Melinda Dillon

Reign Over Me

2007

as Ginger Timpleman

Adam & Steve

2005

as Dottie

Debating Robert Lee

2004

as Mrs. Lee

A Painted House

2003

as Gran Chandler

Cowboy Up

2002

as Rose Braxton

Magnolia

1999

as Rose Gator

The Effects of Magic

1998

as Mom

Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas

1997

as Mrs. Parker (archive footage)

Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story

1996

as Sister Aloysius

Naomi & Wynonna: Love Can Build a Bridge

1995

as Polly Judd

To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar

1995

as Merna

How to Make an American Quilt

1995

as Mrs. Darling

State of Emergency

1994

as Betty Anderson

Sioux City

1994

as Leah Goldman

Confessions: Two Faces of Evil

1994

as Carol Mothershed

Judgment Day: The John List Story

1993

as Eleanor

The Prince of Tides

1991

as Savannah Wingo

Spontaneous Combustion

1990

as Nina

Captain America

1990

as Mrs. Rogers

Nightbreaker

1989

as Paula Brown

Staying Together

1989

as Eileen McDermott

Shattered Innocence

1988

as Sharon Anderson

Harry and the Hendersons

1987

as Nancy Henderson

Shattered Spirits

1986

as Joyce Mollencamp

Songwriter

1984

as Honey Carder

A Christmas Story

1983

as Mother

Right of Way

1983

as Ruda Dwyer

Fallen Angel

1981

as Sherry Phillips

Absence of Malice

1981

as Teresa Perrone

Hellinger's Law

1981

as Anne Gronouski

Marriage Is Alive and Well

1980

as Jeannie

The Shadow Box

1980

as Agnes

The Muppet Movie

1979

as Woman with Balloon

F.I.S.T.

1978

as Anna Zarinkas

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

1977

as Jillian Guiler

Slap Shot

1977

as Suzanne Hanrahan

Bound for Glory

1976

as Mary / Memphis Sue

The April Fools

1969

as Leslie Hopkins

The Cry of Jazz

1959

as Faye