Marlee Matlin

Marlee Matlin

Marlee Beth Matlin was born on August 24, 1965 in Morton Grove, Illinois, to Libby (Hammer) and Donald Matlin, an automobile dealer. She has two older brothers. Her family is of Russian Jewish and Polish Jewish descent. Marlee lost much of her hearing at the age of eighteen months. That did not stop her from acting in a children's theater company at age seven; she was Dorothy in "The Wizard of Oz". Her deafness never held her back. As an adult, she said it so eloquently: "I have always resisted putting limitations on myself, both professionally and personally." Marlee studied criminal justice at Harper College in Palatine, Illinois, and maintained her passion for acting after graduating. While performing on stage through Chicago and the Midwest, Marlee attracted notice for her performance in a production of the Tony Award-winning play "Children of a Lesser God" and was cast in the movie version Children of a Lesser God (1986). Although this was her movie debut, she won the Academy Award for Best Actress. While shooting her next movie Walker (1987), in Nicaragua, large-hearted Marlee took time to visit both hearing and hearing-impaired children. She continued this tradition of visiting local children through her travels to Germany, England, Italy, Australia, Mexico, Canada, etc. Her interest in the criminal justice field played a role in her on screen career; she portrayed an assistant D.A. on the television series Reasonable Doubts (1991), while off screen she married police officer Kevin Grandalski on August 29, 1993. The couple has four children: Sarah (born 1996), Brandon (born 2000), Tyler (born 2002), and Isabelle (born 2003). In 1994, Marlee was nominated for an Emmy Award for her performance as Laurie Bey on the television series Picket Fences (1992). Marlee is also a spokeswoman for the National Captioning Institute. In 1995, she testified at a congressional hearing and helped get a law passed that requires all television sets 13 inches or larger to be manufactured with built-in chips to provide closed captioning on their screens; this was a godsend for deaf viewers. Marlee serves as the national spokeswoman for the largest provider of television closed captioning, and has spoken on behalf of CC in countries such as Australia, England, France and Italy. She also serves on the boards of a number of charitable organizations, including Very Special Arts, the Starlight Foundation, and other charities that primarily benefit children. As someone who loves children so much, it is only fitting that she has four of her own. Professionally, Marlee has even tried producing, being the executive producer for Where the Truth Lies (1999).
Marlee Walchuk

Marlee Walchuk

Actress, singer, songwriter, musician, voice-over and recording artist, Marlee Walchuk is a trained theatre actress from Vancouver, Canada. After years of commercials, TV shows, musicals, live bands, a national hit song, touring and 3 original CD's, she ventured into film and TV. She acts opposite Jessica Biel in "Limetown", Kim Fields in "You Light Up My Christmas,"and plays Mum in the "D Cut" on Crave. She is also the co-host of the "Tale Blazers" and can be seen in many commercials including, Poise, HP, Shaw WiFi, Fox Sports and Intel. Marlee lived in Sydney, Australia for 6 years and returned with her wife, Nathalie Callender forming the dance-pop duo, Sugarbeach. They would release 2 CD's of their own dance/pop original music and 3 singles which all soared to number one on the GLBT music charts in the USA. Winners of 3 Pride In the Arts Awards in the U.S. including Favorite Group of the Year and nominated for an OUTmusic Award in 2009 in New York City and for 4 awards in 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Marlee Walchuk and Tully Callender of Sugarbeach are known worldwide for their anthem, Living Out Proud which they wrote for the 30th Anniversary of Vancouver Pride and also launched both Whistler and Vancouver Pride houses for the 2010 WinterOlympics. In 2011 they wrote and performed the theme song for the 2011 North American Outgames, Come On Out, which was also the #1 Song of the Year on the Outvoice 2011 Top Ten Countdown in the U.S. They played Pride festivals in New York City, the U. S. and England as well as the National Women's Music Festival and BOLDFest. Sugarbeach also created of the promotional site, RightOutTV and Global Awards, RightOutTV Music & Video Awards which promoted and awarded LGBT original artists. Marlee Walchuk and Tully (Nathalie) Callender were inducted into the GLBT Hall of Fame in January, 2014 for their creation and management of RightOutTV and the impact and resource that website have been to the GLBT arts community and community at large. Commercials: Poise - Girl's Night Out Lead Actor Working People: A History of Labour in British Columbia Narrator The Knowledge Network On Wings and Dreams: Narrator Telefilm Canada Daniel Le Chocolat Belge-voiceover Vocalist: McDonalds's, Woodwards, Factory Carpet, Kelly's Guest star on Canadian variety shows: Irish Rovers Music, Music, Music, The Fame Game The Jim Byrnes Show Judy & Jim Show The Vancouver Show The Nice Show BC Telethons Theatre: Cornwalls' All-Inclusive Cancun Christmas Judy (Lead) Barbara Tomasic/Chemainus Theatre Twelfth Night Maria (Supporting) Anna Hagen/Western Gold Theatre Comfort Cottages Belle (Lead) Anna Hagen/Western Gold Theatre Four Strong Winds Jeannie (Lead) Mary-Lou Brien/Black Moon Prod. 18 Wheels Sadie & Molly (Lead) Michael McLaughlin/Arts Club Theatre Little Shop of Horrors Chiffon (Supporting) David Ross/Western Canada Theatre Angry Housewives Carol (Lead) Mary-Lou Brien/Arts Club Theatre Barkerville Touring Show (Lead) Mary-Lou Brien/Black Moon Prod. Pajama Game Chorus Michael Berry/TUTS Recordings: Not Deserted Sugarbeach CD iTunes I Just Love Girls Sugarbeach EP iTunes Come on Out Sugarbeach Single iTunes You Believe in Love Sugarbeach Single iTunes Led Me to You Sugarbeach Single iTunes One More Chance Marlee CD God Bless The Woman Single

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