[2]: 34 She was born in Luckhoff, Orange Free State, grew up in Port Elizabeth and was educated at Wesleyan High School (now Kingswood College), Grahamstown.
[6] She enjoyed particular success with productions such as Fiddler on the roof, Lion in Winter, Bravo Piaf [citation needed], The Student Prince and A Little Night Music, directing and starring alongside Eric Flynn.
By 1982, the longest run of any stage production in Johannesburg was Kushlick's Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris.
[7] Earlier in 1973 she held a special Jacques Brel performance to raise funds for Israel during the Yom Kippur War.
She also became the founder and director Taubie Kushlick Productions (Pty) Ltd.[6] Awards bestowed upon her included the André Huguenet Memorial Medal for pioneering work in theatre, the B'nai B'rith Cultural Trophy, the Italian Cultural Medal and the Adelaide Ristori.