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Cis Corman
Bridal photo of a young white woman with dark hair.
Cis Corman, from a 1946 newspaper.
Born

Eleanor Tobe Cohen


May 12, 1926
Chelsea, Massachusetts
DiedApril 27, 2020(2020-04-27) (aged 93)
New York City
Occupation(s)Casting director, film producer
ChildrenRichard Corman (photographer)
RelativesCid Corman (brother-in-law)

Cis Corman (May 12, 1926 – April 27, 2020), born Eleanor Tobe Cohen, was an American casting director and film producer. She worked closely with Barbra Streisand and Martin Scorsese during her long career.

Early life[edit]

Eleanor Tobe Cohen was born in Chelsea, Massachusetts and raised in Brookline, Massachusetts, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert A. Cohen. Her family was Jewish. She graduated from Green Mountain College.[1]

Career[edit]

Corman was a mother of four, taking an acting class, when she met and encouraged a teenaged fellow student, Barbra Streisand.[2][3] She later appeared with Streisand in Funny Girl (1968), worked as casting director on Streisand's Yentl (1983), and became president of Streisand's Barwood Films in 1984.[4] She held producer credits on Nuts (1987), The Prince of Tides (1991), Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story (1995),[5] The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996), Rescuers: Stories of Courage: Two Women (1998),[6] The Long Island Incident (1998),[7] Varian's War (2001), What Makes a Family (2001), and Reel Models: The First Women of Film (2001).[8][9]

Corman was also casting director on other films, including Death Wish (1974), The Deer Hunter (1978), The Eyes of Laura Mars (1978), Raging Bull (1980), Heaven's Gate (1980), The King of Comedy (1982),[10] Once Upon a Time in America (1984), and The Last Temptation of Christ (1988).[8]

Corman won a Peabody Award and was nominated for an Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award in 1995, for Serving in Silence.[11][12]

Personal life[edit]

Eleanor Tobe Cohen married Harvey Harold Corman, a psychiatrist,[13] in 1946. They had four children, including photographer Richard Corman. Her husband died in 2001. She died in 2020, aged 93, at her home in New York City.[8] Her brother-in-law was poet and translator Cid Corman.[14]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Marriage Is Announced". The Boston Globe. 1946-08-04. p. 95. Retrieved 2020-12-21 – via Newspapers.com.
  • ^ Tapp, Tom (2020-04-30). "Veteran Casting Director Cis Corman Remembered By "Best Friend" Barbra Streisand". Deadline. Retrieved 2020-12-21.
  • ^ Edwards, Anne (2016-02-15). Streisand: A Biography. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-63076-129-5.
  • ^ Shafer, Ellise (2020-04-30). "Cis Corman, Barbra Streisand Collaborator and Veteran Casting Director, Dies at 93". Variety. Retrieved 2020-12-21.
  • ^ King, Susan (1995-02-06). "Show Tells Fired Lesbian Officer's Life". Florida Today. p. 23. Retrieved 2020-12-21 – via Newspapers.com.
  • ^ Bobbin, Jay (1997-10-05). "An Honorable Risk". The Times. p. 115. Retrieved 2020-12-21 – via Newspapers.com.
  • ^ King, Susan (1998-05-03). "Rep. McCarthy Goes to Hollywood". The Los Angeles Times. p. 484. Retrieved 2020-12-21 – via Newspapers.com.
  • ^ a b c Barnes, Mike (April 29, 2020). "Cis Corman, Casting Director on 'Death Wish,' 'Raging Bull' and 'The Deer Hunter,' Dies at 93". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2020-12-21.
  • ^ Elber, Lynn (2000-05-30). "AMC Featuring Pioneer Women Filmmakers". Lancaster Eagle-Gazette. p. 22. Retrieved 2020-12-21 – via Newspapers.com.
  • ^ Kaz, Donna (2016-11-01). UN/MASKED: Memoirs of a Guerrilla Girl on Tour. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-1-5107-0945-4.
  • ^ "Cis Corman". Television Academy. Retrieved 2020-12-21.
  • ^ "Cis Corman". Golden Globe Awards. Retrieved 2020-12-21.
  • ^ Mann, William J. (2012-10-09). Hello, Gorgeous: Becoming Barbra Streisand. HMH. pp. 22–28. ISBN 978-0-547-90586-0.
  • ^ "Obituary for Abraham CORMAN". The Boston Globe. 1968-12-23. p. 33. Retrieved 2020-12-22 – via Newspapers.com.
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