“I said, ‘You got the wrong guy,’” Winkler says. Later, Matlin ... and Matlin’s family members, who have an earpiece feeding them interpretation. “I didn’t want Marlee to be alone ...

Stern gives a lot of screentime to interviews with Matlin’s friends and family, such as her brothers, who tried to support her as best as they could in a family where Marlee was the only deaf ...

Others are recalling their first time walking across the award ceremony stage. Marlee Matlin is the youngest woman to ever receive the Oscar for best actress. The Illinois native, who is now 59 ...

It’s shocking, now, to look back and realize that actress Marlee Matlin was just 21 when she ... She felt left out in her family, and lacked the community that other kids found in Deaf spaces.

PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Marlee Matlin gives an unflinchingly honest ... Her childhood and how her family handled learning she had become deaf at 18 months; her experience winning the best actress ...

When Matlin is seen returning to her childhood home in Illinois, her visit with her two brothers underscores how easy it might have been for them and their parents (who are now deceased) to forget to ...