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It was a remarkable accomplishment for a year-old actress coming off her first film role—a feat that may also have been difficult for her to savor at the time. Matlin had been at the Betty Ford Center when she learned of her Academy Award nomination, receiving treatment for a substance abuse problem. To make matters worse, she and William Hurt had been romantically involved during the making of Children of a Lesser God , which proved to be a destructive relationship. Matlin went on to star in the TV drama Reasonable Doubts with Mark Harmon, which debuted in and lasted for two seasons.
In , she demonstrated her comedic abilities with her guest appearance as Jerry Seinfeld's lip-reading romantic interest on the hit sitcom Seinfeld. That same year, Matlin landed a recurring humorous role on the quirky small-town drama Picket Fences. There's nothing in it about deafness. It just happens that I am deaf; it's time for me to explore something different," she told People magazine. She received Emmy Award nominations in for her work on both series.
That same year, Matlin depicted a mentally handicapped woman struggling to keep her child in the television movie Against Her Will: The Carrie Buck Story. She also continued to make television guest appearances on such shows as Spin City and ER.
In , Matlin played a supporting role in the independent drama It's My Party. Before long, Matlin received another Emmy Award nomination for her appearance on the legal drama The Practice in You have to get real sometimes," Matlin told the New York Times.
In Against Her Will, Matlin played a hearing person for the first time in her career. The film was based on the true story of Carrie Buck, a developmentally challenged woman at the center of a landmark case that, in , was heard by the Supreme Court. Their decision legalized the forced sterilization of such women. Matlin was drawn to Buck's story: "I was proud to portray her because I felt such an amazing instinct to protect her, to represent her in a positive way, while at the same time highlighting such a negative issue," she told the Los Angeles Times in Matlin was pleased with her work in the film, particularly because she was able to portray a hearing woman so convincingly.
Matlin returned to episodic television, with a guest appearance on Picket Fences as Laurie Bey, the "dancing bandit. The company gave Matlin the control and autonomy she needed to pursue her career. Grandalski learned to sign at Fresno State College, where he earned a bachelor's degree in criminal justice in The couple had a baby girl, Sarah Rose, on January 19, They plan to teach Sarah to speak with her hands as well as with her voice. In , Matlin spoke to an audience about what she has learned from her disability: "The real handicap of deafness is not in the ear but in the mind," she said.
We can achieve much more if we focus on our abilities rather than our perceived disabilities. All rights reserved. Sudden Success Matlin's intense energy and her obvious chemistry with co-star William Hurt won her the role of Sarah Norman, an angry young deaf woman who refuses to speak because the hearing world refuses to sign. Reasonable Doubts Matlin's next few films, Walker in , Bridge to Silence in , Man in the Golden Mask in , and The Linguini Incident in , received little critical attention, though Bridge to Silence marked her debut in a speaking role.
Boston Globe, March 22, Christian Science Monitor, April 30, Gazette, March 17, Ladies Home Journal, April She also serves on the boards of a number of charitable organizations, including Very Special Arts, the Starlight Foundation, and other charities that primarily benefit children. As someone who loves children so much, it is only fitting that she has four of her own.
Professionally, Marlee has even tried producing, being the executive producer for Where the Truth Lies Sign In. Edit Marlee Matlin. Showing all 50 items. Used to reside with Academy Award winner William Hurt. Initially, she believed that she was rendered deaf in infancy by a bout of roseola infantum but later found out that roseola doesn't cause deafness.
In the s, a doctor told her mother that he believed that Matlin had a genetically malformed cochlea, which meant that she could likely hear when she was born but that her hearing receded over the first couple of years of her life. Was married in Henry Winkler 's the Fonz's backyard. This was on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition The Vardon family is made up of two deaf parents, a hearing older son Stefan and a younger son who is both blind and autistic.
One of a chosen few to receive a Best Acting Oscar for a debut performance. Youngest person to receive the Oscar in the Best Actress Category at the age of 21 and days old. She is also the only deaf actor to receive an Academy Award. Her daughter Sarah was born on the same day an episode of Picket Fences aired, in which her character, Laurie Bey, also gave birth. As a child, she attended a synagogue for the deaf. Marlee started out as a stage actress.
She is profoundly deaf.
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