Moira Shearer

Actor, Ballerina

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Also Known As

Moira King

Birth Place

United Kingdom

Born

January 17, 1926

Died

January 31, 2006

Biography

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Delicately pretty red-haired ballerina who made a stunning film debut in the classic dance drama, "The Red Shoes" (1948) by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. Shearer appeared in a number of roles (not all of which involved dancing) through the 1950s, notably in Powell and Pressburger's beautifully baroque "Tales of Hoffman" (1951), the intriguing "The Man Who Loved Redheads" (1954),...

Filmography

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Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff (Do Not Use) (2011)

Black Tights (1962)

Peeping Tom (1960)

Black Tights (1960)

The Man Who Loved Redheads (1954)

Colette; Daphne; Olga; Sylvia

The Story of Three Loves (1953)

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Red Shoes, The (1948) -- (Movie Clip) Maybe Next Year

Red Shoes, The (1948) -- (Movie Clip) The Red Shoes Dance On

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Ludovic Kennedy

Husband

Writer, political commentator.

Biography

Delicately pretty red-haired ballerina who made a stunning film debut in the classic dance drama, "The Red Shoes" (1948) by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. Shearer appeared in a number of roles (not all of which involved dancing) through the 1950s, notably in Powell and Pressburger's beautifully baroque "Tales of Hoffman" (1951), the intriguing "The Man Who Loved Redheads" (1954), in which she played four roles; and Powell's unsettling landmark solo effort, "Peeping Tom" (1960). She retired in the early 1960s following her marriage to writer Ludovic Kennedy but returned to the London stage with a 1974 appearance in "Man and Wife."

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff (Do Not Use) (2011)

Black Tights (1962)

Peeping Tom (1960)

Black Tights (1960)

The Man Who Loved Redheads (1954)

Colette; Daphne; Olga; Sylvia

The Story of Three Loves (1953)

The Tales of Hoffmann (1951)

Dancer; Olympia; Stella

The Red Shoes (1948)

Misc. Crew (Feature Film)

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff (Do Not Use) (2011)

Life Events

1948

Screen debut, "The Red Shoes"

Videos

Red Shoes, The (1948) -- (Movie Clip) Maybe Next Year Permitted to dance Swan Lake, at a local matinee, Victoria (Moira Shearer), candidate for the Lermontov ballet, is shocked when the master (Anton Walbrook) attends, later selecting her for his European tour, in Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's The Red Shoes, 1948.

Red Shoes, The (1948) -- (Movie Clip) The Red Shoes Dance On Ballet master Lermontov (Anton Walbrook), angry that his principal is quitting to get married, briefs composer Crasker (Marius Goring) on a new project, then expresses disgust to Ljubov (Leonide Massine) and Victoria (Moira Shearer), in Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's The Red Shoes, 1948.

Red Shoes, The (1948) -- (Movie Clip) Covent Garden In The Morning On location in London, 1948, new hires Julian (Marius Goring) and Vicky (Moira Shearer) arriving separately at the Royal Opera House, him meeting monitor George (Jerry Verno) and principal Irina (Ludmilla Tcherina), in Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's The Red Shoes.

Peeping Tom (1960) -- (Movie Clip) They Can Only Hang You Once Movie focus-puller Mark (Carl Boehm), whom we know is a psycho camera-killer, reassure his movie stand-in friend Vivian (Moira Shearer) that it's worth the risk of getting caught at the studio to make their private film, a thrill for her fans from The Red Shoes, in Michael Powell's Peeping Tom, 1960.

Story Of Three Loves, The (1953) -- (Movie Clip) Jealous Lover In The Jealous Lover segment directed by Gottfried Reinhardt, ballet director Coudray (James Mason) finds afflicted would-be dancer Paula (Moira Shearer) in reverie on stage after his show, in MGM's The Story Of Three Loves, 1953.

Thelma Schoonmaker on Michael Powell -- (TCM Original) The Red Shoes Academy Award-winning film editor Thelma Schoonmaker on her late husband Michael Powell's film The Red Shoes, 1948.

Tales of Hoffmann, The -- (Movie Clip) Stella Moira Shearer as "Stella, with partner and choreographer Frederick Ashton, performs this original dance in Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburgers famous filmed opera Tales of Hoffmann, 1951.

Tales of Hoffmann, The -- (Movie Clip) Opening Credits Opening title credits from Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's The Tales of Hoffmann, 1951, go a long way toward explaining this complex and celebrated filmed version of Jacques Offenbach's opera.

Tales of Hoffmann, The -- (Movie Clip) Enchanted Dragonfly Robert Helpmann as the scoundrel "Lindorf," Moira Shearer as dancer "Stella," and Philip Leaver as her unprincipled servant "Andreas" are featured in this sequence from Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's filmed opera Tales of Hoffman, 1951.

Story Of Three Loves, The - (Original Trailer) A all-star cast on an ocean liner finding and remembering love in The Story Of Three Loves (1953).

Companions

Ludovic Kennedy

Husband

Writer, political commentator.

Bibliography

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