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Jane Wyman became the first person to win an Academy Award in the sound era for playing a character who does not speak a line of dialogue. She won the 1948 Best Actress award for her performance as a deaf-mute character in "Johnny Belinda."

Twenty-two years later, Sir John Mills won the 1970 Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his performance as Michael the mute village idiot in "Ryan's Daughter."

Marlee Matlin, who is deaf, won the 1986 Best Actress Oscar for her performance in "Children of a Lesser God." But her character speaks briefly in the film.

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