Linda Bove's Contribution To The Deaf Community
Linda Bove
Linda Bove is a very beautiful, talented, and influential deaf actress who greatly contributed to the deaf community over the course of her acting career. Bove also holds the title for the longest running American television role for a person with a disability. She co-founded a deaf theater with her husband, she has had a long and successful acting career and she has used her fame to help other deaf actors and individuals realize their own acting dreams despite being deaf. Linda Bove was born deaf to deaf parents on November 30, 1945 in Passaic, New Jersey. During her childhood, she was raised among many other deaf people. She grew up learning and using American Sign Language (ASL) as her primary means of communication. Bove attended two different oral schools, the St. Joseph’s School for the Deaf in Bronx, New York and in 1963 she attended the Marie Katzenbach School for the Deaf in West Trenton, New Jersey. Bove went on to graduate from Gallaudet University in 1968 with a Bachelor’s degree …show more content…
This contribution was an inspiration to the deaf community because it catered to deaf actors and actresses and allowed them to reach their dreams of expressing themselves through acting. Linda has always been admired for teaching, promoting awareness, and bringing attention to American Sign Language to young children during her time as Linda the Librarian on Sesame Street. She became a role model for both deaf and hearing children, as well as teaching millions of children American Sign Language. Linda Bove used her fame to open doors for the deaf by opening her theater allowing growth within the deaf acting community. Once she did become famous, she did not let that stop her from helping the young people and adults to learn how to act. The Deaf West Theatre helped many deaf people realize their dreams of becoming actors and
Linda Bove is a very beautiful, talented, and influential deaf actress who greatly contributed to the deaf community over the course of her acting career. Bove also holds the title for the longest running American television role for a person with a disability. She co-founded a deaf theater with her husband, she has had a long and successful acting career and she has used her fame to help other deaf actors and individuals realize their own acting dreams despite being deaf. Linda Bove was born deaf to deaf parents on November 30, 1945 in Passaic, New Jersey. During her childhood, she was raised among many other deaf people. She grew up learning and using American Sign Language (ASL) as her primary means of communication. Bove attended two different oral schools, the St. Joseph’s School for the Deaf in Bronx, New York and in 1963 she attended the Marie Katzenbach School for the Deaf in West Trenton, New Jersey. Bove went on to graduate from Gallaudet University in 1968 with a Bachelor’s degree …show more content…
This contribution was an inspiration to the deaf community because it catered to deaf actors and actresses and allowed them to reach their dreams of expressing themselves through acting. Linda has always been admired for teaching, promoting awareness, and bringing attention to American Sign Language to young children during her time as Linda the Librarian on Sesame Street. She became a role model for both deaf and hearing children, as well as teaching millions of children American Sign Language. Linda Bove used her fame to open doors for the deaf by opening her theater allowing growth within the deaf acting community. Once she did become famous, she did not let that stop her from helping the young people and adults to learn how to act. The Deaf West Theatre helped many deaf people realize their dreams of becoming actors and