Rosie Shuster is a Canadian-born comedy writer and actress.

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

Rosie Shuster last name

Shuster was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada to Ruth, an interior designer, and Frank Shuster, a comedian of Wayne and Shuster fame.

Shuster is a cousin of Superman co-creator Joe Shuster and she is of Jewish descent.

Rosie Shuster husband

Shuster is also best known as the ex-wife of Saturday Night Live’s creator, Lorne Michaels and they were married from 1971 to 1980.

Rosie Shuster young

Shuster and her ex-husband first met in junior high school, when Michaels, followed her home hoping to meet her famous father.

Together Shuster and Michaels wrote and performed comedy sketches through high school, summer camp, and college.

They began their TV career on the Hart and Lorne show for Canadian TV on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC).

Appearing on the show were Dan Aykroyd and Gilda Radner, among others.

Shuster and Michaels moved to Los Angeles to work on The Lily Tomlin Show for ABC, where they also met Laraine Newman.

Rosie Shuster net worth

Shuster’s net worth is under contention but her net worth is estimated at $2 million.

However, her ex-husband Lorne Michaels has an estimated net worth of $500 million.