Shirley L. Johnson, who co-founded the Classic Cinemas movie theater chain with her late husband, Willis, and was a highly visible advocate for the arts, has died.
Shirley Johnson in the Willis & Shirley Johnson and Classic Cinema Research and Education Center on Jan. 20, 2014, in Elmhurst. Shirley L. Johnson co-founded the Classic Cinemas movie theater chain with her late husband, Willis, and was a highly visible advocate for the arts.
Born Shirley Griffin at her family’s home in Lombard, Johnson grew up in Villa Park and graduated from York High School in Elmhurst in 1954. She attended Elmhurst College and then worked for 17 years at Miles Laboratories in Naperville as an advertising manager. The couple eventually expanded Classic Cinemas to 16 locations and 137 screens in Illinois and Wisconsin.
Shirley Johnson also collaborated with a variety of community organizations and opened Classic Cinemas’ theaters to be used as performance spaces for nonprofit groups, children’s theater, concerts and even local talent shows.
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