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"She was full of spirit and also she was very beautiful. She moved wonderfully gracefully as you would expect of a ballet dancer," Kennedy told reporters after his wife's death.
The millions of fans around the world who've seen the visually splendid Red Shoes – loosely based on a Hans Christian Anderson story – did not have to be told that about the stunning redhead, who first became a principal dancer at London's Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet in 1942.
Though she took later film roles, nothing Shearer did after The Red Shoes would ever overshadow her work in the movie, which inspired generations of young women to become dancers.
Shearer, who became Lady Kennedy after her husband was knighted, is also survived by her four children.
