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