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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Marlee Matlin</span> American actress (born 1965)

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<i>The Runaway Jury</i> 1996 novel by John Grisham

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nyle DiMarco</span> American model, actor, and activist

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Matlin is a surname. Notable people with this surname include: