Tedde Moore

Moore began her acting career in 1961 with an appearance in the television series Encounter. Her early television credits include Police Surgeon (1972-1975), Sidestreet (1977), The Littlest Hobo (1980) and For the Record (1980). She made her film debut in Rip-Off (1971), followed by Second Wind (1976), in which she portrayed Paula, and Murder by Decree (1979) as Mrs. Lees. In 1976, she won Best Supporting Actress at the Canadian Film Awards for her performance in Second Wind.

After graduating from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Moore returned to Canada and starred opposite Christopher Walken in the Stratford Festival's production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. Her subsequent film credits include The Amateur (1981) as a newscaster, A Christmas Story (1983) as Miss Shields, Overnight (1985) as Leslie and Rolling Vengeance (1987) as Misty's mother. She also appeared in Taking Care of Terrific as Mrs. Cameron and Mr. Nobody as the narrator. Her television credits during this period include T. and T. (1988) as Mrs. Lewelyn and Friday the 13th: The Series (1989-1990) as Nurse Dana and Dr. Meade.

Moore reprised her role as Miss Shields in My Summer Story (1994). Her additional film and television credits include Terror on Track 9 (1992) as a bank manager, The Man in the Attic (1995) as another wife, The Deliverance of Elaine (1996) as Mary Ann, Gotti (1996) as a judge, Undue Influence as a corrections officer and God's New Plan (1999) as Kate Young. Her television appearances include E.N.G. (1992) as Dr. Holtfield, Avonlea (1995) as Guest No. 2 and PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal (1996) as Sarah Kilmartin.

In 2001, Moore appeared in Focus as Woman No. 1 in Theater and portrayed the Old Woman (CEO) in two episodes of RoboCop: Prime Directives. Her subsequent credits include Odyssey 5 (2002) as Video Shrink, Torso: The Evelyn Dick Story (2002) as Nurse Gowtand, The Scream Team (2002) as a friendly woman and Rolie Polie Olie: The Baby Bot Chase (2003) as Polie-Anna. She also voiced Polie-Anna in six episodes of the television series Rolie Polie Olie (2003-2004). Her other television appearances include This Is Wonderland (2005) as Stacey's grandmother.

Moore appeared as herself in A Christmas Story Documentary: Road Trip for Ralphie (2008), The Untold Christmas Story (2008) and Clarkworld (2009). Her later film credits include Down the Road Again (2011) as Annie Burns, The Anniversary (2014) as Evelyn and High-Rise Rescue (2017) as Maxine Smith. She also appeared as herself in the television special The Cast of a Christmas Story: Where Are They Now? (2012).

In 2011, Moore portrayed Mrs. Claus in the television movie Mistletoe over Manhattan and Mrs. Shaw in the miniseries The Kennedys, appearing in three episodes. Her final acting credits came in 2017 with High-Rise Rescue and the Hallmark Channel television movie Magical Christmas Ornaments.