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Holly Hunter in The piano. She is one of 3 actors who have won an academy award for a non-speaking role. The first was Jane Wyman in 1949 for her role as a deaf mute in Johnny Belinda. Sir John Mills won in 1970 for his portayal of a mute village idiot in Ryans Daughter, and Holly Hunter won in 1993 for her role as the mute Ada McGrath in The Piano.