Moira Shearer

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

0.4911

Gender

Female

Birthday

17-Jan-1926

Age

(100 years old)

Place of Birth

Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, UK

Also Known As
  • Moira Shearer King

Moira Shearer

Biography

Moira Shearer, Lady Kennedy (January 17, 1926 – January 31, 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.


Credits

A Simple Man A Simple Man (1987) Character: Mother
L. S. Lowry, one of the most celebrated English painters from the mid 20th century, liked to call himself just a "simple man". But was he?
The Tales of Hoffmann The Tales of Hoffmann (1951) Character: Stella / Olympia
A melancholy poet reflects on three women he loved and lost in the past: a mechanical performing doll, a Venetian courtesan, and the consumptive daughter of a celebrated composer.
The Man Who Loved Redheads The Man Who Loved Redheads (1955) Character: Sylvia / Daphne / Olga / Colette
Framed in flashback, The Man Who Loved Redheads is an anecdotal comedy about a man (John Justin) whose life is defined by his first romantic experience. That liaison occurred in Justin's youth, when the young man matures and enters the diplomatic world, he spends the rest of his career searching for his first love.
The Red Shoes The Red Shoes (1948) Character: Victoria Page
A fledgling ballerina falls in love with a brilliant composer, but the jealous head of the ballet company plots to drive them apart.
The Story of Three Loves The Story of Three Loves (1953) Character: Paula Woodward
Passengers on an ocean liner recall their greatest loves.
That's Dancing! That's Dancing! (1985) Character: From 'The Red Shoes' (archive footage)
A documentary film about dancing on the screen, from it's orgins after the invention of the movie camera, over the movie musical from the late 20s, 30s, 40s 50s and 60s up to the break dance and the music videos from the 80s.
Peeping Tom Peeping Tom (1960) Character: Vivian
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 murders them. He befriends Helen, the daughter of the family living in the apartment below his, and he tells her vaguely about the movie he is making.
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff (2010) Character: Self – Interviewee
In 2001 Jack Cardiff (1914-2009) became the first director of photography in the history of the Academy Awards to win an Honorary Oscar. But the first time he clasped the famous statuette in his hand was a half-century earlier when his Technicolor camerawork was awarded for Powell and Pressburger's Black Narcissus. Beyond John Huston's The African Queen and King Vidor's War and Peace, the films of the British-Hungarian creative duo (The Red Shoes and A Matter of Life and Death too) guaranteed immortality for the renowned cameraman whose career spanned seventy years.
1-2-3-4 ou Les Collants noirs 1-2-3-4 ou Les Collants noirs (1961) Character: Roxane
Lively scenes of Paris, all narrated by Maurice Chevalier, link together four dramatic ballet choreographies by Roland Petit: La Croqueuse de diamants (The Gold Digger), Cyrano de Bergerac, Deuil en 24 heures (A Merry Mourning), and Carmen.



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