Getting to Know… Marlee Matlin
Born August 24, 1965- Grew up in Morton Grove, Illinois near Chicago
- Became deaf when she was a year and a half old after she suffered a series of fevers
- Won an Oscar for her role as the deaf student in Children of a Lesser God
- 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 Skokie
- Discovered by Henry Winkler
- Author of two Children’s books
