Tedde More, the Canadian actress remembered for her role as the stern yet fair schoolteacher Miss Shields in the holiday classic A Christmas Story, has died at age 79. Her family announced her passing in Huntsville, Ontario on August 5, describing her surrounded by family at the time, though no cause was disclosed. The film, which featured her in one of its most memorable scenes where she addresses the class about responsibility and guilt, was added to the Library of Congress's National Film Registry in 2012, and she was the only actor to reprise the same character in the 1994 sequel.

Born into a celebrated Canadian theatre family in 1947, More trained at London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and appeared alongside Christopher Walken in a stage production early in her career. Beyond her enduring connection to A Christmas Story, she built an extensive résumé spanning television series, TV films, and voice acting work across several decades. She was married to acclaimed Canadian director Donald Shebib from 1976 until his death in 2023 and is survived by multiple children, including Noah Shebib, whose career as a music producer brought him international recognition through his work with Drake.