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Moira Shearer

1926 - 2006

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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). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Moira Shearer is the 6,729th most popular actor (down from 6,308th in 2024), the 5,090th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,648th in 2019) and the 759th most popular British Actor.

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Among actors, Moira Shearer ranks 6,729 out of 13,578. Before her are John Castle, Anita Louise, Rachel Nichols, Ashley Benson, Ivan Moskvin, and Im Soo-jung. After her are Jeon Mi-seon, Aleksei Guskov, Laura Flores, Noor Jehan, Ethan Phillips, and Janine Turner.

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Among people born in 1926, Moira Shearer ranks 469. Before her are Tom Tryon, Ernst Larsen, José Manuel Caballero, Joe Verdeur, Ernest Mühlen, and Göta Pettersson. After her are Noor Jehan, Rawya Ateya, Larissa Volpert, Don Gordon, W. Michael Blumenthal, and Peter Zadek. Among people deceased in 2006, Moira Shearer ranks 345. Before her are Boz Burrell, Hanka Bielicka, Ann Richards, Elton Dean, Gunnar Åkerlund, and Darren McGavin. After her are Asdrúbal Fontes Bayardo, Ron Greenwood, Lou Jones, Proof, Martin David Kruskal, and Jorge Mendonça.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Moira Shearer ranks 5,092 out of 8,785. Before her are Don McCullin (1935), Julian Symons (1912), Jermain Defoe (1982), William Beechey (1753), Tony Rolt (1918), and Ethel Muckelt (1885). After her are Donald Campbell (1921), Peter Wright (1970), Eileen Hiscock (1909), Colin Clarke (1962), Jaime Murray (1976), and Andrew Ainslie Common (1841).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Moira Shearer ranks 759. Before her are Charles Kent (1852), Tony Robinson (1946), Adam Godley (1964), Matthew Lewis (1989), Barbara Shelley (1932), and John Castle (1940). After her are Jaime Murray (1976), Robert Webb (1972), Mary Millar (1936), Ann Sidney (1944), Gertrude Lawrence (1898), and Pamela Brown (1917).

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