LOS ANGELES -- Until Sunday night's Oscars, Marlee Matlin had for over three decades been the only deaf person to receive an Academy Award. That streak broke Sunday at the 94th Academy Awards, when ...

Actor and author Marlee Matlin, of the movies "CODA" and "Children of a Lesser God," was featured at a Stark Library event at Canton Palace Theatre.

When Troy Kotsur accepted his Academy Award for best supporting actor for his performance in "CODA" he became only the second deaf actor to win an Oscar — the first was his "CODA" co-star Marlee ...

In Siân Heder's Oscar-winning coming-of-age film "CODA," the Rossi family living room is a place the foursome gathers for big conversations -- from the difficult and awkward to the celebratory. The ...

LOS ANGELES -- In 1987, Marlee Matlin made history as the first deaf actor to win an Oscar for her role in "Children of a Lesser God." At the time, it felt like a major breakthrough, but Matlin has ...

For Marlee Matlin, winning an Academy Award should’ve been one of the happiest days of her life. At just 21, Matlin took home the best actress Oscar for 1986’s “Children of a Lesser God,” becoming the ...

Of all of the Oscar nominees this year, Troy Kotsur is probably having the best time. He's won one award after another for his work in "CODA." And now, there's one more trophy he hopes to take home: ...

Still, the academy couldn't get enough of the coming-of-age tale, which tells the story of 17-year-old Ruby (Jones), the only hearing member of her deaf family with dreams of attending Berklee College ...