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Moira Shearer

British ballerina and actress (1926–2006)

Born 1926 · DunfermlineDied 2006United Kingdom
Moira Shearer
Image: Martin Feinstein, publicity director for Hurok Attractions, New York · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Moira Shearer was a British ballet dancer and dancer, born in 1926 in Dunfermline, who died in 2006.

Biography

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).

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Contemporaries

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South African ballet dancer (1927–2008)

1927–2008
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Brian Shaw

British ballet dancer

1928–1992
Audrey Hepburn

Audrey Hepburn

British actress (1929–1993)

1929–1993
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Donald Britton

British ballet dancer (1929-1983)

1929–1983
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Violetta Elvin

Russian ballet dancer

1923–2021
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Julia Farron

British ballet dancer

1922–2019
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Anne Heaton

British ballerina

1930–2020
Deborah Kerr

Deborah Kerr

British actress (1921–2007)

1921–2007

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