Marlee Matlin (left) and William Hurt (right ... Matlin went on to meet her now-husband Kevin Grandalski while filming the series “Reasonable Doubts” in the early 1990s.

Marlee Martlin tells PEOPLE that she refers to longtime friend Henry Winkler as her 'fairy godfather' while promoting the new documentary, ‘Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore,’ which premiered at the ...

The moment Marlee Matlin stepped onstage at the 1987 Academy Awards as the first deaf actor to win an Oscar for “Children of a Lesser God” appeared to be a joyous triumph. At 21, she rocketed to ...

When Marlee Matlin became the first Deaf actor to win ... [Laughs] Exactly a Jewish mother! Then I met Kevin, my husband, and I told him we needed to go to the Winker house. Henry and Stacey ...

Deaf actress and activist Marlee Matlin was born 58 years ago in Morton Grove, Illinois. When asked to do a PBS Masters biography of her life, she requested a d ...

With ease and edge, the groundbreaking actor continues to sign her story with this tender portrait. In her documentary “Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore,” the star continues to explore the at ...