Taubie Kushlick
Overview
 
Taubie Kushlick was a South African actress and producer. She became characterized as the self-styled "First Lady of Theatre".
Kushlick was the daughter of Jewish Lithuanian immigrants from Kovno. She was born in the Orange Free State
Orange Free State
The Orange Free State was an independent Boer republic in southern Africa during the second half of the 19th century, and later a British colony and a province of the Union of South Africa. It is the historical precursor to the present-day Free State province...

 and educated at Weseleyan High School, Grahamstown
Grahamstown
Grahamstown is a city in the Eastern Cape Province of the Republic of South Africa and is the seat of the Makana municipality. The population of greater Grahamstown, as of 2003, was 124,758. The population of the surrounding areas, including the actual city was 41,799 of which 77.4% were black,...

. She studied for two years at the Royal Academy of Music
Royal Academy of Music
The Royal Academy of Music in London, England, is a conservatoire, Britain's oldest degree-granting music school and a constituent college of the University of London since 1999. The Academy was founded by Lord Burghersh in 1822 with the help and ideas of the French harpist and composer Nicolas...

 in London
London
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, earning two gold medals. She married (doctor) Philip Kushlick. They had a son.
Quotations

Theatre is simply in my BLOOD..If they had to de-sanguinize me the BAD theatrical blood - or maybe that's MAGICAL blood - would simply flow back!

I've been called a termagent, but people BELIEVE in me. I'm a BIG personality.

My type is dying out of the theatre. I'm a conductor who has to ORCHESTRATE the whole thing.

I'm a ROLLS-ROYCE! A MAN-EATING ROLLS-ROYCE!

The metallic age suits her - silver hair, gold teeth and lead heart.

Jani Allan|Jani Allan, "It's Queen Kong.", Sunday Times (South Africa)|Sunday Times (1980s), republished in Face Value (book)| Face Value by Jani Allan|Jani Allan.

Intense. Vibrant. Undeniably talented, with a unique intelligence and razor-sharp wit. A woman, self-created for all seasons.

Jani Allan|Jani Allan, "It's Queen Kong.", Sunday Times (South Africa)|Sunday Times (1980s), republished in Face Value (book)| Face Value by Jani Allan|Jani Allan.

 
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