Matlin was the youngest recipient of the Best Actress Oscar and the only hearing-impaired Oscar winner when she was honored at the age of 21 for her first screen role in the 1987 movie "Children of a Lesser God."
How to have the best Sunday in L.A., according to Marlee Matlin
"Sundays were always my favorite day because I knew that we'd all be together," says Matlin, who became the first deaf actor to win an Oscar in 1987 at the tender age of 21.