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Actor Born: August 24, 1965 in Morton Grove, IL Biography:A bout of roseola infantum rendered actress "Marlee Matlin" almost completely deaf at the age of 18 months. Never permitting her affliction to impede her ambitions, Matlin launched her stage career at age 8, playing Dorothy in the Des Plaines Childrens Theatre of the Deaf production of The Wizard Oz. She put her theatrical aspirations on the back burner while studying criminal justice at William Rainey Harper college, but by her early 20s was back on stage, playing a minor role in the original Chicago Immediate Theatre Production of "Children of a Lesser God". By the time this community-theatre effort went "professional" and was transplanted to New York, Matlin had been promoted to the leading role of Sara. She repeated this role in the 1988 film version of "Children of a Lesser God", and in so doing became the first deaf actress to win the Academy Award. During this same period, Matlin was involved in... Full Biography
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