drama The Prince of Tides, the low-budget Lou Diamond Phillips thriller Sioux City, and the drama How to Make an American Quilt. In 1999, she appeared in Magnolia, directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, as Rose Gator, the estranged wife of terminally ill television game-show host Jimmy Gator (Philip Baker Hall). In 2005, she guest-starred in the episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit titled "Blood". Dillon's last major acting role was in the 2007 film Reign Over Me. Personal life and death Dillon was married to actor Richard Libertini and together they had a son. They divorced in 1978. A Methodist, Dillon was a staffer on Democrat Eugene McCarthy's 1968 presidential campaign. Dillon died on January 9, 2023, at the age of 83. Her remains were cremated. Filmography Film Television Notes References Further reading "Hyde Park Seniors to Give Show". Chicago Tribune. June 9, 1957. p. 8 "Jack and the Beanstalk". Chicago Tribune. November 8, 1959. p. "Billy Eden Wolf and Linda Dillon in 'Rumpelstiltskin'". Chicago Tribune. March 20, 1960. Part 7, Sec. 2, p. 4 Lyons, Herb (September 19, 1961). "Tower Ticker". Chicago Tribune. p. 22 "Education and Training for the Stage: The Goodman Memorial Theatre School of Drama". Volume 55 Number 4, 1961. The Art Institute of Chicago Quarterly. pp. 74, 76 External links 1939 births 2023 deaths 20th-century American actresses 21st-century American actresses Actresses from Alabama American film actresses American stage actresses American television actresses People from Cullman, Alabama Methodists from Alabama Hyde Park Academy High School alumni