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Phyllis Frelich, Marlee Matlin to Guest Star on CBS’ CSI

Phyllis Frelich
Phyllis Frelich

Tony Award winner Phyllis Frelich and Academy Award winner Marlee Matlin will guest star on CBS’ CSI, according to a report on EW.com. The episode featuring the actresses’ appearance is tentatively scheduled to air on February 3.

Frelich will play the long-lost mother of Gil Grissom (played by William Peterson). Matlin is scheduled to play a protege of Frelich’s character who works with her at a school for the deaf, where a murder has taken place.

Frelich won her Tony Award for playing the role of Sarah in Children of a Lesser God. Matlin won her Academy Award for playing the same role in the film version of the play.