A Christmas Story's Melinda Dillon Dies at 83 | Variety 

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. Variety, 3 FEB 2023.
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