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 ...

The Spanish filmmaker explains why she decided to explore the complex relationships between hearing people and those with ...

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 ...

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

“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 ...

Despite progress in diversity, the Deaf community remains overlooked in Hollywood. Michelle Mary Schaefer is fighting for ...

The pair starred in the 1986 film “Children 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 film debut ...

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 ...

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.