Melinda Dillon plays Rose Gator in "Magnolia."
Photo Credit: Peter Sorel/New Line Cinema
(CNN) --
Melinda Dillon, who starred in films including "A Christmas Story" and "Close Encounters of the Third Kind," has died at age 83, according to an obituary posted by a cremation service in Long Beach, California.
The funeral director at the location confirmed that the obituary was for the actress.
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Dillon passed away on January 9, 2023, according to the obituary.
No cause of death or other information about his death was immediately available.
