Academy Awards

Abigail Breslin to star as Helen Keller on Broadway Oscar nominee Abigail Breslin (Little Miss Sunshine) will be making her stage debut as Helen Keller in a 50th anniversary revival of The Miracle Worker, with Alison Pill (The Lieutenant of...

In this article: Helen Keller, Abigail Breslin, Oscar, The Lieutenant of Inishmore, The Miracle Worker, Patty Duke, Anne Bancroft, Alison Pill, and Little Miss Sunshine

...revival of 'The Miracle Worker' Oscar nominee Abigail Breslin ("Little Miss Sunshine") will make her Broadway debut next March in the first rialto revival of 1960 best play winner "The Miracle Worker." Breslin will play Helen Keller while...

In this article: Oscar, The Miracle Worker, Abigail Breslin, Anne Bancroft, Joan Crawford, Broadway, Patty Duke, and Hilary Swank

In films, Daniel Day-Lewis received an Academy Award for his portrayal of a man with severe cerebral palsy in "My Left Foot" and Tom Cruise was nominated for an Oscar for playing a paralyzed Vietnam veteran in "Born on the Fourth of July."

In this article: Glee, Daryl "Chill" Mitchell, Robert David Hall, Artie, Academy Award, Cerebral palsy, All rights reserved, The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, and University of California, Los Angeles

...Broadway debut. Playwright Gibson died in 2008 at the age of 94. Breslin received an Oscar nomination in 2007 for her role in Fox Searchlight's "Little Miss Sunshine." She also has had parts in the movies "Signs," "Keane" and "Kit...

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...he was unable to find a blind or deaf child actor who fit the bill. Breslin's star power stems from her Academy Award nomination for her role as Olive in 'Little Miss Sunshine. ' "It's simply naive to think that in this day and age, you'll be...

In this article: Abigail Breslin, Helen Keller, The Miracle Worker, Academy Award, National Association of the Deaf, National Federation of the Blind, and Marlee Matlin