Moira Shearer

Birthday: 17 January 1926, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, UK

Birth Name: Moira Shearer King

Height: 165 cm

Moira was born the daughter of Harold V. King in Dunfermline, Scotland. She was educated at Dunfermline High School, Ndola in Zambia (formerly Northern Rhodesia) and Bearsden Academy, Scotland. She re ...Show More

Isn't it strange that something you've never really wanted to do turns out to be the very thing that Show more Isn't it strange that something you've never really wanted to do turns out to be the very thing that's given you a name and identity? . . . The Red Shoes (1948) ruined my career in the ballet. They [her peers] never trusted me again. Hide

I have been asked to play [William Shakespeare. Other parts include a [George Bernard Shaw] play and Show more I have been asked to play [William Shakespeare. Other parts include a [George Bernard Shaw] play and a classic previously made by one of the screen's finest actresses. It would be ludicrous for me to try to play any of these parts. I am not an actress. Hide

If I am dubious about films and film people; the film industry has only itself to blame. If I am dubious about films and film people; the film industry has only itself to blame.

What people cannot realize is that a ballet dancer just cannot afford to give up ballet for a moment Show more What people cannot realize is that a ballet dancer just cannot afford to give up ballet for a moment. After a month without practising you are thrown back years. Hide

Moira Shearer's FILMOGRAPHY

as Actor (4)

Peeping Tom

The Tales of Hoffmann

The Red Shoes (1948)

78/52: Hitchcock's Shower Scene

Moira Shearer'S roles

Stella

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