Moira Shearer (1926 - 2006) مويرا شيرر
Biography
A British ballerina and actress born in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, UK. She was the prima ballerina of Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet. She had been training since childhood and joined the company in 1942. For 10 years, she had the leading role in several of the most famous ballets...Read more such as The Sleeping Beauty, Coppelia, and Swan Lake. She made her Broadway debut playing Titania on A Midsummer Night's Dream. Her onscreen debut was on the film The Red Shoes (1948), her most famous film to date. Other works of hers include Peeping Tom (1960), The Tales of Hoffmann (1951), and The Story of Three Loves (1953). She was married to Ludovic Kennedy and had 4 children. She died of septicaemia and a urinary tract infection on 31 January 2006 in Oxfordshire, UK.
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- Nationality:
- UK
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- Date of Birth:
- 17 January 1926
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- Birth Country:
- UK
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- Died on:
- 31 January 2006
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- Death Country:
- UK
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More details
A British ballerina and actress born in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, UK. She was the prima ballerina of Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet. She had been training since childhood and...Read more joined the company in 1942. For 10 years, she had the leading role in several of the most famous ballets such as The Sleeping Beauty, Coppelia, and Swan Lake. She made her Broadway debut playing Titania on A Midsummer Night's Dream. Her onscreen debut was on the film The Red Shoes (1948), her most famous film to date. Other works of hers include Peeping Tom (1960), The Tales of Hoffmann (1951), and The Story of Three Loves (1953). She was married to Ludovic Kennedy and had 4 children. She died of septicaemia and a urinary tract infection on 31 January 2006 in Oxfordshire, UK.
Trivia:
- During her career (1938-1987), she appeared in 6 feature films and one television series, in addition to several musicals as a ballet dancer.
- She was a member of the Scottish Arts Council 1971-1973 and member of the General Advisory Board of the British Broadcasting Corporation 1970-1977, toured the United States of America and most countries of the world and gave lectures on the history of ballet 1977-1982.
- Nationality:
- UK
- Birth Name:
- Moira Shearer King
- Date of Birth:
- 17 January 1926
- Birth Country:
- UK
- Died on:
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31 January 2006
[إلتهاب المسالك البولية وتسمم الدم]
- Death Country:
- UK
- Death City:
- Oxfordshire
