Marlee Matlin
Actor
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Marlee Bethany Matlin (born August 24, 1965) is an American actress. She is the youngest woman and the only deaf actress to date to win the Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, which she won at age 21 for Children of a Lesser God. Her work in film and television has resulted in a Golden Globe award, with two additional nominations, and four Emmy nominations. Deaf since she was 2 years old, she is also a prominent member of the National Association of the Deaf.
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How to Make Love Like an Englishman (2014)
As: Cindy
By day, Richard Haig is a successful and well-respected English professor at renowned Trinity College in Cambridge. By night, Richard indulges his own romantic fantasies with a steady stream of beautiful undergraduates. But Richard has grown tired of the game and is looking for something more meaningful and lasting. So when Kate, Richard’s tanned, athletic, 25-year-old American girlfriend tells him ...
Runtime: 99 min.
Directed by: Tom Vaughan
Stars: Jessica Alba | Pierce Brosnan | Malcolm McDowell | Salma Hayek | Ben McKenzie
The One I Love (2014)
As: Diner Patron
On the brink of separation, Ethan and Sophie escape to a beautiful vacation house for a weekend getaway in an attempt to save their marriage. What begins as a romantic and fun retreat soon becomes surreal, when an unexpected discovery forces the two to examine themselves, their relationship, and their future.
Runtime: 91 min.
Directed by: Charlie McDowell
Stars: Ted Danson | Mark Duplass | Elisabeth Moss | Kiana Cason | Kaitlyn Dodson
4Closed (2013)
As: Ally Turner
When a young family moves into a foreclosed house, the previous owner begins a campaign of intimidation and terror. The deranged man will stop at nothing to get his home back.
Runtime: 91 min.
Directed by: Nick Lyon
Stars: Christina DeRosa | Jamie Kennedy | Marlee Matlin | Paul Sorvino | James Denton
Excision (2012)
As: Amber
Alienated teen Pauline struggles with the pressures of fitting into high school, pleasing her mother and a burning desire to lose her virginity. With a grotesque curiosity for the darker side of life, Pauline is considered a social outcast by everyone around her. Enticed by flesh, she retreats into her own fantasies and hopes to become a great surgeon - that is, if she doesn't go insane first.
Runtime: 81 min.
Directed by: Richard Bates Jr.
Stars: Ariel Winter | Jeremy Sumpter | Traci Lords | AnnaLynne McCord | Roger Bart
Comedy Central Roast of Donald Trump (2011)
As: Herself
It's Donald Trump's turn to step in to the celebrity hot seat for the latest installment of The Comedy Central Roast.
Runtime: 65 min.
Directed by: Joel Gallen
Stars: Seth MacFarlane | Snoop Dogg | Gilbert Gottfried | Donald Trump | Whitney Cummings
Sweet Nothing in My Ear (2008)
As: Laura Miller
Family drama about a deaf and hearing couple who struggle to decide whether or not to give their deaf son a cochlear implant.
Runtime: 120 min.
Directed by: Joseph Sargent
Stars: Jeff Daniels | Marlee Matlin | Michael Ormsby | Ed Waterstreet | Phyllis Frelich
What the Bleep! Down the Rabbit Hole (2006)
As: Amanda
Interviews with scientists and authors, animated bits, and a storyline involving a deaf photographer are used in this docudrama to illustrate the link between quantum mechanics, neurobiology, human consciousness and day-to-day reality.
Runtime: 156 min.
Directed by: William Arntz | Betsy Chasse
Stars: Elaine Hendrix | Robert Bailey Jr. | Marlee Matlin | Armin Shimerman | Barry Newman
What the #$*! Do We (K)now!? (2004)
As: Lead
Amanda (Marlee Maitlin) is a divorced woman who makes a living as a photographer. During the Fall of the year Amanda begins to see the world in new and different ways when she begins to question her role in life, her relationships with her career and men and what it all means. As the layers to her everyday experiences fall away insertions in the story with scientists, and philosophers and religious leaders ...
Runtime: 109 min.
Directed by: William Arntz | Betsy Chasse
Stars: Elaine Hendrix | Robert Bailey Jr. | Robert Blanche | Marlee Matlin | John Ross Bowie
Where the Truth Lies (1999)
As: Dana Sue Lacey
Courtroom drama where an ambitious but inexperienced young lawyer defends a deaf political campaign manager accused of murder. But is her client too blinded by love to reveal all?
Runtime: 91 min.
Directed by: Nelson McCormick
Stars: Regina King | Linden Ashby | Robert Blanche | Marlee Matlin | Philip Lester
When Justice Fails (1999)
As: Katy Wesson
A detective (Jeff Fahey) investigating the murders of two sex offenders gets involved with a beautiful district attorney (Marlee Matlin) who becomes a main suspect.
