Moira Shearer Overview:

Actress, Moira Shearer, was born Moira Shearer King on Jan 17, 1926 in Dunfermline, Fife. Shearer died at the age of 80 on Jan 31, 2006 in Oxford, Oxfordshire .

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Birthday of the Week: (1)

By Beth Daniels on Jan 13, 2014 From Mildred's Fatburgers

, Lady Kennedy January 17, 1926 Biography : Portrait of a DancerBy Pigeon CrowlePittman Publishing Company, 1950 "The Red Shoes (1948) ruined my career in the ballet." was a contemporary of not-yet Dame Margot Fonteyn in the Sadler's We... Read full article


Birthday of the Week: (2)

By Beth Daniels on Jan 13, 2014 From Mildred's Fatburgers

, Lady Kennedy January 17, 1926 Biography : Portrait of a DancerBy Pigeon CrowlePittman Publishing Company, 1950 "The Red Shoes (1948) ruined my career in the ballet." was a contemporary of not-yet Dame Margot Fonteyn in the Sadler's We... Read full article


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Moira Shearer Quotes:

[last lines]
Victoria Page: Julian?
Julian Craster: Yes, my darling?
Victoria Page: Take off the red shoes.


Boris Lermontov: Why do you want to dance?
[Vicky thinks for a short while]
Victoria Page: Why do you want to live?
[Lermontov is suprised at the answer]
Boris Lermontov: Well I don't know exactly why, er, but I must.
Victoria Page: That's my answer too.


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Moira Shearer Facts
Moira Shearer, at the time she was selected to star in _The Red Shoes (1948)_ was second only to the world renowned prima ballerina, Margot Fonteyn, at the famous Sadler's Wells Ballet.

Arthur Freed wanted Moira to play opposite Fred Astaire in Royal Wedding (1951) but Astaire was reluctant to dance with a ballerina. Gene Kelly asked for her for his Brigadoon (1954) picture. She turned down both film opportunities, much preferring the classical stage in those years. She went on to play "Titania" in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" in her Broadway debut and the title role in "Major Barbara".

Had 4 children, Ailsa Margaret Kennedy (born August 11, 1952), Rachel Katherine Kennedy (born November 16, 1956), Fiona Jane Kennedy (born December 20, 1961) and Alastair Charles Coverley Kennedy (born February 10, 1963), with her husband, Ludovic Kennedy.

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