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- Birth nameDorothy Ursula Moreton
- Ursula Moreton was born on March 13, 1903 in Southsea, Hampshire, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Sleeping Princess (1939), Carnaval (1937) and I Know What I Like (1956). She died on June 24, 1973 in East Sheen, London, England, UK.
- She was director of the Royal Ballet School from 1952 till 1968.
- She was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Award in 1961 for her services to ballet in Britain,and in 1968 she was awarded the OBE for her services to ballet.
- She was a British ballerina and teacher, director of the Royal Ballet School from 1952 to 1968.
- The Ursula Moreton Choreographic Award was created in her honour in 1973.
- From 1926, she worked with Ninette de Valois as her assistant, then from 1931, ballet mistress for Vic-Wells Ballet.
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