[3] Frelich originated the leading female role in the Broadway production of Children of a Lesser God, written by Mark Medoff.

[5] Marlee Matlin played Frelich's role in the film version, for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress.

[3] Frelich was elected to the ninety-member Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Board in Hollywood, the highest policy-making body in the entertainment industry in 1991.

[6] In 1991, Frelich starred with Patrick Graybill in The Gin Game at the Deaf West Theatre in Los Angeles drawing critical acclaim on their aesthetic art of American Sign Language.

This performance was adapted from D. L. Coburn's play and was directed by Linda Bove, with Deaf West Theatre artistic director Ed Waterstreet.