On this date (March 17) in 2008, Marlee Matlin made her debut on Dancing with the Stars. The Oscar winner was among a dozen celebrities who signed on to compete, including pro football player Jason Taylor, Olympic skater Kristi Yamaguchi, R&B singer Mario, and actors Shannon Elizabeth, Priscilla Presley, Cristian de la Fuente, and Marissa Jaret Winokur. When Matlin was eventually voted off the show after making it through several rounds, she thanked the judges, her family and Henry Winkler for his support. She also thanked Fabian Sanchez her dance partner "for giving me the most beautiful art of dance in my life." Posts Tagged: Marlee Matlin
Matlin – 5 years ago today
On this date (March 17) in 2008, Marlee Matlin made her debut on Dancing with the Stars. The Oscar winner was among a dozen celebrities who signed on to compete, including pro football player Jason Taylor, Olympic skater Kristi Yamaguchi, R&B singer Mario, and actors Shannon Elizabeth, Priscilla Presley, Cristian de la Fuente, and Marissa Jaret Winokur. When Matlin was eventually voted off the show after making it through several rounds, she thanked the judges, her family and Henry Winkler for his support. She also thanked Fabian Sanchez her dance partner "for giving me the most beautiful art of dance in my life." Being Deaf Has its Perks
Marlee Matlin appeared on the Jeff Probst show and explained one of the things she likes about being deaf.
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Marlee Matlin: ASL Skit insulting
Marlee Matlin is speaking out about a Saturday Night Live Skit (see it below on DeafNewsToday.com) in which actresses pretending to interpret for the mayor of New York and the Governor of New Jersey. Instead of funny, the Oscar winning actress says it was just "dumb". Matlin wrote, "Millions of deaf people use sign (language). Why poke fun/fake it? Poke fun at ME but not the language. Sign is not mime; it is a legit language... I don't mind fun poked at me, as I poke back. But at the language, that millions use? It feels childish and insulting. Deaf people HAVE a sense of humor... But faking signs that we use isn't the same. Imagine if a show started making fun of Spanish (using fake Spanish) or Japanese. Do you think they'd actually get away with it? Uh, no..."Read More at DeafNewsToday.com
Marlee Signs
A new Apple app features actress Marlee Matlin teaching users to sign. Marlee Signs
shows the Academy Award winner hopes to make the fundamentals of American Sign Language easier for people interested in learning more. There is a “Slow Motion” setting for watching the videos at a slower pace and a section called “Spell” which, of course, spells out words using sign. The app is free though specialized lesson packs will cost you $3.99 each. Except for the first lesson in each pack, which is free. You'll find it
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Getting to Know.. Marlee Matlin
Born on this date (August 24) in 1965, she is 47 years old.- middle name is "Beth"
- Grew up in
- Became deaf when she was a year and a half old after she suffered a series of fevers, the only person in her family who is deaf
- Married Burbank police officer Kevin Grandalski in 1993
- Has four children: Sarah, Brandon, Tyler and Isabelle
- Won an Oscar for her role as the deaf student in Children of a Lesser God, the only deaf person to win an Acadamy Award
- Won a Golden Globe award along with two additional nominations, and has four Emmy nominations
- Played a lawyer on her own TV series, Reasonable Doubt
- Took the role of a political analyst on The West Wing
- Plays a character on Showtime’s The ‘L’ Word
- Attended the Jewish Temple for the Deaf B’nai Shalom located in
- Discovered by Henry Winkler
- Author of two Children’s books
- Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in May 2009
- Competed in the 6th season of ABC's Dancing with the Stars
- A finalist on the NBC's Celebrity Apprentice, she came in second place raising a million dollars for her charity, The Starkey Hearing Foundation, the most ever been raised for charity in a single event on any TV show
- Her autobiography is titled I'll Scream Later
- Is currently playing an ongoing role on ABC Family's Switched at Birth
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Marlee’s Advice
A look at Marlee Matlin's visit to Middle Tennessee State University here.
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SIGNin’ in the Street Recap
Here is a video showing what happened last weekend at the special SIGNin' in the Street event at the Disneyland Resort with the stars of Switched at Birth, Marlee Matlin, and other well-known personalities in the Deaf community.
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