Marlee Matlin’s Oscar speech for winning the Best Actress In A Leading Role award for the film ‘Children Of A Lesser God’ . | Humans Of Cinema

Marlee Matlin signed her Oscar acceptance speech for Best Actress for Children of a Lesser God at the 59th Academy Awards in 1987. She remains the youngest Best Actress winner at 21 and the only deaf performer to win the award. Matlin used a sign language interpreter for her speech. She has since advocated for accessibility in entertainment. Her win came during her first film role. #Oscars #MarleMatlin #ChildrenOfALesserGod #DeafRepresentation #FilmHistory | Occupy Cinema

CODA stars Marlee Matlin and Troy Kotsur join Drew to reminisce about Matlin's glass ceiling-shattering 1987 Oscar win, and Drew and Marlee swap stories of how they met as kids. | The Drew Barrymore Show