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Office of the City Engineer
Los Angeles, California
To the Honorable Council
Ofthe City of Los Angeles
APR 242009
Honorable Members:
C. D. No. 13
SUBJECT:
Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street - Walk of Fame Additional Name in Terrazzo SidewalkMARLEE MATLIN
RECOMMENDATIONS:
A.
That the City Council designate the unnumbered location situated one sidewalk square
northerly of and between numbered locations 13H and 14h as shown on Sheet 16 of
Plan D-13788 for the Hollywood Walk of Fame for the installation ofthe name of
Marlee Matlin at 6667 Hollywood Boulevard.
B.
Inform the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce of the Council's action on this matter.
C.
That this report be adopted prior to the date of the ceremony on May 6,2009.
FISCAL IMPACT STATEMENT:
No General Fund Impact. All cost paid by permittee.
TRANSMITTALS:
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Unnumbered communication dated April 9, 2009, from the Hollywood Historic Trust of
the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, biographical information and excerpts from the
minutes ofthe Chamber's meeting with recommendations.
City Council
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C.D. No. 13
DISCUSSION:
The Walk of Fame Committee of the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce has submitted a request for
insertion into the Hollywood Walk of Fame the name of Marlee Matlin. The ceremony is scheduled
for Wednesday, May 6, 2009 at II:30 a.m.
The communicant's request is in accordance with City Council action of October 18,1978, under
Council File No. 78-3949. Following the Council's action of approval, and upon proper application
and payment of the required fee, an installation permit can be secured at 201 N. Figueroa Street, 3rd
Floor, Counter 23.
Respectfully submitted,
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April 9, 2009
Mr. Gary Lee Moore
Public Works Engineering
At!: Lemuel Paco
201 N. Figueroa st. 3rd Floor, M.S. 503
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Fax 213482-7007
Dear Mr. Moore:
The Walk of Fame Committee of the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce has approved the below
listed name for insertion into the HollywoodWalk of Fame:
MARLEE MATLIN (Category -MOTION PICTURES)- Requested star location to be 6667
Hollywood Blvd. north side of the street, in front of Musso & Frank Restaurant. The star for
MARLEE MATLIN will be situated in the second row closest to the building near the stars of
HARRISON FORD (13H) to the east and QUINN MARTIN which is numbered (14h) to the west
Both stars are in the original row. According to sheet # 16 plan 13788, MARLEE MATLIN'S star
has no designated number. The dedication ceremony is scheduled for Wednesday, May 6, 2009,
at 11:30 a.m.
Thank you for your cooperation in this request. I look forward to a response from your office
soon. If you have questions call me at (323) 468-1376.
The following materials are enclosed: MARLEE MATLIN'S bio, and the Board of Director's
Minutes.
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A, a Martinez-Holler
ice President, Media Relations
cc:
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa
Council President Eric Garcetti
Sally Castro
Sgt. Mike Arminio
Inspector Gladden
Topher Best
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Leron Gubler
Top End Constructors
Sandra McClellan
Carmine Goglia
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
MINUTES
~ JUNE 16, 1993
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WALK OF FAME COMMITTEE - MOTION WAS MADE BY JOHNNY GRANT AND
SECONDED BY
CHRIS BAUMGART TO APPROVE
THE FOLLOWING
FOR
INSERTION
IN THE WALK OF FAME:
CiiOTION·
PICT~;;?JAMES
COBURN, ANNETTE FUNICELLO,
MAURICE JARRE,
BEN JOHNS,
MARLEE
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CHARLIE
SHEEN,
RAQUEL
WELCH AND LEW WASSERMiIN.
TELEVISION
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BIRD,
DELLA
REESE,
FRED
ROGERS (MISTER
ROGERS),
PAT
SAJAK AND
JOHN TESH. RECORDING
.: ANITA BAKER,
JAMES BROWN, DURAN DURAN, THE POINTER SISTERS,
DOC SEVERINSEN
AND THE SUPREMES.
LIVE THEATRE - VICTOR BORGE, KEITH CARRADINE,
PLACIDO DOMINGO
AND TOMMY TUNE. RADIO - RALPH STORY.
THE MOTION CARRIED.
