articleThe Brief Tedde Moore, the actress who portrayed elementary school teacher Miss Shields in the holiday classic, "A Christmas Story" has died. Moore played the strict disciplinarian teacher of the main character Ralphie Parker in the 1983 Christmas classic. Tedde Moore, the actress who portrayed elementary school teacher Miss Shields in the holiday classic, "A Christmas Story" has died. According to TMZ, Moore passed away last Wednesday in Huntsville, Ontario, Canada. Moore played the strict disciplinarian teacher of the main character Ralphie Parker in the 1983 Christmas classic.