Marlee Matlin received the Best Actress Oscar in 1987 for her role as Sarah Norman in the romantic drama, "Children of a ...

Marlee Matlin (left) and William Hurt (right ... play about a deaf woman’s romantic relationship with a hearing speech teacher. When she won the Oscar for best actress at the 1987 Academy ...

Marlee Matlin believes William Hurt’s abuse dimmed ... of a Lesser God” about a deaf woman’s romance with a hearing speech teacher. The actress was only 19 when she was cast in her feature ...