CLINT MILLER
ASSISTANT
EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR
FIFTEEN
MINUTES
MARLEE MATLIN
BIOGRAPHY
Marlee Matlin received worldwide critical acclaim for her motion pictnre debut in Paramount
Pictures' "Children of a Lesser God," a performance the fihn community chose to recognize in
with its highest honor -- the Academy Award for Best Actress. At age 21, she became the
youngest recipient of the Best Actress Oscar and one of only four actresses to receive that honor
for a film debut. ill addition to the Oscar, Marlee was honored by the Hollywood Foreign Press
Association with the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Drama. That same year she was
honored by Harper's Bazaar Magazine as one of the "The Ten Most Beautiful Women" and
Esquire Magazine's "Women We Love."
Born and raised in Morton Grove, Illinois, Marlee started acting at the age of seven in the role
of Dorothy in "The Wizard ofOz" at a children's theatre company in Chicago. After several years
of performing on stage throughout Chicago and the midwest, Marlee was discovered in a
Chicago stage production of Mark Medoff's Tony Award-winning play, "Children of a Lesser
God." Following an extensive international search for the lead role, the producers of the film
version selected her to star opposite William Hurt.
Marlee followed her film debut with a second feature, "Walker," starring Ed Harris. While
filming in Nicaragua, Marlee took time to visit hearing and hearing impaired children, as she has
done extensively throughout her travels to Australia, England, Italy, Germany, Russia, Croatia,
Mexico and Canada.
Marlee went on to star in the French featnre "The Man in the Golden Mask, " co-starring Jean
Reno. She appeared in two featnre films in 1992 -- "The Linguini Incident" with David Bowie
and Rosanna Arquette and Robert Altman's "The Player".
Marlee also starred in 20th Century Fox's "Hear No Evil," a suspense thriller co-starring
Martin Sheen and in MGMfUnited Artists' AIDS drama "It's My Party, " written and directed by
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Randal Kleiser. In 2005, Marlee made an auspicious return to features with the critcally
acclaimed documentary/feature, "What the Bleep Do We Know!?"
Marlee made her television debut, starring with Lee Remick in CBS' "Bridge to Silence."
Marlee went on to star for two seasons in the NBC Televison series, "Reasonable Doubts"
opposite Mark Harmon. She was twice nominated for both a Golden Globe Award as Best
Actress in a Dramatic Television Series as well as the People's Choice Awards. Marlee was
nominated for two Emmy awards for her guest turns on NBC's "Seinfeld and CBS's "Picket
Fences."
Marlee also starred in "Against Her Will: The Carrie Buck Story," a movie for Lifetime
Television in which she was nominated for a CableACE Award for Best Actress in a Movie or
Mini-Series. Marlee broke down yet another barrier with the role, playing a character who was
not deaf. "I have always resisted putting limitations on myself, both professionally and
personally, " said Matlin. "This role gave me the chance to do something I'd never done before. It
was a new challenge for me and was a very rewarding experience. "
Marlee returned to CBS' "Picket Fences" for two seasons to reprise her Emmy-nominated
role. Coincidentally, Marlee's character on Picket Fences gave birth on the same day she gave
birth in real life, a feat repeated exactly 43 years to the day by Lucille Ball on "I Love Lucy" on
the same network, CBS.
For seven seasons, Marlee starred opposite Martin Sheen, Jimmy Smits and Bradley Whitford
as pollster, Joey Lucas, on NBC's Emmy Award winning series, "The West Wing." She has also
guest-starred on numerous shows including NBC's "Sweet Justice" with Cicely Tyson, as well as
Showtime's anthology series "The Outer Limits." Marlee also starred in HBO's original feature,
"Dead Silence," opposite James Garner and starred in the Showtime feature, "Freak City,"
opposite Natalie Cole. Marlee also guest starred on HBO's Emmy Award-winning series, "The
Larry Sanders Show," ABC's comedy "Spin City," on NBC's award winning drama "ER," and
CBS' "Judging Amy." Marlee received her third Emmy Award nomination for her work on
ABC's "The Practice, and guest starred on and NBC's "Law and Order: Special Victims Unit
receiving her fourth Emmy nomination for her work. Marlee also guest starred on ABC's award
winning "Desperate Housewives, "My Name is Earl", "CSI: New York," and "Nip/Tuck." In
2006 Marlee hosted a special 2 hour edition of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. In 2007,
Marlee joined the cast of Showtime's cutting edge drama "The L Word" starring opposite
Jennifer Beals. She returned for a second season on "The L Word" in 2008. Most recently,
Marlee proved herself to be a graceful and fierce competitor as a contestant on season six of the
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hit ABC show, "Dancing with the Stars." Beginning December 17th, 2008, Marlee and fellow
"Dancing with the Stars" castmates will kick off the fourth "Dancing with the Stars" tour, which
will travel to 37 cities throughout North America.
