- Melinda Dillon, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, 1977. Meryl Streep also failed to delight Steven Spielberg. During New York auditions, co-producer Julia Phillips noted the effect of some actresses upon Spielberg and Richard Dreyfuss – they’d move their chairs back from the table. “Most pronouncedly,” when Walker strolled in. Didn’t help her any… She remains unknown.
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