“I was afraid as I walked up the stairs to get the Oscar,” Matlin recalled about the moment in an interview with filmmaker Shoshannah Stern. “I was afraid because I knew in my gut that he wasn’t happy. Because I saw the look on his face and my thought was, ‘S–t!'”

Marlee Matlin talks about her abusive relationship with ex William Hurt, and her friendship with Henry Winkler in a new Sundance documentary.

The actress admits she was scared of Hurt as she approached the Oscar podium where he was standing to give her an Academy Award.

Marlee Matlin is looking back on her turbulent two-year relationship with actor William Hurt and what she called his "habit of abuse." Matlin, 59, met Hurt, who died in 2022 at age 71, while filming 1986's Children of a Lesser God.

Marlee Matlin recalls the fearful experience of receiving the 1987 Oscar from William Hurt.A new documentary, Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore, premiered Thursday at the Sundance Film

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.

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 for deaf people, and being herself. For more than three decades,

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Yet, as the film begins, a noticeable shift occurs as it becomes apparent there exist just as many speaking vocally as those who employ American Sign Language; this, unsurprisingly, befits the narrative of “ Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore ” and the lively,

Marlee Matlin discusses her abusive relationship with her ex-boyfriend and 'Children of a Lesser God' costar William Hurt in the new documentary 'Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore', which the Oscar winner premiered at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival on Jan.

Academy-Award-winning actress Marlee Matlin has delivered several memorable performances in a career spanning nearly four decades. She is the first-ever deaf performer to win an Oscar after receiving the Best Actress accolade for her performance as Sarah Norman in the romantic drama movie Children of a Lesser God.

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