The Oscar-nominated actress’s family announced the news in an obituary posted Friday. The late actress is survived by her son, Richard Libertini Jr.
Corbis via Getty ImagesDespite the honor, Dillion felt like she had “crumbled inside” and had to leave the production after nine months to seek treatment at a psychiatric hospital.in a 1976 interview with the New York Times.
“I think it was the way I was living; the play was so long and the actors’ union wouldn’t let us play the matinee. We had to have a whole different cast for that, but I was called in to do it many, many times because the gal would get sick. I would do it three hours in the afternoon, then study with Lee Strasberg for two hours, and do the play three hours at night.
Although she never took an Academy Award home, her successful career spanned decades until she officially retired from acting in 2007. Some of her final credits included medical drama “Heartland” and “Law and Order.” Dillon was married to Richard Libertini for over a decade and the pair welcomed her only son, Richard Libertini Jr. The couple got divorced in 1978 and the actress never remarried.
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