It was a consistent query in 1986, when the deaf star burst on to the ... sharing them in her documentary about the actress and activist, "Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore." It works as both ...

Marlee Matlin is the youngest woman to ever receive the Oscar for best actress. The Illinois native ... Matlin was also the first deaf performer to win an Academy Award. She would remain the ...

PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Marlee Matlin gives an unflinchingly ... handled learning she had become deaf at 18 months; her experience winning the best actress Oscar for her first movie role in ...