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12 Facts About Rosie Shuster

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Rosie Shuster was born on June 19,1946 and is a Canadian-born comedy writer and actress.

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Rosie Shuster was a writer for Saturday Night Live during the 1970s and 1980s.

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Rosie Shuster is a cousin of Superman co-creator Joe Shuster.

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Rosie Shuster was married to Saturday Night Live creator, Lorne Michaels, from 1967 to 1980.

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Rosie Shuster wrote a Tyrone sketch for Eddie Murphy which he performed when he was honored with the Mark Twain Award at the Kennedy Center.

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Rosie Shuster's other writing work includes the Broadway show Gilda Live at the Winter Garden Theatre, written with Michael O'Donoghue, Marilyn Miller, Alan Zweibel, and Anne Beatts, and directed by Mike Nichols, who later turned the show into a film in 1980.

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Rosie Shuster produced the three-volume Wayne and Rosie Shuster Legacy Series for the CBC, which first aired in 2008.

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Rosie Shuster has written a number of film scripts for MGM, Tristar, Warner Brothers, and Orion.

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In 1980, Rosie Shuster appeared as a cocktail waitress in The Blues Brothers.

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Rosie Shuster has received two Emmys and four Emmy nominations for her writing on SNL and The Larry Sanders Show.

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Rosie Shuster was nominated for an Emmy and a CableACE award for one of her scripts for The Larry Sanders Show.

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Rosie Shuster has been inducted into the Museum of Broadcasting.