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Marlee Matlin Became death at 18 months old
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Marlee Matlin Age: 50 Birthplace: Morton Grove, Illinois Profession: Film producer, Actor Height: 5’4”
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Marlee Matlin Born August 24, 1965 An American actress Won the Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for the movie Children of a Lesser God The only deaf performer to win the award and at 21 the youngest to date.
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Marlee Matlin Born to Libby and Donald Matlin. Two older brothers, Eric and Marc Lost all hearing in her right ear and 80% of the hearing in her left ear at 18 months
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Marlee Matlin In her book “I’ll Scream Later”, she states that her loss of hearing may have indicated a genetically malformed cochlea. Family is of Russian Jewish and Polish Jewish descent Had a Bat Mitzvah Read her Torah portion by learning Hebrew phonetically
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Marlee Matlin
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