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Audree Lauraine Norton (January 13, 1927 – April 22, 2015) was a deaf actress and educator. She was born in Great Falls, Montana and raised in Minnesota . Biography. Audree's parents were Lauraine (née Greenman) and Joseph Bennett. At three years old she became Deaf from spinal meningitis.
May 15, 2015 · May 14, 2015. Audree Norton, a deaf actress whose fight to be cast on a television show in the late 1970s effectively ended her career in the medium but greatly helped the careers of deaf...
May 11, 2015 · Audree Norton, who many consider the first deaf actress to appear in a featured role on an American network TV series, has died. She was 88. Norton, a founding member of The National Theatre of...
Actress: Mannix. Audree Norton was born in Great Falls, Montana and attended the Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from Gallaudet University in 1952. That same year she married Kenneth Norton in Houston, Texas.
- Actress, Producer
- January 13, 1927
- Audree Norton
- April 22, 2015
May 18, 2015 · May 11, 2015. Audree Norton, a trailblazing deaf actress who was a founder of The National Theatre of the Deaf, passed away on April 22, 2015. She was 88. Norton contracted spinal meningitis at age 2 and, as a result, became deaf.
First Deaf actor or actress to appear on American network television with her role of Jody Wellman on the 1968 CBS crime drama, Mannix, starring Mike Connors. Audree was the featured actress in, "Memories," a Kodak television commercial that won a Clio Award as the best commercial of 1974.
May 11, 2015 · Actress Audree Norton, one of the first deaf actresses to be prominently featured on a network TV show, died in April, according to an obituary published Monday. She was 88 years old. Norton...
