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When Marlee Matlin ended her turbulent relationship with William Hurt, she relied on mentor Henry Winkler to gain support.
The Oscar winner details her rise to Hollywood star in a new documentary, Mary Matterlin: Not Alone.
According to the film, Matlin turned to the “Happy Days” star after ending his relationship with actor William Hurt. In the documentary, Matlin claims her “Child of Little God” co-star has “abuse habits.” The injury died in 2022 at the age of 71.
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The friendship between Marlee Matlin and Henry Winkler is on display in the new documentary Marlee Matlin: Not Alone anymore. The film was staged at the Tribeca Film Festival. (Lorber Cinema)
The 59-year-old, deaf, told Fox News through an interpreter that it was easy to turn to Winkler during a difficult time in her life.
“He didn’t make it difficult for me to connect with him,” Matlin said. “He was always available. It was like an open door – the door that opened his heart and my heart. He knew.”
Marlee Matlin considers Henry Winkler to be a supporter and friend. (Lorber Cinema)
“He knows he does this to a lot of people,” she shared. “But I’m very, very lucky to have a close relationship. I know he and his wife are gold to me. I think if I had Henry in my life, I would be here. I don’t think I’m that far. I don’t think it’s the case.”
William Hurt is the co-star of Marlee Matlin in 1986’s “The Children of the Little God.” (Ron Galella/Ron Galella is collected via Getty Images)
Hurt and Matlin starred in the 1986 film, which tells the romance of the deaf and mute who listens to speech teachers. Matlin was 19 when he was 35 years old when he was injured.
Although the relationship plagued the problem, Matlin inspired her painful injuries to enter Betty Ford Center after inspiring all the cocaine and marijuana she had in her New York City apartment.
However, after the reader, Materlin realizes that their relationship will be different.
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The Betty Ford Center helps Marlee Matlin defeat her addiction. She celebrated her 31st anniversary in 2018. (Lorber Cinema)
“I walked out of that house and never went back,” she said in the movie.
Winkler encourages a sober mat to visit him and his wife Stacey Weitzman In their California home. There, they can “talk”. Materlin accepted his proposal.
The actor played the title “Fonz” and described Matlin knocking on the door.
Watch: “Happy Days” star Henry Winkler shares his best memories on the show
“‘I just broke up with my boyfriend.'” Winkler recalled, Mattling told him in the movie. “‘Can I be with you?’ “Of course. ‘certainly. ‘”
“Two years later, she finally moved out!” Winkler smiled.
Martlin said Winkler and his family brought her into “as if I were one of their own.”
Marlee Matlin lived with Henry Winkler and his family for two years. (Noel Vasquez/Filmmagic/Getty image)
Winkler pointed out that Matterlin was not completely complete at the time.
“What I told her was, ‘If you know what you want without conflict, if you know what you want, everything else will fall behind.’
Not only did Matlin start healing, but he also found true love. In 1993, she married policeman Kevin Grandalski at Winkler’s home.
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Marlee Matlin married Kevin Grandalski in 1993. They shared four children. (Barry King/Wireimage/Getty Images)
“You just know,” said Winkler about romance in the movie. “It’s different. This is the place for the house. () There is nothing else to do, she has no place to marry except in our yard, outside of her home.”
Winkler first saw a 12-year-old mat on stage On Chicago Variety Show. In the documentary, Winkler recalls how Materlin’s mother put him aside and asks if he can warn his daughter to pursue an acting career because it was too difficult for her. Winkler replied, “You’re wrong.”
Marlee Matlin and Henry Winkler attended the ceremony to commemorate her in Hollywood’s Celebrity Tour on May 6, 2009 in Hollywood, California. (Noel Vasquez/Filmmagic/Getty image)
Winkler became a friend and mentor to the aspirated actress at the time. Their friendship lasted for decades.
Henry Winkler embraces Marlee Matlin here and has been encouraging actresses to pursue their dreams. (Kristian Dowling/Getty Images)
“I think anyone with a mentor like this will understand and appreciate the importance he has to me,” Matlin explained to Fox News Digital.
