A former fellow Florida State University School of Theatre student during the mid-1970s, lovely, talented actress Caris Corfman suffered a tragic and debilitating reversal of fortunes in 1993. Diagnosed with a brain tumor, four operations to remove the benign mass left her with a severe and unrepairable disability. She lost the functioning of the ...
May 18, 1955, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Died
January 13, 2007, Rockville, Maryland, United States
Place Of Birth
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Profession
Actress
Education
Yale School of Drama
Star Sign
Taurus
#
Fact
1
In 1993, her life and career hit a devastating snag when, after the removal of a brain tumor, she was left without the capacity for short term memory. She struggles to this day with the inability to retain most new memories. Her life story is documented in the POV film, "Caris's Peace," (2005) directed and produced by Gaylen Ross.