...land of the free and the home of the brave!!!
Marlee Beth Matlin was born on August 24, 1965, to Don and Libby Matlin; she was their third child. Marlee became deaf at the age of 18 months due to a bout with Roseola Infantum. and yet nothing stopped her!
Marlee is also a spokeswoman for the National Captioning Institute. In 1995 she testified at a Congressional hearing, and helped get a law passed that requires all TV sets 13 inches or larger to be manufactured with built-in chips to provide "Closed Captioning" on their screens; this was a godsend for deaf viewers.
Everybody loves a hero.
People line up for them, cheer them on, scream their names. And years later, they'll tell how they stood in the rain for hours just to get a glimpse of the one who taught them how to hold on a second longer. I believe there's a hero in all of us, that keeps us honest, gives us strength, makes us noble, and finally allows us to die with pride, even though sometimes we have to be steady, and give up the thing we want the most Even our dreams."
Aunt May
Writer and Actor
Marlee Matlin won Best Actress
Children of a Lesser God
Amazon Price: $5.78 (as of 06/03/2012)
the 59th Annual Academy Awards® in 1987 went to Marlee Matlin
William Hurt plays a teacher newly hired at a school for deaf children, and Marlee Matlin is the deaf and withdrawn janitor who captures his attention
I remember watching this movie when it came out I need to see this one again
A life changing movie
What the Bleep Do We Know!?
Amazon Price: $29.95 (as of 06/03/2012)
The plot follows the story of a deaf female photographer; as she encounters emotional and existential obstacles in her life, going through a divorce and feeling worthless she begins to question her role in life, her relationships with her career and men and what it all means ..
It's about addictions this is a break through movie it opens our minds by helping us see our addictions see how they are formed and how our addictions become our reality which is no reality at all ,she starts to see how her own mind brings on where she finds herself and does not like what she sees.
This movie is part modern day Alice in wonderlad "How far down the rabbit hole do you want to go?" How much can you handle seeing our own human nature ?? Just like Alice in wonderland she was digging deeper and deeper into the hole remember she changes sizes ? and that is the question how far are we willing to dig inside to find real answers like how adddictions are formed and how we all have them and how it forms our destiny
Recieved awards = movie worth watching
The Apprentice
Marlee Matlin is a working class mom , one night while going through the channels I saw Marlee and stopped to see what she was doing on TV and it was called The Apprentice I never been a fan of Donald Trump but I watched Marlee work so hard for her charity The Starkey Hearing Foundation and fell in love with her again she made the most money ever for her charity and the show was great.
The ABCs of sign language
Poll Module!
Should the sign language alphabet be a mandatory 4 week course in all elementary schools ? I personally think yes because it teaches us another way to communicate this is after all a language a beautiful language
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Dec 30, 2011 @ 10:36 am | delete
- I remember seeing Children of Lesser God in the cinema and was totally blown away. Great lens.
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Blessedmombygrace
Jun 3, 2011 @ 8:54 pm | delete
- I remember loving Children of a Lesser God and then saw Marlee again on Dancing w/ the Squares. Great lens.
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javrsmith
Nov 22, 2010 @ 11:34 pm | delete
- She's a great actress. Good job!
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GuruRouge
Aug 15, 2010 @ 8:53 am | delete
- Nice lense.
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Frankster Oct 29, 2009 @ 11:25 am | delete
- I love Marlee Matlin. She is such a positive and talented person. My grandparents on my Mother's side were both hearing impaired. Since I was an army brat, like you, I didn't get to see them often but I did learn a little sign language. I taught my girlfriend the alphabet in high school and we used to sign behind our boyfriends backs. They were not amused! LOL Thanks for this great lens. Bear hugs, Frankster
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