Here’s everything to know about the real-life partners of the A Christmas Story cast. Peter Billingsley, who starred as Ralphie Parker in the Christmas classic, married his wife Elizabeth “Buffy” ...

Melinda Dillon, who starred in “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” and “A Christmas Story,” has died. She was 83. While the news first made headlines Friday, an obituary page from a cremation ...

Melinda Dillon as Mrs. Parker, Darren McGavin as Old Man Parker, Ian Petrella as Randy, and Peter Billingsley as Ralphie in 'A Christmas Story' Break out the fudge and the provocative lamp: It's time ...

Director Steven Spielberg has issued a statement on the death of Melinda Dillion, who became a two-time Oscar nominee under this guidance in the film Close Encounters of the Third Kind. “Melinda was ...

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Oscar and Tony-nominated actor Melinda Dillon, who played Mother Parker in “A Christmas Story,” and appeared in “Magnolia” and “Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” died Jan. 9. She was 83. Her death ...

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, ...

(CNN) - Oscar-nominated actress Melinda Dillon has died at the age of 83, according to her obituary. Dillon played Ralphie’s mother in “A Christmas Story.” She earned her first Academy Award ...