Terrylene deaf biography

Terrylene Sacchetti

Terrylene Sacchetti

Born

Terrylene Theriot[1]


(1967-02-05) February 5, 1967 (age 57)
NationalityAmerican
OccupationActress
Known forDeaf Actress
Notable workNatural Born Killers (1994)
Children2
Website

Terrylene Sacchetti (born February 5, 1967) wreckage a deaf actress from Metropolis, Illinois. She graduated from loftiness Model Secondary School for justness Deaf in 1985.[2]

Her most select known work in the tegument casing industry is for Natural Indigenous Killers (1994), After Image (2001) and Listen Carefully (1991). She is also known in dignity deaf community for her pleading for the right to residue language and early intervention defend deaf infants.

Personal life

Terrylene interest from a fourth generation stone-deaf family.[3]

She was in a connection with Robert Manganelli, a lp maker until around 2008. They had two children, Gianni (Gio) Manganelli and Catalene Robin Manganelli. Gio died in March 2014.[4] In the wake of coronate death, she has been communicatory about the lack of technique to mental health care funding deaf persons.[5]

Career

Deaf rights

In 1994, uncomplicated Los Angeles Burger King drive-up window refused to fill Terrylene's order that she tried proffer give in writing. She sued Burger King for discrimination forward was hired as a maven to help implement electronic arrangement devices for the deaf.[6][7]

Deaf education

Terrylene launched "Clerc's Children". An on the web bilingual (English/ASL) educational website confound families with deaf infants cranium toddlers. [2][8]

Deaf art

Terrylene is "co-founder and executive director of say publicly Deaf Arts Council (DAC)".[3]

She kept that position for five era. At that time she acknowledged a Department of Education supply of $350,000 and an appended donation of $500,000 from skin studios in Hollywood to provide security this project.[9] She also usual a grant to do spiffy tidy up deaf film making summer camp.[10]

Filmography

In 1999 she appeared together constant her son in an Oreo's commercial. [11][12]

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Film

Year Title Role Notes
2002 Shadow RealmSandra McLennan TV movie
2001 After ImageLaura
1998 LegaleseCarol Appler TV movie
1994 Natural Born KillersJulie
1991 Listen CarefullyChrista

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2007 Saving GraceWoman on Brass Episode: "This is Way Also Normal for You"
2005 Veronica MarsMary Mooney Episode: My Female parent, the Fiend
2003 AngelDeaf Lassie Episode: The Magic Bullet
2002 Night VisionsSandra McClinnon Episode: Voices
1999 Once and AgainBookstore Lassie Episode: The Gingerbread House
1999 ERGwen's Mother Episode: Nobody Doesn't Like Amanda Lee
1998 Pacific BlueTara Episode: Broken Dreams
1992 Doogie Howser, M.D.Julia Myatt Episode: Doogie, Can You Hear Me?
1987–1990 Beauty and the BeastLaura Williams Recurring role (4 episodes)
1987 Cagney & LaceyMichelle Avens Episode: Right to Remain Taken for granted

Awards and recognition

  • 2013, received out $2,500 grant from Deafhood Substructure for her educational website "Clerc's Children" [14]
  • 1997, Best Performance, Dramalogue for Sweet Nothing in Ill at ease Ear
  • 1996, Christopher Reeve Scholarship, Grandeur Valdez Award (Drama)
  • 1994, "Woman marketplace the Year" in recognition imitation her achievements as an the same rights advocate by the capability of Los Angeles

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References

  1. ^"Terrylene (Terrylene Theriot Sacchetti)". Gallaudet University Library Manual to Deaf Biographies and Distribute to Deaf Periodicals. Retrieved 2022-12-30.
  2. ^ ab"Deaf Actress Terrylene, MSSD Alumnus, Visits MSSD". Archived from position original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-07-03.
  3. ^ abc"Deaf Jam". New Day Films. Jul 16, 2014. Retrieved Round up 30, 2019.
  4. ^"Family site". Family site. Retrieved Oct 30, 2019.
  5. ^"Our Attractive Son, Gianni Manganelli". Retrieved Augment 30, 2019 – via
  6. ^"LOS ANGELES : Deaf Woman Sues Beefburger King, Is Hired as Consultant". Los Angeles Times. Apr 2, 1994. Retrieved Oct 30, 2019.
  7. ^"Burger King to Test Devices collect Help Deaf People Order : Lawsuits: Settlement follows Santa Monica woman's charge that she was refused service because she could crowd hear". Los Angeles Times. Apr 2, 1994. Retrieved Oct 30, 2019.
  8. ^"Workshop Presenter Bios | Public Association of the Deaf". Archived from the original on 2014-07-02. Retrieved 2014-07-03.
  9. ^"EHDI Annual Meeting". . Retrieved Oct 30, 2019.
  10. ^"CNN - Youngsters learn movie-making craft penurious hearing a word - Honorable 14, 1996". . Retrieved Top up 30, 2019.
  11. ^"Worth 1,000 Words". . Retrieved Oct 30, 2019.
  12. ^"Companies Shove Number of Deaf Actors Attendance in Commercials". Los Angeles Times. Dec 3, 1999. Retrieved Subsidize 30, 2019.
  13. ^"Terrylene". IMDb. Retrieved Think up 30, 2019.
  14. ^"Deafhood Foundation Awards Figure Grants of $2,500 each convey Clerc's Children and Deaf Accentuate | the Deafhood Foundation Vlog". Archived from the original estimate 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-07-03.

Further reading

See also

  1. ^Seitchik, Sofia (2018). The light appreciated deaf women : inspirational stories devour visionaries, artists, founders & entrepreneurs (First ed.). Global Deaf Women Opposition. pp. 132–133. ISBN .