Runtime: 91 min.
Directed by: Allan A. Goldstein
Stars: Jeff Fahey | Marlee Matlin | Carl Marotte | Sean Milliken | Charles Powell
In Her Defense (1999)
As: Jane Claire
In Her Defense is a 1998 thriller directed by Sidney J. Furie. Lawyer Andrew Garfield begins having an affair with a deaf woman, played by Marlee Matlin, when one day her husband catches them. Andrew Garfield then kills him. From then on in the film, the lawyer must defend his lover who's blamed for the murder that he committed himself.
Runtime: 97 min.
Directed by: Sidney J. Furie
Stars: Daniel Pilon | Michael Dudikoff | Marlee Matlin | Sophie Lorain | David Attis
Freak City (1999)
After being diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, a rebellious young woman is disease-stricken. Upon being admitted to a nursing home, she finds hope in the most unlikely of places...
Runtime: 104 min.
Directed by: Lynne Littman
Stars: Samantha Mathis | Peter Sarsgaard | Jonathan Silverman | Marlee Matlin | Natalie Cole
Two Shades of Blue (1999)
As: Beth McDaniels
Susan Price has written a #1 bestseller, a steamy novel about a woman's search for the ultimate sexual experience entitled, "The Dark Side of Judith." When Susan is framed for the murder of her fiance, billionare publisher Jack Reynolds, she eludes authorities by changing her identity and becoming the woman she wrote about in her book, Judith Anderson. To find the real killer, Susan goes undercover ...
Runtime: 103 min.
Directed by: James D. Deck
Stars: Eric Roberts | Rachel Hunter | Gary Busey | Marlee Matlin | Anthony Natale
Dead Silence (1997)
As: Melanie Charrol
Three escaped convicts take a group of deaf students hostage but their teacher is Marlee Matlin!
Runtime: 99 min.
Directed by: Daniel Petrie Jr.
Stars: Kim Coates | Scott Speedman | Lolita Davidovich | James Garner | Marlee Matlin
It's My Party (1996)
As: Daphne Stark
A gathering of friends. A gift of love. A celebration of life.
Runtime: 110 min.
Directed by: Randal Kleiser
Stars: Eric Roberts | Olivia Newton-John | Margaret Cho | Gregory Harrison | Lee Grant
Hear No Evil (1993)
As: Jillian Shanahan
Jillian Shanahan, a deaf woman, becomes the target of a ruthless and corrupt cop. The cop is looking for a stolen coin, which he plans to keep for himself. A journalist briefly acquires the coin and hides it in Jillian's apartment, then his car explodes, now the cop is after her.
Runtime: 97 min.
Directed by: Robert Greenwald
Stars: John C. McGinley | Martin Sheen | Christina Carlisi | Marlee Matlin | D. B. Sweeney
The Player (1992)
As: Herself
A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected - but which one?
Runtime: 124 min.
Directed by: Robert Altman
Stars: Tim Robbins | Whoopi Goldberg | Greta Scacchi | Peter Gallagher | Fred Ward
The Linguini Incident (1991)
As: Jeanette
A waitress (Rosanna Arquette), a barman (David Bowie) and an underwear designer (Eszter Balint) try to rob a New York restaurant where two of them work.
Runtime: 108 min.
Directed by: Richard Shepard
Stars: David Bowie | Rosanna Arquette | Andre Gregory | Buck Henry | Eszter Balint
Bridge to Silence (1989)
As: Peggy Lawrence
A woman with a hearing problem tries to get het life back together after a car accident that killed her husband.
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: Karen Arthur
Stars: Michael O'Keefe | Marlee Matlin | Lee Remick | Candace Brecker | Allison Silva
Walker (1987)
As: Ellen Martin
William Walker and his mercenary corps enter Nicaragua in the middle of the 19th century in order to install a new government by a coup d'etat.
Runtime: 94 min.
Directed by: Alex Cox
Stars: Keith Szarabajka | Ed Harris | Richard Masur | Rene Auberjonois | Rene Assa
Children of a Lesser God (1986)
As: Sarah Norman
James is a new speech teacher at a school for the deaf. He falls for Sarah, a pupil who decided to stay on at the school rather than venture into the big bad world. She shuns him at first, refusing to read his lips and only using signs. Will her feelings change over time?
Runtime: 119 min.
Directed by: Randa Haines
Stars: William Hurt | Philip Bosco | Marlee Matlin | Piper Laurie | Allison Gompf