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Marlee Matlin won the Oscar for Best Actress for Children of a Lesser God (1986). She speaks just once when she argues with actor William Hurt. The rest of her performance was in American sign language. In real life, Matlin is almost completely deaf.

other non-speaking Oscar-winning performances in the post-silent era

Jane Wyman, playing a deaf-mute rape victim in Johnny Belinda (1948), was the first person in the sound era to win an acting Oscar without speaking a line of dialogue. She won the Oscar for Best Actress. In real life, Jane Wyman can hear.

Holly Hunter, who narrates several scenes and speaks on camera in the last scene (although her face is covered) wont he Oscar for Best Actress for her British sign language role in The Piano (1993). In real life, Holly Hunter can hear.

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