“He provided me with a safe place,” she said. “I can always rely on the fact that he is a person who believes in me, sincerely, trusts and helps build my own confidence and trusts the fact that he allows me to open up and see the world more clearly. I’m lucky.
Marlee Matlin reflects her life in the documentary with the main language of her main sign language. (Lorber Cinema)
“He may be one of the most famous people in the world at times,” Matlin said with a smile. “He is more famous than the president and one of the most loved people in the world. So who would have thought he would take the time and pay attention to people like me, when he meets me I was my little girl, when he doesn’t even know American sign language, little deaf girl?”
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Marlee Matlin and Henry Winkler pose at the ceremony to pay tribute to her as a star on their celebrity journey in Hollywood. (Frank Trapper/Corbis via Getty Images)
“He knows nothing about deaf people, deaf culture.” “But do you know anything? It doesn’t matter to him. He certainly admits, yes, I communicated. He didn’t ignore the fact that I was deaf, but at the same time, he treats me with love and respect because anyone should give it to anyone.
“When we first met her at the age of 12, it was obvious that her talent and talent were. She will always be a part of our lives,” Winkler, 79, said in a statement to Fox News Number.
Henry Winkler is “fonz” in “Happy Days.” (Screen Collection/Getty Images)
Matlin is the smallest, the first Deaf and mute actress Oscar winner. Her memoir, Screaming Later, was published in 2009. In it, the actress said she was harassed as a child and was allegedly abused during their relationship.
Marlee Matlin’s memoir, “I Will Scream Later,” was published decades before the #MeToo movement. (Lorber Cinema)
“I don’t know you can ask for help,” Matlin told Fox News Digital. “I don’t know when I scream for help, I don’t know I can go out and ask for help, not when it happens… I hope someone will come. But no one does it when I scream.
William Hurt is a news report in the scene of the 1987 movie Broadcast News. The actor died in 2022 at the age of 71. (Movie/Getty Images)
Following the publication of this book, Hurt issued a statement Right to use That reads: “My own memories are that we both apologize and have done a lot to heal our lives. Of course, I did it and apologize for any pain I caused. And I know we both grew up. I hope Mary and her family are not good.”
Shoshannah Stern, also deaf, told Fox News through interpreters that she admired Mattling’s heroism when she spoke before the #MeToo movement.
“Mary Materin: Not Alone” is directed by Shoshannah Stern, who is also a deaf person. (Lorber Cinema)
“Everyone doubted,” Stern said. “And asked Mary, ‘Why don’t you leave?’ “Why are you staying in this relationship?” “I just feel like they’ve just recreated her…they’re asking the question that made the situation worse, asking, “Do you think these events happen to you because you’re deaf?” “Marlee continued, “I don’t know.” ”… People just ignored this comment over and over, rather than understanding her meaning and power.”
Marlee Matlin wore a fierce expression in a black and silver rhinestone dress at the 93rd Academy Awards ceremony held at Union Station in Los Angeles on April 25, 2021. Chris Pizzelo-Pool/Getty Images)
“She didn’t know at the time that abuse was abuse,” Stern said. “This is the case with so many deaf people in the world.”
Matlin’s work continues to tell her story.
Marlee Matlin is regarded as a child here and today. (Lorber Cinema)
“I am determined to prove (my critic is wrong),” Matlin told Fox News Digital About engaging in a Hollywood career. “It just made me want to roll up my sleeves further and prove to them that I am a deaf woman who likes to act like everyone else…I don’t do anything.
“But if it happened today, I would make a lot of noises at that time,” Materlin reflected. “I don’t know how to object to those…I want to look at them negatively…I have to grow so quickly because of all these criticisms.
Marlee Matlin won the Oscar for Best Actress in 1987. (Ron Galella/Ron Galella is collected via Getty Images)
“When I entered (the kid of the little gods’ children), I was 19 years old, and I turned 20 in the filmmaking process, and I had an older boyfriend. It was my first movie and I was trying to be sober and everything would come right away. They were disappointed with everything else I went through.”
June 20, “Marlee Matlin: Not Alone anymore”.
