Deaf characters in TV
C Neilson
Can you help?
For my TV history project, I'm trying to list all Deaf
characters/people that appeared in any popular
series, TV game shows, quiz shows, TV dramas, and so
on in the UK and the rest of the world.
The most popular recollection was this little Deaf boy who
appeared in two episodes of DALLAS over ten years ago!
Can you remember anything else, and what did you think?
Thanks in advance!
PMA082267
Marlee Matlin played asst. D.A. Tess Kaufman in the early '90s drama,
Reasonable Doubts. She also played "The Dancing Bandit" on Picket Fences.
Since Ms. Matlin is deaf, so were her characters.
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In article <83762624...@catya.demon.co.uk>,
C Neilson <cnei...@catya.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
>Can you help?
>
>For my TV history project, I'm trying to list all Deaf
>characters/people that appeared in any popular
>series, TV game shows, quiz shows, TV dramas, and so
>on in the UK and the rest of the world.
>
>Can you remember anything else, and what did you think?
On Picket Fences, Marlee Matlin played the Dancing Bandit, who, as part
of her community service, became mayor of Rome. Her deafness just wasn't
an issue (which was good, but I always wanted to know how the interpreter
got payed).
On Due South, Diefenbaker is supposed to be deaf (though he sure seemed
to hear Benny yelling in "North").
Maria
Chris Eilers
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Lou Ferrigno was about 80% deaf when he did "Incredible Hulk". Also,
there was that girl on "Facts of Life" and there is a stand-up
commedienne who is on tv from time to time who is deaf. That's all I
can think of right now. Cool way to get info for your paper! Don't have
to set one foot inside the library! Giving me ideas....
Steve
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Annie Keitz
Followups redirected to alt.tv.due-south
ma...@mvuts.mv.att.com (-montalvo m.a.) wrote:
>On Due South, Diefenbaker is supposed to be deaf (though he sure seemed
>to hear Benny yelling in "North").
Methinks that Diefenbaker has conned poor Benny into thinking he's deaf.
I mean he always seems to hear the sound of a jelly doughnut or a milk
dud.
He's just like my dogs who never ever seem to hear you calling when its
bath time or time to go to the vet :-)
Annie
Washington, DC
Kathy O'Connell
Linda Bove has been on Sesame Street for years. I believe she was in the
original Broadway cast of "Children of a Lesser God."
C Neilson
(cnei...@catya.demon.co.uk) wrote:
: Can you help?
: For my TV history project, I'm trying to list all Deaf
: characters/people that appeared in any popular
: series, TV game shows, quiz shows, TV dramas, and so
: on in the UK and the rest of the world.
: The most popular recollection was this little Deaf boy who
: appeared in two episodes of DALLAS over ten years ago!
: Can you remember anything else, and what did you think?
: Thanks in advance!
Annie Keitz
cnei...@catya.demon.co.uk (C Neilson) wrote:
>For my TV history project, I'm trying to list all Deaf
>characters/people that appeared in any popular
>series, TV game shows, quiz shows, TV dramas, and so
>on in the UK and the rest of the world.
On The U.S. soap opera The Guilding Light is the character Abigal Bloom.
On Due South Diefenbaker is deaf (Does a deaf wolf count hehehe?)
Annie
Washington, DC
Robert A. DeLisle
C Neilson (cnei...@catya.demon.co.uk) wrote:
: Can you help?
: For my TV history project, I'm trying to list all Deaf
: characters/people that appeared in any popular
: series, TV game shows, quiz shows, TV dramas, and so
: on in the UK and the rest of the world.
Murder, She Wrote
18. 3/3/85 SUDDEN DEATH
Jill Farrell................Marianne Warman (child actress)
I don't know if she was really deaf, but she and "Jessica" talked
with sign language. I suppose she was reading lips, too.
L.A. Law -- Benny was played by Larry Drake. I don't remember him
being deaf, but he was retarded. His girl friend (Amanda Plummer)
might have been deaf as well as retarded. I am not sure either of
them is actually deaf. I don't think Larry is.
DonnaB
On 17 Jul 1996 19:26:33 GMTm...@mvuts.att.com, (-montalvo m.a.) made
the following known to the world at large in the rec.arts.tv msg.
<4sjep9$h...@nntpa.cb.lucent.com>:
| In article <83762624...@catya.demon.co.uk>,
| C Neilson <cnei...@catya.demon.co.uk> wrote:
| >Can you help?
| >For my TV history project, I'm trying to list all Deaf
| >characters/people that appeared in any popular
| >series, TV game shows, quiz shows, TV dramas, and so
| >on in the UK and the rest of the world.
On the soap opera DAYS OF OUR LIVES, deafness has been used 3 times.
