Shirley Cushmeer

Shirley Cushmeer was born and raised on the south side of Chicago. In her childhood years, she'd always had passion for acting. She moved to Minnesota and enrolled at Minnesota Community and Technical College to study Theatre Arts. There she got her first break in the play, Animal Farm. She later had taken a private class of Sandra Horner, the founder of The Performance Studio, and learned the Meisner-Method Techniques. She successfully performed at the 60th production Wide Variety Theatre in an one act play at the Illusion Theatre and the Complex Theatre in Los Angeles, Hollywood. Shirley Cushmeer has always been inspired by the legendary actress, Cicely Tyson.