Tedde Moore

Tedde Moore
Tedde Moore
Born	Dorothea Mavor Moore; April 11, 1947 (age 77); Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1959–present
Partner(s)	Donald Shebib; (1976-2023 (his death)
Children	4, including Noah Shebib
Website	https://www.teddemoore.com/home.html

Tedde Moore (born April 11, 1947) is a Canadian actress, script editor, creative consultant and acting instructor.

Early life

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

She attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, England and graduated in 1967 with the Principal's Medal of Honor.

Career

Upon leaving RADA, she returned to Canada to star opposite Christopher Walken in the Stratford Festival's production of A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Moore is best known for playing Miss 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), and Down the Road Again (2011).

In 2011, Moore starred as Mrs. Claus in the TV movie Mistletoe Over Manhattanand as Nanny Shaw in the mini-series The Kennedys.

Personal life

Moore and her life partner, filmmaker Donald Shebib,^[4] have two children — Noah^[5] and Suzanna — along with Moore's daughter, Zoë, from an earlier relationship with actor Patrick Christopher Carter. Moore also raised a foster daughter, Chaunce Drury.^[6]

Zoë is a writer/producer and Suzanna is a teacher. Noah, better known as 40, is the music engineer, producer, for the recording artist Drake.^[6]

Moore has five grandchildren.^[6]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
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 Terrific	Mrs. Cameron	TV movie
	Mr. Nobody	Narrator	Short film
1992	Terror on Track 9	Bank Manager	TV movie
1994	My Summer Story	Miss Shields
1995	The Man in the Attic	Another wife	TV movie
1996	The Deliverance of Elaine	Mary Ann	TV movie
	Gotti	Judge	TV movie
	Undue Influence	Corrections Officer	TV movie
1999	God's New Plan	Kate Young	TV movie
2001	Focus	Woman #1 in Theater
2002	Torso: The Evelyn Dick Story	Nurse Gowtand	TV movie
2002	The Scream Team	Friendly Woman	TV movie
2003	Rolie Polie Olie: The Baby Bot Chase	Polie-Anna	TV movie
2008	A Christmas Story Documentary: Road Trip for Ralphie	Herself
2008	The Untold Christmas Story	Herself
2009	Clarkworld	Herself
2011	Down the Road Again	Annie Burns
2011	2012	The Cast of a Christmas Story: Where Are They Now?	Herself	TV movie
2014	The Anniversary	Evelyn
2017	High-Rise Rescue	Maxine Smith

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1961	Encounter		Episode: "Breaking Point"
1972-1975	Police Surgeon	Ruth/Mary/Wilma/Marta Morgan/Amy	5 episodes
1977	Sidestreet	Eleanor Slater	Episode: "Stakeout"
1980	The Littlest Hobo	Mrs. Baxter	Episode: "Snapshot"
1980	For the Record		Episode: "Lyon's Den"
1988	T. and T.	Mrs. Lewelyn	Episode: "And Baby Makes Nine"
1989-1990	Friday the 13th: The Series	Nurse Dana/Dr. Meade	2 episodes
1992	E.N.G.	Dr. Holtfield	Episode: "Harvest"
1995	Avonlea	Guest #2	Episode: "What a Tangled Web We Weave"
1996	PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal	Sarah Kilmartin	Episode: "The Transient/Two Lost Old Men"
2001	RoboCop: Prime Directives	The Old Woman (CEO)	2 episodes
2002	Odyssey 5	Video Shrink	Episode: "L.D.U. 7"
2003-2004	Rolie Polie Olie	Polie-Anna	6 episodes
2005	This Is Wonderland		1 episode
2005	Little Einsteins		Episode: "The Christmas Wish"
2011	The Kennedys	Mrs. Shaw	3 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.^[7]

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. ^[8]^[9]

In 2001, Moore won the Dora Mavor Moore Best Actress Award for her performance on stage in The Walls of Africa.

References

^ CBC Radio (August 10, 2018). "OVO producer Noah '40' Shebib and his sister Suzanna empower youth through hip hop". CBC Radio.
^ Woulfe, Molly (December 4, 2009). "'Christmas Story's' Miss Shields schools us". nwi.com. Retrieved September 22, 2022.
^ Wise, Wyndam, ed. (2001). Take One's Essential Guide to Canadian Film. Toronto, Ont.: University of Toronto Press. p. 263.
^ Jonathan (July 10, 2019). "Tedde Moore Net Worth, Movies, Married, Children, Facts, Wiki-Bio". Bio Age Who. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
^ Pirnia, Garin (September 15, 2015). "10 Things You Didn't Know About A Christmas Story". Esquire. Retrieved September 27, 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c Scott, Cece M. (November 8, 2018). "Tedde Morre strongly rooted in Canadian theatre". Active Life. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
^ "The Winners: The Canadian Film Awards 1976". Cinema Canada. Retrieved December 21, 2018.
^ "Tedde Moore: Genie Awards". IMDb. Retrieved September 22, 2022.
^ Scott, Jay (March 22, 1984). "Terry Fox Story wins best picture Genie Eric Fryer, Martha Henry take top acting awards". The Globe and Mail.

