Moira Shearer

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Moira was born the daughter of Harold V. King in Dunfermline, Scotland. She was educated at Dunfermline High School, Ndola in Zambia (formerly Northern Rhodesia) and Bearsden Academy, Scotland. She received her professional training at the Mayfair School and The Nicholas Legat Studio. She made her debut in the International Ballet with 1941 and ... See full bio »

Born:

January 17, 1926 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, UK

Died:

January 31, 2006 (age 80) in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK

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Known For

Peeping Tom Vivian

(1960)

The Red Shoes Victoria Page

(1948)

The Tales of Hoffmann Stella / Olympia

(1951)

The Story of Three Loves Paula Woodward (segment "The Jealous Lover")

(1953)

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Filmography

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Actress (7 credits)

1987 A Simple Man (TV Movie)
Mother

1961 Black Tights
Roxane

1960 Peeping Tom
Vivian

1955 The Man Who Loved Redheads
Sylvia / Daphne / Olga / ...

1953 The Story of Three Loves
Paula Woodward (segment "The Jealous Lover")

1951 The Tales of Hoffmann
Stella / Olympia

1948 The Red Shoes
Victoria Page

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Soundtrack (1 credit)

1951 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)

- Episode #4.18 (1951) ... (performer: "Adagio from 'Sleeping Beauty'")

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Thanks (1 credit)

2006 Film '72 (TV Series) (dedicatee - 1 episode)

- Episode dated 6 February 2006 (2006) ... (dedicatee)

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Self (7 credits)

2010 Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff (Documentary)
Herself - Interviewee

1985 That's Dancing! (Documentary)
Archival footage from 'The Red Shoes'

1972 The Eurovision Song Contest (TV Special)
Herself - Host

1970 The Dick Cavett Show (TV Series)
Herself

- Episode #4.33 (1970) ... Herself

- Episode #4.22 (1970) ... Herself

1959 The Election Results (TV Special)
Herself

1957 Contact (TV Series)
Herself - Interviewee

- Episode #1.4 (1957) ... Herself - Interviewee

1951 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV Series)
Herself - Ballerina

- Episode #4.18 (1951) ... Herself - Ballerina

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Archive footage (6 credits)

2017 78/52: Hitchcock's Shower Scene (Documentary)
Vivian

2007 13th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (TV Special)
Herself - In Memoriam

2006 The 78th Annual Academy Awards (TV Special)
Herself - Memorial Tribute

1990 The Tales of Helpmann (Documentary)
Herself

1986 The South Bank Show (TV Series documentary)
Vivian (clip from Peeping Tom (1960))

- Michael Powell (1986) ... Vivian (clip from Peeping Tom (1960)) (uncredited)

1958 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV Series)
Herself

- Episode #11.39 (1958) ... Herself

Personal Details

Other Works:

(1/27/50) Stage: Danced in the ballet, "The Sleeping Beauty," in a Sadler's Wells Ballet production at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London, England, with Beryl Grey, Michael Somes, John Field, Alexander Grant, Leslie Edwards, Nadia Nerina, Kenneth MacMillan, Pamela May, Gillian Lynne and John Cranko in the cast. ... See more »

Publicity Listings:

2 Print Biographies | 4 Articles | 2 Pictorials | 1 Magazine Cover Photo | See more »

Alternate Names:

Lady Kennedy

Height:

5' 5" (1.65 m)

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I have been asked to play William Shakespeare. Other parts include a George Bernard Shaw play and a classic previously made by one of the screen's finest actresses. It would be ludicrous for me to try to play any of these parts. I am not an actress. See more »