[ edit ] Career Matlin made her stage debut at the age of seven, as Dorothy in a children's theatre ( ICODA ) version of The Wizard of Oz , [ 12 [[ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlee_Matlin#cite_note-11 |]]] and continued to appear with the ICODA children's theatre group throughout her childhood. [ 13 [[ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlee_Matlin#cite_note-12 |]]] Her