External links

Tedde Moore at IMDb

[1] CBC Radio (August 10, 2018). "OVO producer Noah '40' Shebib and his sister Suzanna empower youth through hip hop". CBC Radio.

[2] Woulfe, Molly (December 4, 2009). "'Christmas Story's' Miss Shields schools us". nwi.com. Retrieved September 22, 2022.

[3] Wise, Wyndam, ed. (2001). Take One's Essential Guide to Canadian Film. Toronto, Ont.: University of Toronto Press. p. 263.

[Bio-4] Jonathan (July 10, 2019). "Tedde Moore Net Worth, Movies, Married, Children, Facts, Wiki-Bio". Bio Age Who. Retrieved June 10, 2020.

[5] Pirnia, Garin (September 15, 2015). "10 Things You Didn't Know About A Christmas Story". Esquire. Retrieved September 27, 2022.

[Scott-6] Scott, Cece M. (November 8, 2018). "Tedde Morre strongly rooted in Canadian theatre". Active Life. Retrieved June 10, 2020.

[7] "The Winners: The Canadian Film Awards 1976". Cinema Canada. Retrieved December 21, 2018.

[8] "Tedde Moore: Genie Awards". IMDb. Retrieved September 22, 2022.

[9] Scott, Jay (March 22, 1984). "Terry Fox Story wins best picture Genie Eric Fryer, Martha Henry take top acting awards". The Globe and Mail.

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v t e Canadian Screen Award for Best Supporting Performance in a Film
Best Supporting Actor 1970–2021	Gratien Gélinas (1970) Danny Freedman (1971) Donald Pilon (1972) Willie Lamothe (1973) No Award (1974) Henry Beckman (1975) Frank Moore (1976) Jean Lapointe (1977) Henry Beckman (1978) Gordon Pinsent (1980) Germain Houde (1981) Saul Rubinek (1982) R. H. Thomson (1983) Michael Zelniker (1984) Alan Scarfe (1985) Alan Arkin (1986) Gabriel Arcand (1987) Germain Houde (1988) Rémy Girard (1989) Rémy Girard (1990) August Schellenberg (1991) Michael Hogan (1992) Kevin Tighe (1993) Don McKellar (1994) Kenneth Welsh (1995) Peter Donaldson (1996) Peter MacNeill (1997) Callum Keith Rennie (1998) Mark McKinney (1999) Martin Cummins (2000) Vincent Gale (2001) Elias Koteas (2002) Stéphane Rousseau (2003) Jean Lapointe (2004) Denis Bernard (2005) Stephen McHattie (2006) Armin Mueller-Stahl (2007) Callum Keith Rennie (2008) Maxim Gaudette (2009) Dustin Hoffman (2010) Viggo Mortensen (2011) Serge Kanyinda (2012) Gordon Pinsent (2013) John Cusack (2014) Nick Serino (2015) Vincent Cassel (2016) Ethan Hawke (2017) Richard Clarkin (2018) Rémy Girard (2019) Colm Feore (2020) Joshua Odjick (2021)
Best Supporting Actress 1970–2021	Fernande Giroux (1970) Olivette Thibault (1971) Doris Petrie (1972) Camille Bernard (1973) No Award (1974) Lila Kedrova (1975) Tedde Moore (1976) Carole Lazare (1977) Marilyn Lightstone (1978) Geneviève Bujold (1980) Kate Reid (1981) Denise Filiatrault (1982) Jackie Burroughs (1983) Jackie Burroughs (1984) Linda Sorenson (1985) Linda Sorenson (1986) Louise Portal (1987) Paule Baillargeon (1988) Colleen Dewhurst (1989) Robyn Stevan (1990) Danielle Proulx (1991) Monique Mercure (1992) Nicola Cavendish (1993) Martha Henry (1994) Kate Nelligan (1995) Martha Burns (1996) Seana McKenna (1997) Monique Mercure (1998) Catherine O'Hara (1999) Helen Shaver (2000) Molly Parker (2001) Pascale Montpetit (2002) Marie-Josée Croze (2003) Jennifer Jason Leigh (2004) Danielle Proulx (2005) Carrie-Anne Moss (2006) Kristen Thomson (2007) Kristin Booth (2008) Martha Burns (2009) Minnie Driver (2010) Sophie Nélisse (2011) Seema Biswas (2012) Sarah Gadon (2013) Suzanne Clément (2014) Joan Allen (2015) Molly Parker (2016) Bahar Noohian (2017) Sarah Gadon (2018) Nour Belkhiria (2019) Mary Walsh (2020) Cherish Violet Blood (2021)
Best Supporting Performance in a Film 2022	Aaron Pierre (2022)
Best Supporting Performance in a Comedy Film 2023–present	Glenn Howerton (2023)
Best Supporting Performance in a Drama Film 2023–present	Chantal Thuy (2023)
Canadian Film Awards 1968-1978, Genie Awards 1980-2011, Canadian Screen Awards 2012-present. Separate awards were presented by gender prior to 2022; ungendered awards for best performance regardless have been presented since.