Moira Shearer
Actor · Died January 31, 2006, aged 80 · Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, UK
Moira Shearer, Lady Kennedy (January 17, 1926 – January 31, 2006), was an internationally famous Scottish ballet dancer and actress. She is best known for her debut acting role in the 1948 film The Red Shoes, which first garnered her international attention.
Biography from TMDB.
- January 17, 1926
- January 31, 2006 (aged 80)
- Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, UK
- Actor
- 5 on MovieCove · 8 credits in all
What are Moira Shearer's films like?
Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 4
Light 0 · Serious 1 · Dark 3
Grounded 0 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 3
Gentle 0 · Charged 2 · Intense 2
A split, not a type: Steady 3 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0
Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0
Casual 1 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 2
Resolved 3 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
Usually the Hero: 2 of 3 analyzed roles.
- Heroas Victoria Page in The Red Shoes (1948)
- Heraldas Stella in The Tales of Hoffmann (1951)
- Heroas Paula Woodward in The Story of Three Loves (1953)
Moods and endings
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Moira Shearer's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 3 of their 5 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Moira Shearer's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
8 credits, 5 with a MovieCove page; 3 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
A Simple Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)
That's Dancing!(1985)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
Black Tights (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)
Peeping Tom(1960)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
The Man Who Loved Redheads (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)
The Story of Three Loves(1953)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
The Tales of Hoffmann(1951)
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films
The Red Shoes(1948)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
Career shape
Star power in the 89th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 8 titles from 1948 to 1987.
Biggest box office
The Red Shoes (1948)
Highest rated
The Red Shoes (1948)
Most popular right now
Peeping Tom (1960)
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Moira Shearer's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 84th percentile, the median of all 5; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 89th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up4
- 50th to 74th1
Shape of the crowd
None of their 5 titles divides audiences: 3 are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved2
- Crowd Pleaser3
Reviewers score the acting 77/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles; fans 84, detractors 46. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Moira Shearer work with?
People who share at least 2 of Moira Shearer's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Michael Powell shares the most, 3.
Directors
- Michael PowellShared titles: Peeping Tom (1960), The Tales of Hoffmann (1951), The Red Shoes (1948)See all 3 shared titles with Michael Powell
- Emeric PressburgerShared titles: The Tales of Hoffmann (1951), The Red Shoes (1948)See all 2 shared titles with Emeric Pressburger
Actors
- Esmond KnightShared titles: Peeping Tom (1960), The Red Shoes (1948)See all 2 shared titles with Esmond Knight
- Léonide MassineShared titles: The Tales of Hoffmann (1951), The Red Shoes (1948)See all 2 shared titles with Léonide Massine
- Ludmilla TchérinaShared titles: The Tales of Hoffmann (1951), The Red Shoes (1948)See all 2 shared titles with Ludmilla Tchérina
- Robert HelpmannShared titles: The Tales of Hoffmann (1951), The Red Shoes (1948)See all 2 shared titles with Robert Helpmann
Producers
- George R. BusbyShared titles: The Tales of Hoffmann (1951), The Red Shoes (1948)See all 2 shared titles with George R. Busby