Tedde Moore

Tedde Moore was a Canadian performer, script editor, creative consultant and acting teacher. Born in Toronto, she studied at London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and in 1967 received its Principal's Medal of Honor. She then went back to Canada, where the Stratford Festival cast her in A Midsummer Night's Dream with Christopher Walken. Her most recognized role was Miss Shields in A Christmas Story (1983), which she played again in My Summer Story (1994); she was the only actor in both films. Second Wind (1976) won her a best supporting actress prize at the Canadian Film Awards. Her other movies included Murder by Decree (1979). A Christmas Story brought a Genie Award nomination, and in 2001 she won a Dora Mavor Moore Award for best actress for The Walls of Africa. In 2011 she played Mrs. Claus in Mistletoe over Manhattan and Nanny Shaw in The Kennedys.