ShewasbornMoiraShearer-KingatMortonLodgeinDunfermline,Fife,Scotland,theonlychildofcivilengineerHaroldCharlesKingandMargaretCrawfordReid,néeShearer.[1]In1931herfamilymovedtoNdola,NorthernRhodesia,whereherfatherworkedasacivilengineerandwhereshereceivedherfirstdancingtrainingunderaformerpupilofEnricoCecchetti.[2]ShereturnedtoBritainin1936andtrainedwithFloraFairbairninLond...(展开全部) ShewasbornMoiraShearer-KingatMortonLodgeinDunfermline,Fife,Scotland,theonlychildofcivilengineerHaroldCharlesKingandMargaretCrawfordReid,néeShearer.[1]In1931herfamilymovedtoNdola,NorthernRhodesia,whereherfatherworkedasacivilengineerandwhereshereceivedherfirstdancingtrainingunderaformerpupilofEnricoCecchetti.[2]ShereturnedtoBritainin1936andtrainedwithFloraFairbairninLondonforafewmonthsbeforeshewasacceptedasapupilbytheRussianteacherNicholasLegat.[2]AthisstudioshemetMonaInglesby[3]whogaveShearerapartinhernewballetEndymion,presentedatanallstarmatineeattheCambridgeTheatrein1938.[4]AfterthreeyearswithLegat,shejoinedtheSadler'sWellsBalletSchool.AftertheoutbreakofWorldWarII,herparentstookhertoliveinScotland.[2]ShejoinedMonaInglesby'sInternationalBallet[5]forits1941provincialtourandWestEndseasonbeforemovingontoSadler'sWellsin1942. Herfirst"claimtofame"isasPosyFossilintheadvertisementsfortheNoelStreatfeildbookBalletShoeswhileshewastrainingunderFloraFairbairn,agoodfriendofStreatfeild's. ShecametointernationalattentionforherfirstfilmroleasVictoriaPageinthePowell&Pressburgerballet-themedfilmTheRedShoes,(1948).[6]Evenherhairmatchedthetitularfootwear,andtheroleandfilmweresopowerfulthatalthoughshewentontostarinotherfilmsandworkedasadancerformanydecades,sheisprimarilyknownforplaying"Vicky". Shearerretiredfromballetin1953,butshecontinuedtoact,appearingasTitaniainAMidsummerNight'sDreamatthe1954EdinburghFestival.SheworkedagainforPowellonTheTalesofHoffmannandonthecontroversialfilmPeepingTom(1960),whichdamagedPowell'sowncareer. In1972,shewaschosenbytheBBCtopresenttheEurovisionSongContestwhenitwasstagedattheUsherHallinEdinburgh.Accordingtoauthorandhistorian