Marlee Matlin discusses her abusive relationship with her ex-boyfriend and 'Children of a Lesser God' costar William Hurt in the new documentary 'Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore', which the Oscar winner premiered at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival on Jan.

Marlee Matlin talks about her abusive relationship with ex William Hurt, and her friendship with Henry Winkler in a new Sundance documentary.

Academy-Award-winning actress Marlee Matlin has delivered several memorable performances in a career spanning nearly four decades. She is the first-ever deaf performer to win an Oscar after receiving the Best Actress accolade for her performance as Sarah Norman in the romantic drama movie Children of a Lesser God.

Marlee Matlin won the 1987 Oscar for best actress, but was afraid to take the award from William Hurt, who she knew ‘wasn’t happy’

The actress admits she was scared of Hurt as she approached the Oscar podium where he was standing to give her an Academy Award.

PARK CITY, Utah — The moment Marlee Matlin stepped onstage at the 1987 Academy Awards as the first deaf actor to win an Oscar for “Children of a Lesser God” appeared to be a joyous triumph.

Amid the release of the 2025 Oscar nominations, Marlee Matlin, the first deaf performer to win an Academy Award in 1987, recalled the “abuse” she experienced from her ex-boyfriend, the late

Marlee Matlin recalls the fearful experience of receiving the 1987 Oscar from William Hurt.A new documentary, Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore, premiered Thursday at the Sundance Film

Shoshannah Stern's doc features extensive interviews with Matlin and covers, among many things, the abuse she alleges she suffered at the hands of William Hurt.

Not Alone Anymore,” the star continues to explore the at times lonesome space she has occupied since bursting on the scene in 1986: that of being a representative for deaf people, and being herself. For more than three decades,

“I was afraid as I walked up the stairs to get the Oscar,” Matlin recalled about the moment in an interview with filmmaker Shoshannah Stern. “I was afraid because I knew in my gut that he wasn’t happy. Because I saw the look on his face and my thought was, ‘S–t!'”

A new documentary about Marlee Matlin’s life includes details about her difficult relationship with William Hurt, her costar in the 1986 film Children of a Lesser God. Matlin, 59, recalls “a habit of abuse” with her then boyfriend in director ...