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Goldhammer, who had close contact with Matlin from the time she was seven until she was 17, said the stories gave an inaccurate portrayal. "I've been reading that she was quite rebellious, very militant, very hostile to the hearing world. I don't remem- ber that at all. I remember her as very mellow, very easy to get along with, someone with no anger." Matlin's mother, Libby, a jewelry salesman, does add, however, that her daughter was "a feisty little girl who wanted to spread her wings. She often resented things be- ing done for her, very much like Sarah (the part Matlin plays) in the movie. She's not much different from Sarah." And not much different, yet very different, from the other members of Goldhanuner's Congregation for the Deaf. Which is why on Oscar night, he said, there were seven dif- ferent victory parties hosted by deaf families in the congregation. "The feeling was that when she won, we all won. It gave our members a new pride and dignity that they can com- pete on the same turf as the hearing. "It sent shivers up my spine. I felt happy_ that I had had the opportunity to study with her, to be her friend and to see justice done. It's not often you see somebody get what they deserve. Marlee studied hard, worked hard, had talent and God answered her prayers. We feel this Oscar was a magnificent part of the divine plan:' Though Goldhammer said he hasn't been in constant contact with Matlin since she began acting professionally, he said she did surprise the congregation three years ago by coming in to take part in the temple's Purim Service. She also, he said, has called and written him regularly. "Even though she's busy, she still wants us to know she remembers the Temple and Judaism." Two weeks before the Oscars, Goldhammer got a letter from Matlin inviting him to lunch after the Awards. "Not many young actresses write their rabbi, saying let's have lunch. It was a God-filled letter. She is clinging to her Judaism. She believes strongly in the power of prayers, talks often about the strength God gives her. I talked to her the day before the movie started shooting and she told me how grateful she was to God for allowing her to do the movie. She strongly believes in God and strongly feels she is blessed." Indeed, in a recent inter- Oscar winner Marlee Matlin pays a visit to her grandmother, Rose Solomon, who lives at the Jewish Home for the Aging in Los Angeles. A Celebrated Grandchild TOM TUGEND Special to The Jewish News W hen Marlee Matlin trimphantly clutched her Oscar at the Academy Awards, the folks at the Jewish Homes for the Aging celebrated right along with the 21-year old deaf actress. Matlin, who was named best actress for her screen debut in "Children of a Lesser God," is a frequent visitor to the Jewish Homes in suburban Los Angeles, where her maternal grand- mother, Rose Solomon, has been living for three years. Shepping naches, the 90-year old Mrs. Solomon talked proudly about her granddaughter's early struggles, her Jewish identi- ty, and her sudden fame. Marlee was born and raised in Chicago, where her parents own an automotive agency, said the grand- mother. When the infant reached 18 months, she had a bout with German measles, and shortly afterwards a neighbor noticed something amiss. "The girl can't hear," the neighbor told Marlee's mother, but Mrs. Matlin refused to believe it. "Marlee can hear when she wants to," the mother maintained. When the diagnosis was confirmed, Solomon re- called, "I cried and cried and said, the poor thing, she won't be able to do any- thing: ,, But Marlee early on showed the spunk to over- come her handicap and celebrated her bat mitzvah at Chicago's Ibmple of the Deaf. "She became a wonderful typist and told me she was going to become a lawyer for deaf people," Solomon said. After the young actress was chosen among 25 can- didates to play the deaf heroine of "Children of a Lesser God," Marlee reas- sured her grandmother that the artist's life would. not change her values. "Don't worry, grandma," Marlee told Solomon through an interpreter, "I'm going to marry a Jewish boy." ❑