EDITOR’S NOTE: Seizure: The Story of Kathy Morris was on the CBS Late Movie on October 7, 1986.

Kathy Morris died at the age of 29 three years after this TV movie was made. She suffered from seizures for seven years of her life, starting when she was a student at the Manhattan School of Music. According to the New York Times, during an operation in 1976 “her brain unexpectedly swelled, and the surgeon, convinced that Miss Morris would not survive the day, did not complete the operation. After six weeks in a coma, she suddenly responded to a doctor’s instruction to squeeze his hand. She later underwent five brain operations and countless hours of therapy to restore her ability to read and write.”

Two years later, she performed her operatic recital in five languages.

Penelope Milford plays Kathy in this movie, in which she learns how to put her life back together while her neurologist, Dr. Richard Connought (Leonard Nimoy), learns about relationships from her.

Brought to you by products of the Procter & Gamble Co., this was one of those uplifting TV movies that we don’t have any more. Nimoy is really great in it and seems to be enjoying the chance to play a human being.

Director Gerald I. Isenberg usually worked as a producer. This is his only directing credit. Based on the book Seizure by Charles L. Mee Jr., this was written by Robert Lewin and the husband and wife duo of Jack and Mary Pleshette Willis.

You can watch this on YouTube.