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  1. May 2, 2020 · Wherever Marlee Matlin, an award-winning deaf actress, goes, her sign language interpreter Jack Jason is at her side. Jason and Matlin have been a team since the beginning of Matlin's career. He talked with Verywell about interpreting and being Matlin's business partner.

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  2. May 21, 2011 · May 21, 2011 12 AM PT. His isn’t a household name. But if you know who Academy Award-winning actress Marlee Matlin is — if you’ve seen her on “Ellen” or caught a recent episode of “Celebrity...

  3. Matlin is a prominent member of the National Association of the Deaf, and her interpreter is Jack Jason. In 2009, she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

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    • Nataly Kelly: How did you learn sign language, and how did you become an interpreter? Jack Jason: Sign language is my first language. English and Spanish are my second languages.
    • NK: Since you started at such a young age, how long have you been interpreting? JJ: When I grew up, there were no teletypewriters or video calls, so I primarily interpreted phone calls.
    • NK: So, you didn’t have any formal training as an interpreter? JJ: When I was first asked to substitute, I didn’t know how to interpret simultaneously.
    • NK: Did you ever think that you would end up as an interpreter in the entertainment field? JJ: I always told my parents that I wanted to be a DJ or a television personality because entertainment was so much a part of my life.
  5. Jack Jason is known for The Family Stone (2005), CODA (2021) and All About Steve (2009). Trivia Was the first person to communicate to actress Marlee Matlin about her Academy Award nomination as Best Actress for Children of a Lesser God (1986).

  6. Apr 26, 2021 · Matlin and her longtime interpreter and friend, Jack Jason, came on later as executive producers. "It's about connections. It's about not judging each other. It's about not being afraid of each...

  7. More than 30 years ago, Marlee Matlin graced the first cover of ABILITY Magazine. Again a decade later, and now for her third interview once again, accompanied by her sign language interpreter and business partner, Jack Jason. Her successful career as actress, writer, producer, deaf activist and mom of four,….

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