Miriam Shor Biography
Born: July 25, 1971
Minnesota-born actress Miriam Shor gravitated to dramatic work after a tumultuous (and highly mobile) childhood, when she was shuttled back and forth between homes in Turin, Italy, and Detroit, MI. Upon graduating from Ferndale High School in 1989 and receiving her B.F.A. in drama from the University of Michigan, Shor migrated to the Big Apple and landed a series of weighty stage roles, drawing critical kudos for each -- most memorably, Yitzhak in +Hedwig and the Angry Inch (1998), actor/writer John_Cameron_Mitchell's tour de force about a transsexual rock star, at the Jane Street Theatre. The success of +Hedwig prompted Shor to move into film and television work; she subsequently appeared in guest spots on such programs as My_Name_Is_Earl and The_West_Wing, and accepted supporting roles in the Harold_Ramis comedy remake Bedazzled (2000) and the 2001 cinematization of +Hedwig, reprising her role of Yitzhak. In 2007, Shor lent a supporting role to Mary_Stuart_Masterson's directorial debut, the slice-of-life drama The_Cake_Eaters. The following year, she scored a regular part on the '70s-set prime-time drama series Swingtown as Janet Thompson. Nathan Southern, Rovi
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