Marlee Matlin

In 2004, she starred in the film What the #$*! Do We know!? as Amanda. Although Moore has worked steadily for the past few decades, her appearances have been in usually minor roles in mostly forgettable films. She was nominated for a 2004 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for a performance on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Although she could offer no definitive proof of her allegation, Hughes's estate paid her a settlement in 1984. In 2002, she published her first novel, Deaf Child Crossing, which is loosely based on her own childhood. Long romantically involved with billionaire Howard Hughes, Moore claimed after his death that they had secretly married in 1949 and never divorced. They have a daughter (Sarah Rose, born 1996) and two sons (Brandon, born 2000; Tyler, born 2002). Although cast in mostly B-pictures, she managed to make her mark in several box office hits, including Mighty Joe Young (1940), Come Back, Little Sheba (1952) - for which she was nominated for an Academy Award - and Peyton Place (1957).

Matlin married Kevin Grandalski on August 29, 1993 (in Henry Winkler's back yard). Throughout the decade, she worked under a variety of names before settling on Terry Moore in 1948. She is actively involved with a number of charitable organisations, including the Children Affected by AIDS Foundation, the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, the Starlight Foundation, and the Red Cross Celebrity Cabinet. Moore worked as a child model before making her film debut in Maryland (1940). She had recurring roles in The West Wing and Blue's Clues. She was born Helen Luella Koford on January 7, 1929 in Los Angeles. She played the lead female role in the television series Reasonable Doubts (1991–1993), and won an Emmy Award for an appearance in Picket Fences. Terry Moore is an American actress.

Other films followed, as well as television work. It was this role for which she got her Golden Globe and Academy Awards. As an adult, she appeared in a supporting role in the play Children of a Lesser God, which led to her being cast in the lead for the film version of the play in 1986. She made her stage debut at the age of seven, as Dorothy in a children's theatre version of The Wizard of Oz, and continued to appear with the same children's theatre group throughout her childhood.

(She lost all hearing in her right ear, and 80% of hearing in her left ear.). Born in Morton Grove, Illinois, Matlin lost most of her hearing at the age of 18 months, following a bout of measles. She began acting on stage at the age of seven, and her film début brought her a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Drama and an Academy Award for Best Actress (at 21, the youngest person ever to receive the award) — an achievement even more remarkable because she is almost completely deaf. Marlee Beth Matlin (born August 24, 1965) is an American actress.