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Marlee Matlin On Friendship With Henry Winkler And Her "Very Complex Relationship" With Abusive Ex William Hurt – Sundance Studio
Logline: In 1987, Marlee Matlin became the first Deaf actor to win an Academy Award and was thrust into the spotlight at 21 years old. Reflecting on her life in her primary language of American ...
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Marlee Matlin blazed trails. She also suffered a lifetime of isolation.
PARK CITY, Utah — 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.