Miriam Shor

Birthplace: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Birthday: July 25, 1971

Few performers ever get to recreate a signature stage role on film, but Miriam Shor was among the lucky ones when she was tapped to play the Croatian-born aspiring drag queen Yitzhak in the feature film "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" (2001). As with her acclaimed stage take on the part, many were duped into believing that this attractive brunette was really a man.

Although born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Miriam Shor spent her formative years in Italy where her academic father was teaching and studying. Even after her parents' divor…more

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Actor

Inside Schwartz
Julie Herman
Then Came You
Cheryl
Swingtown
Janet Thompson
Swingtown
Jill Thompson
Big Day
Becca

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Career Milestones

2002
Cast as Mary in the Kennedy Center production of "Merrily We Roll Along"
2001
Appeared in the Encores! staging of "Hair" in NYC
2001
Reprised stage role of Yitzhak in the film version of "Hedwig and the Angry Inch"; premiered at Sundance where film won several awards
2001
Returned to sitcoms playing supporting role in the short-lived NBC series "Inside Schwartz", starring Breckin Meyer
2000
Acted in the remake of "Bedazzled"