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road in the fall of
began to divide her
1994 and toured
time between her
for two years."
father's home in
With an occa-
Pleasant Ridge (he
sional month off,
currently resides in
the company per-
Royal Oak), and
formed Fiddler in
Europe, where her
79 cities, including
mother (a current
Toronto, Boston
London resident)
and Los Angeles.
had moved.
But the company's
"My mother was
first stop was at
living in Italy, so I
Detroit's Fisher
would go back and
Theater. "I was in
forth," says Shor,
heaven," says Shor.
who continued her
"I couldn't
education in
believe it. I go to
Michigan (she
Susan Floyd (Billie) and Miriam
New York, assume
attended Einstein
Shor (Cheryl) in "Then Came
it will take a couple
Elementary School,
You" "I am the Rhoda and
of years before I get
Best Junior High and
Billie is the Mary" says Shor.
an acting job, wind
Ferndale High School).
up with a part right
Growing up, Shor
away and begin at [the] theater I
attended Workmen's Circle Sunday
know the best. Growing up we often
school in Oak Park (her father is
went to see plays at the Fisher."
Jewish). "I never had a bat mitzvah, but
When the tour with Fiddler ended,
I have always identified with Judaism, "
Shor continued to land roles. She
says Shor, who observes the High
starred in numerous regional and
Holidays and Passover. "When I was at
touring productions, including
Workmen's Circle, I learned to read and
write Yiddish. My grandparents spoke
Threepenny Opera and the popular
Off-Broadway rock extravaganza
Yiddish and I used to like hearing it."
Hedwig and the Angry Inch.
Shor's desire to become an actress
"Miriam is marvelously talented
came after seeing her older sister Molly
and her success is a reflection of her
(now director of corporate fund-raising
dedication and talent," says Francis
for the Detroit Symphony Orchestra)
Shor. "[However,] I couldn't be a
in a high school play.
Jewish parent without worrying about
"When I was little, I told my dad
everything. I worry about seeing her
that I wanted to be a doctor," recalls
on the cover of The Enquirer and I
Shor. "But when I saw my sister act, I
worry about crazed fans. But I am
thought that's what I would really like
thrilled that she is getting these great
to do. So I began performing in
chances because I know these things
school plays."
don't happen to everyone."
After high school, Shor attended
Looking back to her Michigan days,
the University of Michigan and
Shor is happy that she persevered.
majored in theater and English. "I
Finished filming the first 13
continued to act, but my drama teach-
episodes of her TV series, she present-
ers at Michigan were very discourag-
ly is making a film with director
ing," says Shor. Her performances on
Harold Ramis in L.A. The updated
the Ann Arbor stage included a pro-
version of the Dudley Moore vehicle
duction of Cabaret.
Bedazzled stars Brendan Fraser and
"They stressed that statistically you
Elizabeth Hurley and is scheduled to
have little chance of making a living as
premiere in the fall. Shor also is repris-
an actor. They said that only 1-5 per-
ing her singing stage role as Yitzak —
cent of union actors work. The statis-
a former Croatian drag queen — in
tics were daunting, but I believed that
the movie adaptation of Hedwig and
if you really wanted it, you should
the Angry Inch.
take a chance and go for it."
"I'm glad that no matter what, I
Shor did just that. Following gradu-
didn't give up on an acting career,"
ation, she waited tables at an Ann
says Shor. "If I let the statistics scare
Arbor café and then packed up the car
me, I would never be on television
and headed for New York. Shortly
today."
after arriving in the Big Apple, she
auditioned for a part in a touring corn-
pany of Fiddler on the Roof starring
Then Came You airs 8:30 p.m.
Theodore Bikel. She landed the role.
Wednesdays
on ABC.
"I was the third villager to the
left," chuckles Shor. "We went on the

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