PARK CITY, Utah — The moment Marlee Matlin stepped onstage at the 1987 Academy Awards as the first deaf actor to win an Oscar for “Children of a Lesser God” appeared to be a joyous triumph.

SPEAKING TO A PACKED HOUSE at the Lesher Center for the Arts in Walnut Creek recently, Henry Winkler and Marlee Matlin shared the importance of remaining resilient in the face of challenges and ...

Despite being happily married since 1993, Marlee Matlin is now looking back at a darker period in her life. A new documentary about the 59-year-old actress includes details about her relationship ...

When Marlee Matlin became the first Deaf actor to win an Oscar for “Children of a Lesser God,” back in 1986, she didn’t want to be the last. However, it took 35 years for another Deaf actor ...

It’s about identity, resilience, and the power of being heard even when you don’t speak. If you value real stories that lift voices too often ignored, then absolutely yes. Marlee Matlin: Not Alone ...

The idea of “the first” permeates the touching, new bio-doc “Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore.” For better, for worse. For in-between.

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‘Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore,’ a new documentary premiering at the Sundance Film Festival, chronicles the unlikely way Matlin and Winkler became friends Neilson Barnard/Getty; Amy Sussman ...

By Leslie Felperin Contributing Film Critic First, manage your expectations: This bio-documentary doesn’t reveal much that its subject, the actor Marlee Matlin, hasn’t already discussed ...

She joined PEOPLE in 2025 and has worked for Variety and The Hollywood Reporter. Marlee Matlin is opening up about her trailblazing legacy in an emotional new documentary. PEOPLE has the exclusive ...

In her documentary “Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore,” the star continues to explore the at times lonesome space she has occupied since bursting on the scene in 1986: that of being a representative ...