When Marlee Matlin was 12, she performed at a children's theater in Chicago, and the Fonz himself was in the audience. Afterward, she asked him if she could be an actor in Hollywood, just like him. Her mom pulled the great Henry Winkler aside and asked him to

When Marlee Matlin was 12, she performed at a children's theater in Chicago, and the Fonz himself was in the audience. Afterward, she asked him if she could be an actor in Hollywood, just like him. Her mom pulled the great Henry Winkler aside and asked him to gently talk her out of it. His answer: "You're talking to the wrong man." Years later, Marlee became the first deaf performer ever to win an Academy Award, and she's still the youngest woman to win Best Actress. But when the industry wrote her off, she showed up on Henry's doorstep with the Oscar in her hand and nowhere to live. He invited her in for the weekend. She stayed for two years, and she later got married at his house. Today, she says, he still texts her out of the blue with three words: "I love you." ❤️ Who's the person who believed in you when others didn't? Tell us below 👇 The full episode is streaming now wherever you get your podcasts and on YouTube.#ThePersonWhoBelievedInMe #MarleeMatlin #HenryWinkler Marlee's new documentary, Siren: The Voices of Shelley Beattie, is streaming now. ▻