Marlee Matlin
@MarleeMatlin
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Oscar: Best Actress; SAG & Best Picture CODA; Oscar nom. “Feeling Through." "Speaker/Author/Activist https://t.co/z14hHR5Ywt Photo: Meagan Shuptar
Instagram: TheMarleeMatlin
Joined March 2009
I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who wished me a Happy Birthday. I’m 54; it’s just a number. 🤟🏻🤟🏻 #birthdaygirl -#virgo
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Dear @delta. I fly you so often you’re like my home in the sky. But can you please make closed captions available for your in-flight live television? Deaf and hard of hearing flyers deserve access too. Thank you. ✈️✈️✈️✈️.
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#MeToo. I was 14, he was 36. I may be Deaf, but silence is the last thing you will ever hear from me.
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Sad to see that my preferred airline, @Delta flight 1998 has provisions for various languages and audio description for in-flight entertainment but no closed captions for deaf and hard of hearing flyers. #noaccess #stillwaiting for #ADAcompliance
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It’s official! #StarbucksSigns. Today @Starbucks opens its first signing/ASL store in Washington DC!
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Well, @PeteButtigieg, you're the first candidate for President that I've ever seen sign. Bravo! And @pleasantandy I like the name sign (and the story behind it) that you've given him. 🙌🏻.
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America fought seccesionists in Civil War, Nazis & anti-semites in WWII. Do we blame "both sides?" The answer is "no" then, and "no" NOW. 😠.
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There you go. I got blurred on @colbertlateshow. Thank you @StephenAtHome. I had a BLAST on the show tonight. #LSSC.
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Today is my birthday. My sobriety birthday. 35 years of being sober. One day at a time. Thank you my family, friends and fans. You ALL, and being sober, keeps me going. #grateful 🙏🏻.#friendsandfamily 🤟🏻.#thankyoufans❤️ .#sober🙏🏻🙏🏻.#onedayatatime🙌🏻👏🏻🙌🏻.#sobrietybirthday🎂
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Even when she was down she danced and showed the world that she refused to let cancer beat her. Now Rhoda is with Mary in heaven. RIP Valerie Harper. You were the epitome of strength and humor. 😢🤟🏻
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A message from me to you. #32years #sober #grateful #bettyfordcenter #onedayatatime #nooneisperfect #stillstrugglingattimes 🤟🏻🙏🏻💜
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Richard Belzer was one of the most kindest and welcoming actors when I guested on two episodes of Law and Order: SVU. His passing is truly a loss for Hollywood and I will miss him dearly. RIP Richard Belzer.
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Don’t worry about me, I’m a good lip reader. but not when it comes to racists.
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Please RT. The benefits of Special Olympics, which I have seen first hand as volunteer are IMMEASURABLE. DeVos proposal to cut their funding will adversely affect thousands with developmental disabilities. Don't let this happen! I support @SpecialOlympics
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To ALL networks: next time at #SuperBowl when the signer like @chrisunkim is performing #NationalAnthem & America the Beautiful they should be on the broadcast the WHOLE time, not a few seconds. SHOW the beauty of ASL either in a bubble, split screen or next to singer It’s time!
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Congratulations to first time Deaf actor Keivonn Montreal Woodard for being the youngest Emmy nominee as Guest Actor for @TheLastofUsHBO. As the youngest Best Actress winner myself for an Oscar, my hands are waving in the air for you!.
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396 months, 12,054 days, 289,281 hours equals 33 years of sobriety for me today. I’m feeling truly blessed, grateful and safe. One day at a time; it works for me! #sober #soberlife #onedayatatime #bettyfordcenter #illscreamlater #notaneasyroad #addictionrecovery #addiction
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“Yay! Why am I so happy? Because today the world is celebrating Sign Language Day. Not only in America but all over the world, all different signed languages. Finally! I love you!” 🤟🏻🤟🏻🤟🏻🤟🏻 🤟🏻🤟🏻🤟🏻.#InternationalSignLanguageDay #SignLanguageDay #signlanguageforall
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You may not know who Nanette Fabray was but she was one of the earliest proponents of sign language on TV. She advocated for the deaf and hard of hearing because she lived with being deaf. RIP Nanette Fabray, Stage And TV Comic Actress. She was was 97. .
