She would reprise the Miss Shields role for the 1994 sequel My Summer Story - also appearing in documentaries about A Christmas Story over the years. Tedde Moore, best known for her role as Ralphie Parker's teacher Miss Shields in the 1983 A Christmas Story, has died aged 79. The actress died on August 5 in Huntsville, Ontario, according to a statement shared by her family on social media. "On Wednesday, August 5, under sunny skies overlooking Fairy Lake, Tedde passed away surrounded by family physically and spiritually in her beloved Huntsville Muskoka," the statement read. Born Dorothea Mavor Moore on April 11 1947, in Toronto, Canada, she was part of a showbiz family that included her actor father Mavor Moore and grandmother Dora Mavor Moore, a pioneer in Canadian theatre.