In September, 1999, under her Solo One Productions banner, Mar1eeembarked on her first
effort as Executive Producer and starred in the courtroom thriller "Where the Truth Lies" for
Lifetime Television and in 2003, produced "Eddie's Million Dollar Bake-off' for The Disney
Channel, receiving an honor from the National Council on Family Relations for excellence in
programming.
Marlee published a novel for children entitled "Deaf Child Crossing" in 2002. Simon and
Shuster published the sequel, "Nobody's Perfect" in Summer, 2006 and the second sequel,
"Leading Ladies" in 2007.
Marlee has also appeared in a number of musical performances. She appeared on "Sesame
Street" with Grammy Award winning singer Billy Joel, performing "Just the Way You Are," and
appeared in the music video for Joel's Grammy-nominated "We Didn't Start the Fire." In January,
1993, she performed the national anthem in American Sign Language with Garth Brooks, at
"Super Bowl XXVII" and appeared in Brooks' music video "We Shall Be Free." She returned to
the Super Bowl in 2007 to perform the national anthem in sign language with Billy Joel.
Marlee has also appeared in a number of educational and children's programs. Marlee served
as host of PBS' Emmy Award winning series "People in Motion," and in 2007, she was featured
in the PBS documentary, "Through Deaf Eyes." Other television appearances include MTV's
"Rock the Vote," Disney's award winning series "Adverntures in Wonderland."
And
Nickelodeon's Emmy Award winning "Blues Clues" where she appears as Marlee the Librarian.
Marlee can currently be seen starring in "Baby Wordsworth," part of the highly acclaimed "Baby
Einstein" series, teaching sign language to infants and toddlers.
In 1994, Marlee was appointed by President Clinton and confirmed by the Senate to the Board
of Directors for the Corporation for National Service. In 1995, Marlee served as Chairperson for
National Volunteer Week and honored in a White House Rose Garden ceremony by the
President.
Marlee serves as a national celebrity spokesperson for The American Red Cross, encouraging
Americans to donate blood. She has also worked on behalf of closed captioning and in 1992 was
instrumental in getting Congree to pass federal legislation requiring all televisions manufactured
in the United States be equipped with closed captioning technology. She also serves on the
boards of a number of charitable organizations including Easter Seals, The Children Affected By
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Aids Foundation, as well as those charities which primarily benefit children. Marlee has also
combined her charity work with commercial ventures and has appeared in numerous
commercials and Public Servcie Announcements, on behalf of corporate sponsors such as Target,
Sprint and Toys R Us, each designed to raise awareness about the importance of donating to
charitable organizations. In 2006 Marlee was honored by America On Line as "Chief Everything
Officer," highlighting the important contributions of mothers, both home and work enviromnents.
In April 2009, Marlee will release her autobiography, "I'll Scream Later," published by
Simon and Shuster. The book will look at her life -- from being diagnosed as deaf at 18 months
old to at 21, becoming the youngest woman to win an Oscar® for her role in "Children Of A
Lesser God," to the present day. Marlee is also developing half-hour comedy for Showtime with
WriterlProducer Carol Leifer.
Marlee makes her home in the greater Los Angeles area. She and her husband, law
enforcement officer Kevin Grandalski welcomed their first child, Sarah, in 1996, their second
child, Brandon, in 2000 and their third her third child, Tyler, in July, 2002. Marlee and her
husband welcomed their fourth child, Isabelle in December, 2003.
Media Contact:
Lisa Perkins
Fifteen Minutes
(323) 556-9700
[email protected]