Marlee Matlin
Marlee Matlin
Marlee Beth Matlinis an American actress. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for Children of a Lesser God, and is the only deaf performer to win the award. Her work in film and television has resulted in a Golden Globe award, with two additional nominations, and four Emmy nominations. Deaf since she was 18 months old, she is also a prominent member of the National Association of the Deaf. Her longtime interpreter is Jack...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth24 August 1965
CityMorton Grove, IL
CountryUnited States of America
I'm not broke. Like everybody else, I owe money.
How many deaf people do you know in real life? Unless they live in a cave, or are 14, which seems to be true for most people in this business, what could I possibly tell them that they don't already know?
I'm gonna be unemployed when people read this. Ha.
Hollywood embraced me in the late '80s because there was a good project I was in and it was different. Nowadays, it's about corporate mentality, box office, youth.
At some point we have to stop and say, There's Marlee, not, There's the deaf actress.
I've been around since I was 19, I won the Oscar when I was 21, I've had a couple of TV series. I've continued to work despite the predictions of some naysayers.
When you're up for an award at the Oscars, try as you might, it's hard to concentrate on the show.
I was the youngest and only girl in a family of two older brothers.
Living modestly in a suburban neighborhood while trying to support four children through private school is not extravagant or living large.
When I was young I knew I was deaf. I couldn't accept it.
What parent has it easy? I just never make the difficulty of it an obstacle. I just do it.
The handicap of deafness is not in the ear; it is in the mind.
I learned to speak first, and then to sign. I have never really known what it was like to hear, so I cant compare hearing aids to normal hearing.
I have always resisted putting limitations on myself, both professionally and personally.