The red shoes movie moira shearer biography
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Moira Shearer
Scottish ballerina and actress (1926–2006)
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| Born | Moira Shearer King (1926-01-17)17 January 1926 Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland |
| Died | 31 January 2006(2006-01-31) (aged 80) Oxford, England |
| Other names | Lady Kennedy |
| Years active | 1938–1987 |
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| Children | 4 |
Moira Shearer King, Lady Kennedy (17 January 1926 – 31 January 2006) was a 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.[1][2][3]
Early life
She was born Moira Shearer King at Morton Lodge in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, in 1926, the only child of civil engineer Harold Charles King and M