LONDON (AP) -- The ballerina and actress who starred in the Oscar-winning film "The Red Shoes" has died. Moira Shearer was 80. Shearer's debut was in the 1948 film that created an international ...

Moira Shearer, who died on Tuesday at 80, was a strikingly beautiful leading ballerina with the Sadler’s Wells (later the Royal) Ballet in London. She was best known for her performance in the film ...

London’s famed Sadler’s Wells company was putting on a new ballet. The orchestra struck up Haydn’s cheerful “Clock” Symphony. Onstage, the audience saw a twelve-foot grandfather clock with human hands ...

A vivid dream exploration of Moira Shearer's heart and mind, just before and after she agreed to star in Powell and Pressburger's beloved cinema classic "The Red Shoes", a decision that would change ...

Ask Martin Scorsese about the weather or his coffee order, and it’ll be five minutes before he somehow works The Red Shoes into the conversation. The reasons why stretch beyond the director’s ...

At least its American star, Juliet Doherty, was a professional ballerina before she took up acting – as was her Scottish counterpart, Moira Shearer, in the 1948 film – so the dance sequences feel ...

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