Most Recent Role: Season 6 - Celebrity Dancer on Dancing With the Stars
Gender: Female
Birthplace: Morton Grove, Illinois, USA
Birthday: 8-24-1965
Birth Name: Marlee Beth Matlin
Gender: Female
Birthplace: Morton Grove, Illinois, USA
Birthday: 8-24-1965
Birth Name: Marlee Beth Matlin
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Marlee, who burst onto the scene years ago with her performance in the feature film Children of a Lesser God (for which she won an academy award), has continued to build her resume ever since. Like any celebrity, Matlin's personal life is grist for the press. ParentTime did an interview with Matlin. Earlier, the pregnancy and birth of her daughter was reported in People magazine. Matlin has...
Most Recent Appearance
Episode 610A
Tuesday 20 May 2008 on ABC
The mirror ball trophy is awarded and all the eliminated celebrities return for one last spin across the dance floor. One couple is given the boot right away and the two remaining celebrities get a chance to show off their improvements to their favorite dance of the season, which will be judged...
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- Dancing with the Stars' rug-cutters trotted out 2008-02-19 12:49:00
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Marlee's dance partner on Dancing With the Stars is newcomer Fabian Sanchez.
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Marlee has donated a piece of art she created to help support the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. She painted a fiberglass sheep to promote awareness of insomnia. This item was on Ebay.
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She used to live with William Hurt.
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On Wednesday, March 21, 2007, Marlee appeared in a documentary on PBS/KCET called "Through Deaf Eyes". The documentary is about 200 years of Deaf life in America.
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On February 4, 2007, Marlee Matlin performed the Star Spangled Banner in American Sign Language at Super Bowl XLI in Miami, Florida.
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Marlee Matlin: Silence is the last thing the world will ever hear from me.
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Marlee Matlin: The Earth does not belong to us: we belong to the Earth.
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Marlee Matlin: The handicap of deafness is not in the ear; it is in the mind.
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Marlee Matlin: (on Through Deaf Eye) I'm a proud person who happens to be deaf. I don't want to change it. I don't want to wake up and suddenly say, 'Oh my God, I can hear.' That's not my dream. It's not my dream. I've been raised deaf. I'm used to the way I am. I don't want to change it. Why would I ever want to change? Because I'm used to this, I'm happy.
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M.M. at the L word premiere Party : And the best thing was that I got to make out with Jennifer Beals !
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Other Appearances
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Dancing With the Stars
Season 6 - Celebrity Dancer |
Picket Fences
Mayor Laurie Bey [ episodes 67 - 88, recurring previously ] |
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Reasonable Doubts
Assistant DA Tess Kauffman |
The L Word
Jodi Lerner (Season 4+) |
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Picket Fences
Laurie Bey |
The West Wing
Joey Lucas |
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Blue's Clues
Blue's Book Nook Marlee the Librarian |
Blue's Clues
Our Neighborhood Festival Marlee The Librarian |
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CSI: NY
Silent Night Gina Mitchum |
Desperate Housewives
There Won't Be Trumpets Alisa Stevens |
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e-Talk Daily
August 24, 2007 Herself |
ER
The Storm (Part One) Sign Language Instructor |
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"Average"Good She is a okay actress. Continue » Posted Sep 13, 2007 9:14 am PST |
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"Talented"Perfect Give her a show! Continue » Posted Aug 5, 2007 7:38 pm PST |
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"Talented"Superb Marlee has proven that being deaf does not mean you can't pursue an acting career. Continue » Posted Mar 14, 2007 7:46 pm PST |
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"Personal favorite"Perfect One of my favorite actresses. Continue » Posted Dec 1, 2006 10:54 am PST |
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"Trendsetter"Perfect Marlee is a role model, a strong woman who has shown the world deafness is not the end of the world. Continue » Posted Jan 31, 2006 10:03 pm PST |
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