Marlee Matlin receives Walk of Fame Star
Oscar winner Marlee Matlin, who has been deaf since she was 18 months old, wiped away tears as her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame was unveiled.
Marlee Matlin received the 2,383rd star on Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street, honouring an extensive television and movie career, including being the youngest winner of the best actress Academy Award.
The actress, who won the Academy Award and Golden Globe for Best Actress for her role in Children of a Lesser God, welled up as Henry Winkler read a poem she wrote when she was 12 about how she wanted to be an actress.
She said through a sign-language interpreter, "I really am humbled to be here today with all of you on this magnificent street of dreams, the Hollywood Walk of Fame."
Marlee, 43, who lives in Los Angeles with her husband and four children, has also been nominated for Emmy Awards for her performances in Seinfeld, Picket Fences, The Practice, and Law & Order. She is the author of Deaf Child Crossing.
Matlin became profoundly deaf in her right ear and lost 80 percent of the hearing in her left ear as a toddler due to Roseola Infantum.
Her website is marleematlinsite.com.
