Marlee Matlin - Biography

Last Editor: vedrana.kovacic				Marlee Matlin Biography -   Name : Marlee Matlin Profession : Actress Birth Details : born August 24, 1965 Birth name : Marlee Beth Matlin Height : 5' 4" (1.63 m) Personal quotes : "The Earth does not belong to us: we belong to the Earth." "Silence is the last thing the world will ever hear from me." The han Spouse : Kevin Grandalski (29 August 1993 - present) 4 children

Marlee Matlin Trivia -

Used to live with William Hurt She was rendered deaf in infancy by a bout of Roseola Infantum. Husband is a police officer. Has one daughter named 'Sarah Rose' . Was married in Henry Winkler's (the Fonz's) backyard. Listed as one of twelve "Promising New Actors of 1986" in John Willis' Screen World, Vol. 38. Son, Tyler Daniel Grandalski, born 18 July 2002 in Los Angeles. Son, Brandon Joseph, born 12 September 2000 in Los Angeles. Graduated from John Hersey High School in Arlington Heights IL. Daughter, Isabelle Jane Grandalski, was born on December 26, 2003 in Los Angeles, California. She presented the Vardon family with $50,000 from a charity for the Vardon's son to go to the college of his choice. This was on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition 2004. The Vardon family is made up of two deaf parents, an able older son (Stefan) and a younger son who is both blind and autistic. One of a chosen few to win a Best Acting Oscar for their debut performance.

Marlee Matlin Detailed Biography -

Marlee Beth Matlin (born August 24, 1965) is an Academy Award-winning American actress who is almost completely deaf. Born to a Jewish family in Morton Grove, Illinois, Matlin lost most of her hearing at the age of 18 months, following a bout of Roseola infantum. She lost all hearing in her right ear, and 80% of hearing in her left ear. She made her stage debut at the age of seven, as Dorothy in a children's theatre version of The Wizard of Oz, and continued to appear with the same children's theatre group throughout her childhood. Her film debut, 1986's Children of a Lesser God brought her a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Drama and an Academy Award for Best Actress (at 21, the youngest person ever to receive the award.) She played the lead female role in the television series Reasonable Doubts (1991–1993), and won an Emmy Award for an appearance in Picket Fences. She had recurring roles in The West Wing and Blue's Clues. Other television appearances include Seinfeld and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. She won a 2004 Primetime Emmy Award for the latter. She is actively involved with a number of charitable organisations, including the Children Affected by AIDS Foundation, the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, the Starlight Children's Foundation, and the Red Cross Celebrity Cabinet. Matlin married law enforcement officer, Kevin Grandalski on August 29, 1993 (in Henry Winkler's back yard). They have two daughters (Sarah Rose, born 1996; Isabella Jane, born 2003) and two sons (Brandon, born 2000; Tyler, born 2002). In 2002, she published her first novel, Deaf Child Crossing, which is loosely based on her own childhood. In 2004, she starred in the controversial movie What the Bleep Do We Know as Amanda.