A young boy, Benjie, was even played by a young deaf actor. Although
you can't tell it today, but the show used to be well-written & paced
& do a good job of both entertaining & shedding light in a socially
relevant way. Benjie's deafness, Kayla's temporary deafness, learning
ASL, etc. were well done. When another young boy was made temporarily
deaf from proximity to an explosion, it was shorter & mostly a redux.
Let me know if you have questions.
"There are two kinds of directors in the theater. Those who think they
are God and those who are certain of it." - Rhetta Hughes
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Candace A. Burtch
C Neilson (cnei...@catya.demon.co.uk) writes:
> Can you help?
>
> For my TV history project, I'm trying to list all Deaf
> characters/people that appeared in any popular
> series, TV game shows, quiz shows, TV dramas, and so
> on in the UK and the rest of the world.
>
> The most popular recollection was this little Deaf boy who
> appeared in two episodes of DALLAS over ten years ago!
>
> Can you remember anything else, and what did you think?
>
> Thanks in advance!
Here's an incomplete tidbit or two from the daytime world - I suspect that
you could get details if you posted to the soap newsgroups.
There was a deaf child on the soap opera "Days of Our Lives" five or six
years ago...sorry, can't remember the actor's name. I think the character
was called Benjie.
There was also a deaf woman on "Santa Barbara" in the late 80s. She
played a nun (Sarah?). Excellent actress, deaf both real life and on the
show - as was the child on Days.
Sorry I don't have more detail for you. Good luck with the paper.
J
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Annie Keitz
ap...@yfn.ysu.edu (Tom Bromley) wrote:
>In a previous article, ma...@mvuts.mv.att.com (-montalvo m.a.) says:
>>On Due South, Diefenbaker is supposed to be deaf (though he sure seemed
>>to hear Benny yelling in "North").
>Seems to me the writers sometimes forget about his deafness (or maybe
>Fraser does?) ... I've noticed many scenes where Fraser is talking to
>Diefenbaker without even looking at him, even though in other scenes, he
>turns the wolf's face toward his as though Dief' is able to read lips(!)
>
>Of course, it could be dramatic license, or the constable's way of
>thinking out loud as if he's talking to someone else.
According to the pilot episode Dief does read lips, "but only if he sees
you." Dief time and time again has demonstrated that he does have a mind
of his own, so I wouldn't be a bit surprised if he could hear and was
just ignoring Fraser at times.
I think the writers to tend to use Dief as Fraser's alter ego and
consciense. In one ep Dief growls unapprovingly when Fraser is stealing
a box of Milk Duds to get into jail to help protect Ray. In another ep,
Dief gives Fraser "that look" after Fraser flirts with Meg Thatcher.
Annie
Washington, DC
Tom Bromley
In a previous article, ma...@mvuts.mv.att.com (-montalvo m.a.) says:
>
>On Due South, Diefenbaker is supposed to be deaf (though he sure seemed
>to hear Benny yelling in "North").
>
>Maria
>
Seems to me the writers sometimes forget about his deafness (or maybe
Fraser does?) ... I've noticed many scenes where Fraser is talking to
Diefenbaker without even looking at him, even though in other scenes, he
turns the wolf's face toward his as though Dief' is able to read lips(!)
Of course, it could be dramatic license, or the constable's way of
thinking out loud as if he's talking to someone else.
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Tom Bromley ap...@yfn.ysu.edu
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I could've missed the pain,
But I'd have had to miss the dance." -- Garth Brooks
Heather L. Garvey
C Neilson <cnei...@catya.demon.co.uk> wrote:
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>For my TV history project, I'm trying to list all Deaf
>characters/people that appeared in any popular
>series, TV game shows, quiz shows, TV dramas, and so
>on in the UK and the rest of the world.
>
Law & Order did an episode investigating the murder of a Deaf
woman and several of the people interviewed were Deaf. I can dig up
an episode name somewhere....
Everyone has already named all of Marlee Matlin's stuff. :)
There was an episode of Quantum Leap with this FABULOUS
Deaf dancer (Sam was there to help her get her career break).
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In article <83762624...@catya.demon.co.uk> C Neilson,
cnei...@catya.demon.co.uk writes:
>Can you help?
>
>For my TV history project, I'm trying to list all Deaf
>characters/people that appeared in any popular
>series, TV game shows, quiz shows, TV dramas, and so
>on in the UK and the rest of the world.
>
>appeared in two episodes of DALLAS over ten years ago!
>
Does no one else remember Marlee Matlin as the deaf prosecuting attorney
in the series with Mark Harmon? (Reasonable Doubts, I think the series
was called). Was on for at least 2 seasons here in the U.S., but I don't
know if it ever made it across any oceans.
Also, there was a deaf woman as a guest star on MacGyver. A Mac fan would
have to dig out that information....
Pat Gonzales
Providing brain lint to the Internet since 1993.
