I never heard of this movie with Sylvester Stallone.


Sylvester Stallone and Melinda Dillon starred in 1978’s “F.I.S.T.”

By the way, she died on January 9.

 

[colbert17]

By the way, she died on January 9.

I guess that we wanted to be sure?

 

[Knight Shift]

I guess that we wanted to be sure?

Guessing the family did not announce her death.

 

[colbert17]

I have never seen A Christmas Story

 

[knightfan7]

She was great as Hanrahan’s wife in “Slapshot” too.

If you know, you know. 😈

I was just going to post this lol.

Great minds.......

 

[bac2therac]

Never heard of her and over half the other ones you post about. Maybe start a running thread of RIP for obscure actors/actresses?

Never saw either movie...haha you are lying

 

[93RUDoc]

I loved her in Close Encounters

 

[RUinPinehurst]

Jean Shepard, the guy behind the Christmas Story, did a video tour down NJ's Route 22 some years ago. For a nostalgic trip, see:

 

[colbert17]

Melinda Dillon is from Hope Arkansas. The same home town as Bill Clinton.

 

[LETSGORU91]

Dude, that shark has a star on Hollywood Boulevard. Did you know his grand kids starred in the first 2 Sharkanado movies?

From what I recall, it's not all that difficult to get a star. All one needs is a little fame and the money to purchase it. I'm more surprised DJ Dpanky doesn't have a spot on the Walk of Fame yet.

 

[colbert17]

Jean Shepard, the guy behind the Christmas Story, did a video tour down NJ's Route 22 some years ago. For a nostalgic trip, see:

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Thanks for posting. Those signs brought back memories. Taking Morris Ave.out of Elizabeth. Jump on Rt.22 West by Two Guys to take the young ladies for an evening at Watchung Reservation! :) :) :)

 

[RUTGERS95]

Unnecessary and wildly inappropriate

No its not. I'm with him, who fking cares

 

[RUTGERS95]

A star is someone people know far and wide; cruise, Renaldo, Jack etc. She was no star. Sad she died of course but in reality, after 2 seconds no one will care. Dust in the wind

 

[bac2therac]

A star is someone people know far and wide; cruise, Renaldo, Jack etc. She was no star. Sad she died of course but in reality, after 2 seconds no one will care. Dust in the wind

Its one of the most watched movies of all time so I would say you were wrong

 

[knightfan7]

Its one of the most watched movies of all time so I would say you were wrong

Anyone who had roles you remember in

Close Encounters
A Christmas Story
Slap Shot
Absense of Malice

Deserves a mention imo.

 

[Section124]

Jean Shepard, the guy behind the Christmas Story, did a video tour down NJ's Route 22 some years ago. For a nostalgic trip, see:

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That was awesome. Route 22 was my youth and had every store. Who designs a highway with stores in the middle anymore? You really learned how to drive growing up there.

 

[e5fdny]

That was awesome. Route 22 was my youth and had every store. Who designs a highway with stores in the middle anymore? You really learned how to drive growing up there.

Friend from Rutgers said she did her Drivers Ed on 22.

And she would agree with the bold.

 

[RUinPinehurst]

Friend from Rutgers said she did her Drivers Ed on 22.

And she would agree with the bold.

I went to North Plainfield HS, right off 22. Drivers Ed in '76. LOL. We even had a stretch of 78 that was not yet completed and our Advanced Drivers Ed used that for accident avoidance training. Funny stuff.

 

[MulletCork]

Jean Shepard, the guy behind the Christmas Story, did a video tour down NJ's Route 22 some years ago. For a nostalgic trip, see:

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Thanks for this!!

Grew up in Whitehouse Station and spent my whole youth on route 22 in the 1980s and beyond !

What a walk down memory lane. I even saw one of my best friend’s parents light store in here. He runs his own light store now in same location.

That was a fun ride !

 

[tom1944]

Route 22 in Union with stores in the middle of the highway is a terrible area to drive

 

[LETSGORU91]

A star is someone people know far and wide; cruise, Renaldo, Jack etc. She was no star. Sad she died of course but in reality, after 2 seconds no one will care. Dust in the wind

I've probably watched Christmas Story more than Cruise, Renaldo, and Jack (btw not sure if you mean Nicklaus or Nicholson) combined in my lifetime. So there's that. You are correct in that she isn't on a star level, but she played a great character in an iconic movie and won't be forgotten in 2 seconds by anyone who is a Christmas Story fan.

 

[LETSGORU91]

Somewhere in the world tonight:

 

[e5fdny]

Somewhere in the world tonight:

But then…😤😡

(wasn’t the fight next?)

 

[LETSGORU91]

But then…😤😡

(wasn’t the fight next?)

Good catch..I was trying to find a gif where Ralphie was crying. That scene did turn into anger. I found a different one and changed it.