ID
1074
Nationality
American
Occupation
Actress
Summary
Graduated the North Dakota School for the Deaf in 1962 and Gallaudet College in 1967. Has performed on stage and television, and with the National Theatre of the Deaf. First deaf person to win a Tony Award, 1980, for the female lead in the stage version of Children of a Lesser God; first deaf person to be elected to the Board of Directors of the Screen Actors Guild. Married Robert Steinberg, also deaf.
References
Deaf Persons in the Arts and Sciences, p.130-133; Great Deaf Americans, The Second Edition, p.340-345; Gallaudet Encyclopedia, vol.1 p.436-437; Hollywood Speaks, p.82, 96, 104, 144, 148-149; Discoveries, p.41; Deaf Women, p.99, 100.
Dates
29 February 1944-