Andrew Walsh
Candace A. Burtch (cg...@FreeNet.Carleton.CA) wrote:
: C Neilson (cnei...@catya.demon.co.uk) writes:
: > Can you help?
: >
: > For my TV history project, I'm trying to list all Deaf
: > characters/people that appeared in any popular
: > series, TV game shows, quiz shows, TV dramas, and so
: > on in the UK and the rest of the world.
: >
: > The most popular recollection was this little Deaf boy who
: > appeared in two episodes of DALLAS over ten years ago!
: >
: > Can you remember anything else, and what did you think?
: >
: > Thanks in advance!
: Here's an incomplete tidbit or two from the daytime world - I suspect that
: you could get details if you posted to the soap newsgroups.
: There was a deaf child on the soap opera "Days of Our Lives" five or six
: years ago...sorry, can't remember the actor's name. I think the character
: was called Benjie.
I'm not sure of his name but I believe he was the characters Patch and
Kayla Brady's child. Either that or he was adopted by them, I really
can't remember.
As for a deaf character though, Benny(on LA Law) was deaf on the show
but not in real life, his real name escapes me though but he was in the
first two Darkman movies though as a gangster named Durant.
PS. Marlie Matlin was also in a TV show called Reanable Doubts with Mark
Harmon --
Andrew Walsh
p027...@pbfreenet.seflin.lib.fl.us
-montalvo m.a.
In article <4sm0si$7...@nntp.seflin.lib.fl.us>,
Andrew Walsh <p027...@pbfreenet.seflin.lib.fl.us> wrote:
> As for a deaf character though, Benny(on LA Law) was deaf on the show
>but not in real life, his real name escapes me though but he was in the
>first two Darkman movies though as a gangster named Durant.
Benny (played by Larry Drake) wasn't deaf; he was mentally retarded.
Maria
ChrisRHood
Deaf Actor, Howie Seago played a deaf man who was a diplomatic mediator
on Star Trek: The Next Generation.
He was also on a controversial episode of "The Equalizer" with another
deaf actress and a HEARING actress playing a deaf woman (Cynthia Nixon)
Terrylene played a recurring role on "Beauty and the Beast" as a deaf
tunnel dweller.
You might try contacting someone at Gallaudet University in Washington,
D.C. for help with your research...
Nothing's Forgotten,
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Colston Corris
Ed Begley Jr. played a deaf character on SOAP many years ago.
C Neilson
(cnei...@catya.demon.co.uk) wrote:
: Can you help?
: For my TV history project, I'm trying to list all Deaf
: characters/people that appeared in any popular
: series, TV game shows, quiz shows, TV dramas, and so
: on in the UK and the rest of the world.
: The most popular recollection was this little Deaf boy who
: appeared in two episodes of DALLAS over ten years ago!
: Can you remember anything else, and what did you think?
: Thanks in advance!
Skip
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Timothy R Prodin
In article <4sjfpu$o...@netnews.upenn.edu>,
Kathy O'Connell <ocon...@pobox.upenn.edu> wrote:
>Linda Bove has been on Sesame Street for years. I believe she was in the
>original Broadway cast of "Children of a Lesser God."
And Marlee Matlin, who is deaf, played the same role in the film version;
as well as an assistant DA on NBC's "Reasonable Doubts". I think
she had a reoccuring role on CBS's Picket Fences.
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DonnaB <d...@dalton.net> wrote:
> On 17 Jul 1996 19:26:33 GMTm...@mvuts.att.com, (-montalvo m.a.) made
> the following known to the world at large in the rec.arts.tv msg.
> <4sjep9$h...@nntpa.cb.lucent.com>:
> | In article <83762624...@catya.demon.co.uk>,
> | C Neilson <cnei...@catya.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> | >Can you help?
> | >For my TV history project, I'm trying to list all Deaf
> | >characters/people that appeared in any popular
> | >series, TV game shows, quiz shows, TV dramas, and so
> | >on in the UK and the rest of the world.
In the New Outer Limits episode (year 1) titled "The Message", Marlee
Matlin appeared in a very touching tale that co-starred L.A. Law's Larry
Drake.
Also, in Star Trek: The Next Generation, Year 2's "Loud as a Whisper",
deaf actor Howie Seago appeared as a diplomat.
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John Saponaro
If it's any help, I know of a deaf actress named Terrylene who appeared in
BEAUTY & THE BEAST and CAGNEY & LACEY.
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Donna McSherry
C Neilson wrote:
> Can you remember anything else, and what did you think?
portrays Abigail Bloom. She has been on the show for about a year.
Donna McSherry
http://www3.sympatico.ca/donna.mcsherry/HOME.HTM
Pamela-Marie
win...@ix.netcom.com(Chris Eilers ) wrote:
>Lou Ferrigno was about 80% deaf when he did "Incredible Hulk".
He is also deaf now, always has been, always will be!
Pamela-Marie
