Tedde Moore, Ralphie’s Teacher In ‘A Christmas Story,’ Dies At 79

CANADA - JUNE 11: Actress Tedde Moore astatine stratford. Another girl pursuing successful father's footsteps (Photo by Reg Innell/Toronto Star via Getty Images)

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Tedde Moore, the character who played Miss Shields, the coach of Peter Billingsley’s Ralphie Parker successful the vacation classical A Christmas Story, has died.

Moore died connected Aug. 5, according to a post connected her Facebook page. She was 79.

“On Wednesday August 5th nether sunny skies overlooking Fairy Lake, Tedde passed distant surrounded by family physically and spiritually successful her beloved Huntsville Muskoka,” the Facebook station reads. "Her bravery successful this prime was almost overwhelming, beyond beautiful and besides difficult. Forever the teacher, she had a quote for each juncture and a typical measurement of rubbing the lives and hearts of everyone she met.

“Her magic and emotion will beryllium remembered by each she took nether her generous and welcoming wings.”

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Directed by Bob Clark, A Christmas Story — which chronicles Ralphie’s hopes of getting a Red Ryder BB weapon for Christmas — was released successful 1983. Moore and Billingsley look together successful various schoolroom scenes passim the film.

In a YouTube video posted successful in 2021, Moore expressed her gratitude for the opportunity to beryllium successful the film, saying, “I conscionable wanted to show you really overmuch it has meant to maine to beryllium portion of A Christmas Story family, and we are a family. None of america would beryllium present coming if weren’t for the gigantic bosom of Bob Clark, and who had a very bully consciousness to admit the cinematic value of the extraordinary, heartfelt penning of Jean Shepherd.”

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Tedde Moore Appeared In More Than Three-Dozen Screen Roles

Born Dorothea Mavor Moore connected April 11, 1947, successful Toronto, Tedde Moore made her surface debut arsenic Thea Moore successful a impermanent domiciled successful the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s anthology bid Encounter in 1961.