navigating the high and lows of Hollywood after becoming the first deaf actor to win an Academy Award for her breakout role in “Children of a Lesser God”; and her abusive relationship with her ...

Through Children of a Lesser God, the San Jac’s Central Theatre Department hopes to inspire empathy and understanding while ...

When Marlee Matlin became the first Deaf actor to win an Oscar for “Children of a Lesser God,” back in 1986, she didn’t want to be the last. However, it took 35 years for another Deaf actor ...

Despite progress in diversity, the Deaf community remains overlooked in Hollywood. Michelle Mary Schaefer is fighting for authentic representation and industry inclusion.

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. At 21, she rocketed to ...

Not Alone Anymore delves into the fame and hardship behind the Oscar-winning actor, and her representation of the deaf ...

A new documentary by Gallaudet alumnus Shoshannah Stern, ’05, premiered at Sundance Film Festival on January 23. Marlee ...

Deaf actress and activist Marlee Matlin was born 58 years ago in Morton Grove, Illinois. When asked to do a PBS Masters biography of her life, she requested a d ...

“Children of a Lesser God” director, Randa Haines ... paid for her own interpreter at the clinic as the rehab’s first deaf patient. Matlin went on to meet her now-husband Kevin Grandalski ...

At 19, Matlin was cast opposite William Hurt in the adaptation of the play “Children of a Lesser God.” She portrayed Sarah Norman, a janitor in a school for the deaf. Hurt’s character is a ...

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.

The actors' 'Children of a Lesser God' director recalls seeing bruises ... a screen adaptation of the hit Mark Medoff play about a deaf woman's romantic relationship with a hearing speech teacher.