Tedde Moore, the actress best known for playing Ralphie Parker’s teacher in the classic A Christmas Story, has died at the age of 79. The Canadian’s Aug. 5 death was confirmed in a statement posted on her Facebook page, but no cause of death was given. The post said Moore died “surrounded by family physically and spiritually” in Huntsville, Canada. “Forever the teacher, she had a quote for every occasion and a special way of touching the lives and hearts of everyone she met,” it added. She had been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2009. Moore appeared in the 1983 Christmas film alongside Peter Billingsley. Her performance is best remembered for her giving Ralphie a bad grade on his paper about wanting the Red Ryder BB gun, as well as helping another character, Flick, after he gets his tongue stuck on an ice-cold flagpole. Moore’s other credits include appearances in television shows such as Friday the 13th: The Series, RoboCop: Prime Directives, and playing Nanny Shaw in the 2011 miniseries The Kennedys. She also appeared in more than two dozen movies, with her last being 2017’s High-Rise Rescue.
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