Moira Shearer

Dancer

Birthday January 17, 1926

Birth Sign Capricorn

Birthplace Scotland

DEATH DATE Jan 31, 2006 (80)

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About

Acclaimed English film actress and ballet dancer. She famously played the role of Victoria Page in a 1948, dance-themed film called The Red Shoes.

Before Fame

After receiving personal instruction from dancer Nicholas Legat, she was accepted into the prestigious Sadler's Wells Ballet School.

Trivia

In 1972, she was selected by the BBC to host the Eurovision Song Contest in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Family Life

Her marriage to Ludovic Kennedy produced four children.

Associated With

She and fellow dancer Antoinette Sibley both studied at Sadler's Wells Ballet School.