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Moira Shearer

Ballet Dancer / Film Actress / Television Presenter / Librarian | * 01/17/1926 († 80, 01/31/2006) | Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland (United Kingdom (UK))
Moira Shearer King, Lady Kennedy (17 January 1926 – 31 January 2006), was an internationally renowned Scottish ballet dancer and actress. She was famous for her performances in Powell and Pressburger's The Red Shoes (1948) and The Tales of Hoffman (1951) and Michael Powell's Peeping Tom (1960). She has been portrayed by Shannon Davidson in the short film Òran na h-Eala (2022) which explores her life-changing decision to appear in The Red Shoes. ()
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Moira Shearer, Lady Kennedy (17 January 1926 – 31 January 2006), was an internationally famous Scottish ballet dancer and actress. She is best known for her debut acting role in the 1948 film The Red Shoes, which first garnered her international attention.

Most frequent genres for this person: Music | Romance / Love | Drama

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In this classic drama, Vicky Page is an aspiring ballerina torn between her dedication to dance and her desire to love. While her imperious instructor, Boris Lermontov, urges to her to forget anything ...

The Red Shoes

NR

1948 | 4.0/5 | 2h 13min
Drama, Romance / Love
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Loner Mark Lewis works at a film studio during the day and, at night, takes racy photographs of women. Also he's making a documentary on fear, which involves recording the reactions of victims as he m ...

Peeping Tom

NR

1960 | 3.7/5 | 1h 41min
Horror, Thriller, Drama
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A young poet named Hoffman broods over his failed romances. First, his affair with the beautiful Olympia is shattered when he realizes that she is really a mechanical woman designed by a scientist. Ne ...

The Tales of Hoffmann

NR

1951 | 3.6/5 | 2h 7min
Fantasy, Music, Romance / Love
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Passengers on an ocean liner recall their greatest loves. ...

The Story of Three Loves

NR

1953 | 2.7/5 | 2h 2min
Romance / Love, Drama, Music, Fantasy
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Movies with Moira Shearer as Actress(9)

as Self – Interviewee2010 Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
as Mother1987 A Simple Man
as From 'The Red Shoes' (archive footage)1985 That's Dancing!
as Roxane1962 Black Tights
as Vivian1960 Peeping Tom
as Sylvia / Daphne / Olga / Colette1955 The Man Who Loved Redheads
as Paula Woodward1953 The Story of Three Loves
as Stella / Olympia1951 The Tales of Hoffmann
as Victoria Page1948 The Red Shoes

TV Shows/Series with Moira Shearer as Actress(1)

as Self - Ballerina1948 The Ed Sullivan Show

Full Name: Moira Shearer
Citizenship: United Kingdom (UK)
Born: Sunday, 01/17 1926 (January) in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland (United Kingdom (UK))
Died: Tuesday, 01/31 2006 (January) in Oxford (aged: 80)
Zodiac sign: Capricorn (Chinese zodiac sign: Tiger)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: Dunfermline High School, Dunfermline, Bearsden Academy
Spouses (current/former): Ludovic Kennedy
Children: Ailsa Margaret Kennedy, Alastair Charles Coverley Kennedy, Rachel Katherine Kennedy, Fiona Jane Kennedy
Father: Harold Charles King
Other names for Moira Shearer (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Moira Shearer King"
Moira Shearer frequently works together with these people:
Michael Powell (10x, Crew)
Jackie Gleason (7x, Actor)
Emeric Pressburger (7x, Crew)
Art Carney (6x, Actor)
Charlton Heston (5x, Actor)
Debbie Reynolds (5x, Actress)
Red Buttons (5x, Actor)
Sergio Franchi (5x, Actor)
Ann-Margret (4x, Actress)
Hein Heckroth (4x, Crew)
Franco Corelli (4x, Actor)
Jerry Vale (4x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:981849, Added: 11/27/2018, Last updated: 04/13/2024