Tedde Moore

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Tedde Moore
Born
Dorothea Moore

(1947-04-11) April 11, 1947 (age 77)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
OccupationActress
Years active1959–2017
Spouse(s) Donald Shebib
(m. 19??; died 2023)
Children4, including Noah Shebib
Website https://www.teddemoore.com/home.html

Tedde Moore (born April 11, 1947) is a Canadian actress.

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Early life

Tedde Moore is the daughter of Darwina (née Faessler) and actor and educator Mavor Moore, the granddaughter of Canadian theatre figure Dora Mavor Moore, and the great-granddaughter of Scottish-born economist James Mavor. [1]

Career

Moore is best known for playing Gretchen Gallaya Shields in the 1983 film A Christmas Story . [2] She reprised her role in the 1994 film My Summer Story and is the only actor to have appeared in both films.

Her film credits include Second Wind (1976), [3] Murder by Decree (1979), Overnight (1985), Rolling Vengeance (1987) and Down the Road Again (2011).

In 2011, Moore starred as Mrs. Claus in the TV movie Mistletoe Over Manhattan.

Personal life

Moore and her life partner, filmmaker Donald Shebib, [4] have two children — Noah, with whom she was pregnant while filming A Christmas Story [5] and Suzanna — along with Moore's daughter, Zoë, from an earlier relationship with actor Patrick Christopher Carter. Moore also raised an adopted daughter named Chaunce from the age of three. [6]

Zoë is a writer and Suzanna is a teacher, while Noah, better known as 40, is a music engineer, producer, and a frequent collaborator with the artist Drake. [6]

Moore has five grandchildren. [6]

Health

In 2007, Moore was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. [7]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1971 Rip-Off Nancy
1976 Second Wind Paula
1979 Murder by Decree Mrs. Lees
1981 The Amateur Newscaster
1983 A Christmas Story Miss Shields
1985 Overnight Leslie
1987 Rolling Vengeance Misty's Mother
Taking Care of TerrificMrs. CameronTV movie
Mr. NobodyNarratorShort film
1992Terror on Track 9Bank ManagerTV movie
1994 My Summer Story Miss Shields
1995The Man in the AtticAnother wifeTV movie
1996The Deliverance of ElaineMary AnnTV movie
Gotti JudgeTV movie
Undue InfluenceCorrections OfficerTV movie
1999God's New PlanKate YoungTV movie
2001 Focus Woman #1 in Theater
2002 Torso: The Evelyn Dick Story Nurse GowtandTV movie
The Scream Team Friendly WomanTV movie
2003 Rolie Polie Olie: The Baby Bot Chase Polie-AnnaTV movie
2008A Christmas Story Documentary: Road Trip for RalphieHerself
The Untold Christmas StoryHerself
2009ClarkworldHerself
2011 Down the Road Again Annie Burns
Mistletoe Over ManhattanRebecca ClausTV movie
2012The Cast of a Christmas Story: Where Are They Now?HerselfTV movie
2014The AnniversaryEvelyn
2017High-Rise RescueMaxine Smith
Magical Christmas OrnamentsDaisyTV movie

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1961 Encounter Episode: "Breaking Point"
1972-1975Police SurgeonRuth/Mary/Wilma/Marta Morgan/Amy5 episodes
1977SidestreetEleanor SlaterEpisode: "Stakeout"
1980 The Littlest Hobo Mrs. BaxterEpisode: "Snapshot"
For the Record Episode: "Lyon's Den"
1988 T. and T. Mrs. LewelynEpisode: "And Baby Makes Nine"
1989-1990 Friday the 13th: The Series Nurse Dana/Dr. Meade2 episodes
1992 E.N.G. Dr. HoltfieldEpisode: "Harvest"
1995 Avonlea Guest #2Episode: "What a Tangled Web We Weave"
1996 PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal Sarah KilmartinEpisode: "The Transient/Two Lost Old Men"
2001 RoboCop: Prime Directives The Old Woman (CEO)2 episodes
2002 Odyssey 5 Video ShrinkEpisode: "L.D.U. 7"
2003-2004 Rolie Polie Olie Polie-Anna6 episodes
2005 This Is Wonderland 1 episode
Little Einsteins Episode: "The Christmas Wish"
2011 The Kennedys Mrs. Shaw3 episodes

Awards

In 1976, Moore won Best Supporting Actress for her role as Paula in the film Second Wind at the 27th Canadian Film Awards. [8]

In 1984, Moore was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Miss Shields in the film A Christmas Story at the 5th Genie Awards, but lost to Jackie Burroughs for The Wars . [9] [10]

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