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Moira Shearer

Actress/Dancer
17 January 1926 to 31 January 2006

Plucked from the Sadler's Wells company for her screen debut, Shearer made a stunning impression in The Red Shoes (1948). She starred in The Tales of Hoffmann (1951), a few further films and had experience on stage and television. In later years she devoted herself to family life and writing.