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Marlee Matlin

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Marlee Matlin

Born Aug 24, 1965 · 60 years90 titles 44 movies · 46 TV
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Biography

Marlee Bethany Matlin (born August 24, 1965) is an American actress. She is the youngest woman and the only deaf actress to date to win the Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, which she won at age 21 for Children of a Lesser God.  Her work in film and television has resulted in a Golden Globe award, with two additional nominations, and four Emmy nominations. Deaf since she was 2 years old, she is also a prominent member of the National Association of the Deaf.

Also known as

Marlee Beth Matlin · Marlee Bethany Matlin

Born

Aug 24, 1965

Morton Grove, Illinois, USA

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Roles across career

Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).

86

Acting credits

1

Directing

0

Writing

4

Other crew

Most critically rated

Highest TMDB score (min 100 votes)

Most commercially successful

Highest TMDB vote count (attention / reach proxy; not box office)

Career timeline

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1953 1 title(s)

1986 1 title(s)

1987 2 title(s)

1989 2 title(s)

1991 3 title(s)

1992 4 title(s)

1993 1 title(s)

1994 4 title(s)

1995 1 title(s)

1996 4 title(s)

1997 3 title(s)

1999 9 title(s)

2000 3 title(s)

2001 3 title(s)

2003 4 title(s)

2004 4 title(s)

2005 4 title(s)

2006 1 title(s)

2007 1 title(s)

2008 2 title(s)

2009 3 title(s)

2011 3 title(s)

2012 1 title(s)

2013 2 title(s)

2014 4 title(s)

2015 3 title(s)

2018 3 title(s)

2019 4 title(s)

2020 3 title(s)

2021 3 title(s)

2023 1 title(s)

2024 1 title(s)

2025 1 title(s)

Undated 1 title(s)