How old was Melinda Dillon in the movie A Christmas Story?

Melinda Dillon was 43 in A Christmas Story when she played the character 'Mrs. Parker'.

That was over 40 years ago in 1983.

Today she is 84, and has starred in 39 movies in total, 26 of those since A Christmas Story was released.

How old do you think she looks in the movie?

In A Christmas Story, I think Melinda Dillon looks:

Did you know?

  • Director Bob Clark has worked with Melinda Dillon just once in her career.
  • Melinda Dillon's first movie was as 'Faye' in The Cry of Jazz, released in 1959 when she was 18
  • A Christmas Story scores 7.3 out of 10 on TMDB.

The cast of A Christmas Story

Melinda Dillon's other movies