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The Legacy of King's Speech Screenwriter David Seidler: "We have a voice. We have been heard."

With profound sadness, we share news of the passing of David Seidler.
Winter Magazine

Check out letters and drawings from kids in this special edition. PLUS, we have new activity pages.
75 Must-Use Resources for the Stuttering Community

To continue our celebration of The Stuttering Foundation's 75^th Anniversary, we offer our list of 75 critical resources.
Actions: Performance as the Muse of Fluency

For many years, I chose not to make music around my stutter because I didn't understand it.
John Garfield

Hollywood's original method actor had an amazing and short career as a star. He had many impressive movie roles but his untimely death from a heart attack in 1952 at age 39 meant that his highly successful career was abruptly stopped in its tracks.
Do the Best with the Knowledge You Have

"Remember that you played the best you could with what you knew at the time." - Owen Knight Survivor 43 finalist
Help for Those Who Stutter is as Close as Your Local Library

For decades, The Stuttering Foundation has made its books and videos available for free to public libraries across the country.
Singers Share Their Stories

Stuttering Foundation sits down with Amanda Mammana from America's Got Talent and Marybeth Byrd from American Idol
Why We Need A Broader View of Stuttering

Stuttering has been shown to have features that intersect with language, and both adults and children who stutter appear to process language differently than fluent peers.
Fall Magazine

Our magazine is now availabe online. Check out the latest news impacting the stuttering community, information about our new video, the latest research, and letters and drawings from kids.

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CELEBRITY FOCUS

James Earl Jones

Actor James Earl Jones, a Broadway, television and movie star, was well-known for his voice as Darth Vader in Star Wars and his book Voices and Silences. Jones spoke some of the most memorable lines in the history of American film, but the man known for his voice was once afflicted with a severe stutter.

Marilyn Monroe

Born Norma Jeane Mortenson on June 1, 1926, Marilyn Monroe, according to Wikipedia, is known for playing comic "blonde bombshell" characters, she became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s and early 1960s. She was a top-billed actress for a decade, and her films grossed $200 million (equivalent to $2 billion in 2025) by her death in 1962.

Frank Wolf

This Virginian congressman has served in the U.S. House of Representatives since 1981. The longtime supporter of the Stuttering Foundation drew national attention to childhood stuttering in 2006 when he submitted an article about Tiger Woods from the SFA newsletter to the Congressional Record. The congressman is featured in the Stuttering Foundation's Famous People Who Stutter brochure.

Jack Paar

While Jack Paar is among the most prominent of the entertainers on the Stuttering Foundation's list of Famous People Who Stutter, he deserves special recognition as he was among the first to openly address his stuttering in public. As host of The Tonight Show from 1957-1962, he spoke of his difficulties as a stuttering child and teenager, giving hope to young people.

Winston Churchill

Seeking to "remove Winston Churchill's stutter by second guessing the diagnosis" indicates neither a truthful retelling of history nor an informed opinion about a complex speech disorder, say experts in the field of speech-language pathology.

Recent news reports that quote Dr. John Mather, a Washington physician, as saying that Churchill's stutter "is a lie" brought adamant critical response from specialists in the field of stuttering and fluency disorders.

Famous People Who Stutter