Decided to take a break for myself while kiddies are at day camp and surf the internet.
I was originally looking up famous Oklahomans and found one famous actor who's also a CODA (Child of a Deaf Adult) and decided to compile a list of other CODAs.
- Lon Chaney - "The Man of a Thousand Faces", well known as the Phantom in "Phantom of the Opera" (1925),
- Louise Fletcher - Nurse Ratched in "One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest" (1975)
- Craig Gass - Stand-Up Comedian
- Robert Gibson - Professional Wrestler
- Richard Griffiths - British Actor played "Uncle Dursley" in "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix"
- Lou Fant - Actor & Sign Language Instructor/Coach
- Ann Miller - Actress and Dancer/Singer
- Prince Philip - Queen Elizabeth's husband
Well that's all I could find which was pretty neat to learn :)
Rusty_Coyote
About Me
- Rusty_Coyote
- Grove, Oklahoma, United States
- Hi, I am a Deaf, legally blind mother of 2 young children, one boy 9, and one girl 7.
Things I Thought I'd Never Say
- There's a booger-covered Roly-Poly (bug) smashed on my window?? Well go wipe off the booger-covered RolyPoly off my window right now!
- If I had to choose between a Million Dollars or Sleep...I'd pick Sleep
- (Sigh) One Peanut Butter and Baloney Sandwich coming up!
- Quit dancing a jig and get some pants on!
- I don't think that Tutu goes with those jeans sweetie.
- NO! Peanut Butter is for EATING!
Quotes about Deaf/Blind/Deafblindness
- "As a legally blind mother, I'm constantly wondering what the vacuum just sucked up!" - Rusty_Coyote
- "Is there anything worse than being Blind? Yes, a man with sight and no vision" - Helen Keller
- "To be Blind is not miserable; not to be able to bear blindness, that is miserable" - John Milton
- "Kindness is the language which the Deaf can hear and the blind can see" - Mark Twain
- "Being Deafblind is like Alzheimers, Ya meet new people all the time - even if you've known them for years" - Rusty_Coyote
- "We can do anything we want to do if we stick to it long enough" - Helen Keller
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7 comments:
My Deaf grandfather was a messenger for John Dillinger, the notorious mafia boss of Chicago. John Dillinger was a CODA, too!!!!
Did you know that Mickey Mouse is a CODA too?
Prince Phillip (Queen Elizabeth's husband) is CODA. :)
(raising eyebrows) Mickey Mouse?? Umm..just because he started on a Silent Film doesn't qualify him as a CODA :)
Craig Gass also has deaf sister, Lisa Furr (Tucson, AZ) NTID and Gally Alums.
Wait a minute...
Wikipedia says nothing about
Will Peterson being a CODA, it's his character Gil Grissom who is the CODA, as a convenient way to explain his knowledge of sign language in the one episode with Deanna Bray.
Moebiuis
Thanks for the info and you're right, can't find that anywhere. Took him off thanks
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