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25 years ago today, I married this wonderful man. Happy 25th Anniversary to Kevin and me! #trulyblessed
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So sad to read of the passing of Verne Troyer. A lovely smile with a caring and big heart, he helped raise money on behalf of @starkeycares for free hearing aids for deaf and hard of hearing people. RIP
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She was complex, energetic, animated and hilarious. And she was my friend. Sending my condolences to her family. RIP Kirstie Alley. PS She would’ve agreed with me in saying #fuckcancer
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I’m losing my mind but what else is there to do? At least the dress still fits - 33 years later! 🤣 #oscardress @TheAcademy #childrenofalessergod
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I am absolutely SHOCKED at @CBS for introducing the Deaf performers at today’s pregame #SuperBowl and then not showing even one second (or more) of their performance… as has been tradition for the last 30 years. WHY!?.
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If talking could potentially spread droplets containing the Corona virus maybe it’s time for all of us to learn sign language. #BeSafe
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I am absolutely heartbroken for @ReginaKing. Please keep her and her family in your thoughts.
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Happy international Day of Sign Languages. Wherever you or language you use, there’s one sign EVERYONE should know…🤟🏻I I Love You!
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#CODA Best Picture of the Year!! Thank you @AppleTVPlus and the entire cast, crew and the producers. And hold on. More pictures are coming!
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Happy Birthday to Henry Winkler who has been like a second father to me all these years! He truly is the NICEST person in Hollywood. Now go out and get his book, "Being Henry: The Fonz. and Beyond"!! 🤟🏽🎂🤟🏽🎂🤟🏽🎂🤟🏽
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On @delta 2620. Thank you for closed captioned inflight entertainment (for movies). Perhaps in the future develop a video for deaf/HOH travelers how to access closed captions? Also looking forward to your LIVE TV and ALL series being captioned (they aren’t yet). Happy New Year.
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I’m so sad to read the news of Leslie Jordan’s passing. He was such a pleasure to work with on my first TV series, Reasonable Doubts. He was at the top of his game and had so much to look forward to. He exuded JOY and LAUGHTER. RIP dear Leslie #LeslieJordan
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Mark Medoff, the brilliant mind behind the Tony Award winning play, “Children Of A Lesser God,” has passed at 79. He insisted and fought the studio that the role be played by a deaf actor; I would not be here as an Oscar winner if it weren’t for him. RIP Dear Mark.
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So many hats and not enough holidays! 😝😝 Merry Christmas! 🤟🏻
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Congratulations @RoseAylingEllis the first Deaf winner of @bbcstrictly !!! The whole world is SO proud of you!! As a former contestant on @DancingABC I know how HARD you have to work to win. You are a STAR! 🤟🏻❤️
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Thank you @oliviarodrigo for having an ASL interpreter with you on the red carpet! You ROCK! 🤟🏼🤟🏼 #grammys #asl #accessability
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Happiest of all birthdays to my second father! Love you Henry! 🤟🏼🤟🏼. @hwinkler4real Henry Winkler
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It late at night but Josh Lyman and Joey Lucas finally had their long awaited reunion. Meanwhile, watch the West Wing special in October on @hbomax supporting @WhenWeAllVote. @BradleyWhitford ❤️🤟🏻
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We can't give up. We will continue to make things right. We will fight for those who need our voice, to insure equal rights for ALL.
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I’m sad to say that I never had a chance to work with Matthew Perry but I admired his incredible talent. And my family loved him in Friends and was hit particularly hard by his untimely passing. RIP dear Matthew.
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Juliana, the super nice @AUStinAirport ticket agent for @Delta told me she was inspired to learn sign from #switchedatbirth. Which proves the impact TV/film can have in awareness, inclusion and diversity. We need more #signlanguage on TV!
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She was honest, she was funny and she was smart. Best of all she was the nicest. May her memory be a blessing to her family and all who had the pleasure of knowing her. RIP Dr. Ruth Westheimer. 😔❤️🤟🏻
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If you’re standing at a check out line with 45 items, and a person behind you has only 3, would you let them go first? I totally would. Just saying.
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She is spectacular. I ❤️ you @ladygaga. Let's get together again and make magic - you singing me signing #SuperBowl
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@twwgifs @BradleyWhitford Why are you yelling, Josh? I'm Deaf! You'll get the numbers when I get the numbers. JL.
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This is absolutely true. ASL SHOULD be offered alongside spoken languages in high schools. and colleges! via @TeenVogue.
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“The secret is never forgetting that you’re a journeyman actor and that nothing is your final thing, nothing is your greatest thing, nothing is your worst thing…I still consider myself a novice.” James Earl Jones’ words to live by. RIP.
