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Champions for Deaf Children
Arts programs share theater, dance, drawing and writing

by Vicki Gerson
February 3, 2010

Long before winning an Academy Award for best film actress in 1987, Marlee Matlin skipped onto a stage in a makeshift theater in Glenview, Ill. (pop. 41,847), portraying Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz, her first play.

Wearing a blue and white checked dress and carrying a small picnic basket, the deaf 7-year-old improvised as a napkin covering her basket accidentally floated down to the stage floor while the play's director, Patricia Scherer, watched anxiously offstage.

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Marlee Matlin Receives Star, Hollywood Walk of Fame
By Nicola Pittam
Apr 29, 2009

Deaf actress Marlee Matlin is to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The star, who won an Oscar at the age of 21, will be presented with the award for her extensive television and movie career, including being the youngest winner of the Best Actress Academy Award.

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