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- Dame Gracie Fields DBE OStJ (born Grace Stansfield; 9 January 1898 – 27 September 1979) was a British actress, singer and comedian. A star of cinema and music hall, [ 2 ][ 3 ] she was one of the top ten film stars in Britain during the 1930s and was considered the highest paid film star in the world in 1937. [ 4 ]
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Dame Gracie Fields DBE OStJ (born Grace Stansfield; 9 January 1898 – 27 September 1979) was a British actress, singer and comedian. A star of cinema and music hall, [ 2 ][ 3 ] she was one of the top ten film stars in Britain during the 1930s and was considered the highest paid film star in the world in 1937. [ 4 ]
Sep 23, 2024 · Dame Gracie Fields (born Jan. 9, 1898, Rochdale, Lancashire, Eng.—died Sept. 27, 1979, Capri, Italy) was an English music-hall comedienne. In music halls from childhood, Fields gained fame playing the role of Sally Perkins in a touring revue called Mr. Tower of London (1918–25).
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English singer, comedian, impersonator, and actress who rose from poverty in Lancashire to become one of the best beloved performers in the world.
Sep 26, 2024 · Dame Gracie Fields DBE OStJ (born Grace Stansfield; 9 January 1898 – 27 September 1979) was an English actress, singer, comedian and star of cinema and music hall who was one of the top ten film stars in Britain during the 1930s and was considered the highest paid film star in the world in 1937.
Gracie Fields was born on 9 January 1898 in Rochdale, Lancashire, England, UK. She was an actress and writer, known for Holy Matrimony (1943), Shipyard Sally (1939) and Look Up and Laugh (1935). She was married to Boris Alperovici, Monty Banks and Archie Pitt.
- Actress, Writer, Producer
- September 27, 1979
- January 9, 1898
"Wish Me Luck as You Wave Me Goodbye" is a song by Phil Park and Harry Parr-Davies, made popular during the Second World War by Gracie Fields. It appeared in Fields' 1939 film Shipyard Sally.
Under her stage name of Gracie Fields she became one of the wealthiest, most famous and best beloved British performers of her era. Gracie took the Rochdale voice to the world and brought smiles to the faces of millions around the world.
