In 1987, 21-year-old Marlee Matlin won the Best Actress Oscar for her role in “Children of a Lesser God.” She is still the youngest person to ever receive the Best Actress award, and, until 2022, was ...

For Marlee Matlin, winning an Academy Award should’ve been one of the happiest days of her life. At just 21, Matlin took home the best actress Oscar for 1986’s “Children of a Lesser God,” becoming the ...

In 1987, Marlee Matlin, star of the film Children of a Lesser God, became the first deaf performer ever to win an Oscar–and, at 21, the youngest person ever to snag a Best Actress statuette. Almost 36 ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There are a lot of surprises in “Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore,” an American Masters documentary making the rounds of movie ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For Marlee Matlin, winning an Academy Award should’ve been one of the happiest days of her life. At just 21, Matlin took home the ...