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Marlee Matlin
* 24. August 1965 (in Morton Grove, Illinois)
Oscar
1986 as Sarah Norman in "Children of a Lesser God"
My Personal Comments
- she was rendered deaf in infancy by a bout of Roseola Infantum
- she is the only deaf actress who ever received an Academy Award (and even that was for her debut in a movie at the age of 21)
- my favourite movies with her include "Children of a Lesser God" (1985), "Bridge to Silence" (1989) and "Hear No Evil" (1993)
- she was also brilliant as Laurie Bey (the 'dancing bandit' who later became the mayor) on the TV series "Picket Fences"
- her parents are Don and Libby Matlin
- she was the 3rd child, born to Don and Libby, but they lost a child the year before Marlee was born
- she has one older brother
- she is married to police officer Kevin Grandalski since 29. August 1993
- has a daughter with Grandalski, Sarah Rose, born in January 1996