Melinda Dillon has sadly died at the age of 83.
The actress, best known for her role as the mom in A Christmas Story, passed away earlier last month, according to an obituary published by her family.
The listing, via People, did not reveal a cause of death.
In addition to starring in A Christmas Story, Melinda also received a Tony nomination for her role in the original 1962 production of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?.
She was also a two-time Oscar nominee for Steven Spielberg‘s Close Encounters of the Third Kind in 1977, and later for 1981′s Absence of Malice.
Melinda did not return to reprise her role in A Christmas Story Christmas for HBO Max.
Following the news of her passing, Barbra Streisand shared a touching tribute.
“Melinda Dillon was such a great actress, with a wonderful delicacy about her,” she wrote. “She was a delight to direct in Prince of Tides. May she rest in peace.”
