Audree Norton
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| Audree Norton | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 13, 1927 Great Falls, Montana |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Fremont, California |
| Occupation | Actress |
Audree Norton (January 13, 1927 – April 22, 2015) was a deaf actress. She was born in Great Falls, Montana and raised in Minnesota.
Biography
A 1952 graduate of Gallaudet University,[1] she was one of the founding members of the National Theatre of the Deaf.[2]
She performed one of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's poems to music on the television series An Experiment in Television.[3] She also performed in episodes of Family Affair, The Man and the City, Mannix and The Streets of San Francisco.[4]
In 1978 and 1979, she was the center of a controversy towards deaf actors and actresses. Audree Norton auditioned to appear in an ABC Afterschool Special titled Mom and Dad Can't Hear Me. According to Norton, the casting director said that she could not have the part because he would rather have people who can speak. Norton complained to the Screen Actors Guild which arose protests by deaf people in the United States west coast. After this incident, Norton never performed on television again.[4]
She was the lead actress for the Kodak TV commercial "Memories" that was directed by Stuart Hagmann. It won a Clio Award for Best Commercial of the Year (1974).
In 2012, Norton received an honorary doctorate from Gallaudet University.[1]
In 2015, Norton died in Fremont, California.[5]
References
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