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A magnificent #Oscars night. #reesewitherspoon #ReneeZellweger #lauraDern #HalleBerry #zendaya #leslieodom
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I always loved this picture because it was my way of emulating the great Penny Marshall. I’m sad to read she has passed. Director, producer and actress who had the humor, wit and fortitude to stand equally with the boys in Hollywood. Goodbye Penny, we will miss you. RIP
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Wow. Tweet of the year @EW? Thank you. And Happy Holidays to Yanni, or Laurel? Which is it? I don’t know. I still can’t hear sh*t. #yanniorlaurel
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I got chills watching this. Thank you, Governor @JanetMillsforME for your powerful acknolwedgement of the American Sign Language Interpreter. And thank you @CNN for showing the interpreter the whole time. #LewistonMaine #deafcommunity
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I am so sad to read about the passing of Gilbert Gottfried. Funny, politically incorrect but a softie on the inside. We met many times; he even pranked me on a plane, replacing my intepreter .@655jack(they're like twins). Sending love to Dara & his children. RIP #gilbertgottfried
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. @diphopwawa YOU stole the show with your ASL rendition of The Star Spangled Banner at the #SuperBowl !!! Glad America finally saw the star you are! 🏆🤟🏻 #asl #StarSpangledBanner @NAD1880
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My goodness, @Walmart, this ISN’T right. Many of your employees with disabilities are leading productive lives. Now you’re taking it away? 👎🏻 “Walmart Is Eliminating Greeters. Workers With Disabilities Feel Targeted”
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I wish everyone all over the world a Happy New Year! #happynewyear2020 #HappyNewYears 🤟🏻🎉❤️
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When my dog and my cat are the only ones up late at night to run my lines for the West Wing filming tomorrow. @WhenWeAllVote
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Sad to read of the passing of Louise Fletcher. Brilliant actress & Academy Award winner, I remember her as the daughter of Deaf parents (CODA) who was the FIRST to sign her acceptance speech at the Oscars. And she was so lovely as my mother on “Picket Fences.” RIP dear Louise.
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Thank you Milwaukee, Madison, Greenbay & Wisconsin! Vote early! And help those unable to travel to get to polls. Stay nasty! 😘 #ImWithHer
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YAYAYAYAY!! "The Silent Child" produced by @RachelShenton just won an Oscar. Sign Language at the #Oscars once again!!!!! SO PROUD of you Rachel!!!!!!!!!.
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Remember when we would say “TGIF” - Thank God it’s Friday? Now we have to say “TGIMTWThFSaSu!” Thank God it’s Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. #appreciatelife #onedayatatime #staysafe
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@KamalaHarris @MichelleObama Thank you for posting a clip with captions so millions of Deaf and Hard of Hearing can participate. So many are not. So, thank you again.
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My Tweet to @elonmusk reposted with ALT text explaining the text in the image for those with low vision or who are blind.
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Remarkable. Fearless. Assured and laser focused in her interviews, she broke through every barrier, paving the way for every woman journalist who followed. What an honor it was to be interviewed by her on @TheView. RIP Barbara Walters.
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Kiss my ass, 2020. Hello 2021. hope it’ll be kinder to all of us. Much love from me. 🤟🏼.
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We are in the White House Screening Room. Meanwhile, we were blown away when @potus and @FLOTUS told us that they loved #CODAfilm and its theme of family authenticity. We also found out that the White House staff cried when they watched the film! 🤟🏻🤟🏻 @appletvplus
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Tonight’s taping of the last episode of @WestWingWeekly was surreal. Thank you @HrishiHirway & @JoshMalina for the great reunion. #aaronsorkin #westwingweekly #westwing
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Judith Heumann was a fearless champion for the rights of people with disabilities in our nation and around the world and millions of people who have faced barriers owe her a debt of gratitude. I will always remember her as my hero and my friend. RIP Judy Heumann 🤟🏻 #beingheumann
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#1: To all the women in my life. All my girlfriends who are teachers, nurses, lawyers, actors, directors, interpreters, homemakers, my two daughters, Sarah and Isabelle, my mother, all my women relatives and family members: thank you for inspiring me (cont.)
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Seems the "R word" is back in the news. Two years ago when it was alleged that our President referred to me this way, I posted this. It's also why I produced the special #DeafOutLoud to show America that Deaf people deserve respect and equality; that we each have a story to tell.
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She was my first onscreen mother and she was celebrated way before we worked together including 3 @TheAcademy Award nominations. I’ll never forget her kind, sweet spirit and fierce talent. RIP Piper Laurie. 🤟🏻❤️
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