Release Date

01 Jan, 1970

Runtime

00:00: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

Explores Marlee Matlin’s life as a groundbreaking performer, whose meteoric and tumultuous rise to fame started in 1987 when she became the first Deaf actor to win an Academy Award for her role in ‘Children of a Lesser God.’ At the age of 21, Matlin was thrust into the national spotlight, becoming for many Americans the first Deaf person they saw on TV and overnight becoming the de-facto representative of the Deaf community.

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Actors

Marlee Matlin

Crew

Adam Lewis

Jenny Raskin

Patty Quillin

Shoshannah Stern

Justine Nagan

Bill Harnisch

Robyn Kopp

Ann Lovell

Melony Lewis

Michael Kantor

Bonni Cohen

Ruth Ann Harnisch