Grace Stansfield Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Dame Gracie Fields, DBE (born Grace Stansfield, 9 January 1898 – 27 September 1979), was an English actress, singer and comedienne and star of both cinema and music hall. She spent the later part of her life on the isle of Capri, Italy. Fields was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for "services to entertainment" in 1938, and in 1979, seven months before her death, she was invested a Dame by Queen Elizabeth II.
Primetime Emmy Award for Best Actress in a Single Performance
Movies
Molly and Me, Sing As We Go, Sally in Our Alley, Shipyard Sally, Look Up and Laugh, Holy Matrimony, Stage Door Canteen, The Show Goes On, Paris Underground, We're Going to Be Rich, Queen of Hearts, Looking on the Bright Side, Love, Life and Laughter, This Week of Grace, Smiling Along
Star Sign
Capricorn
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Trademark
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Often played characters named Gracie
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[on Deanna Durbin] I was always mad about Deanna. I admired her work enormously. Then she disappeared suddenly. Whatever became of her?
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Fact
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She was awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1938 King's New Year Honours List for her services to entertainment.
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Gracie's Little Brother, Tommy Fields was a pantomime star.
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Bing Crosby's last concert was in Brighton, England on October 12, 1977, two days before his death. Gracie was in attendance and Crosby's very last photograph was taken with her.
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She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Radio at 6125 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.
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She was born over a chip shop.
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A symbol of courage and hope, and a huge, sentimental favorite during Depression-riddled England, her popularity ended abruptly when she moved to the United States during the war years, never quite winning her public back even when she returned. She maintained with cabaret performances and musical tours.
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Created a Dame in early 1979, a few months before she died.
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Her last recording "The Golden Years of Gracie Fields" was made in 1975 at age 77.
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Received the Order of Officer Sister of St. John of Jerusalem in 1938 for her hospital/charity work.
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Her soprano was so unique and distinctive, she was once encouraged to go into opera, but declined, feeling that her own interpretive style gave more pleasure to her fans.
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Highest paid film star in the world in 1937.
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Suffered from cancer of the cervix in 1939 and nearly died, but it went into remission following an operation. She received over 250,000 "get-well" cards.
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Gracie's first 'serious' stage role was 'Her Last Affaire (1936)' but she was dropped from the film version and her role was taken by Googie Withers.
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She was awarded the DBE (Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1979 Queen's New Year Honours List for her services to entertainment.
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Aloha
2015/I
performer: "When I Grow Too Old to Dream"
Upstairs Downstairs
2012
TV Series performer - 1 episode
YellowBrickRoad
2010
performer: "Walter, Walter Lead Me to The Altar"
Nowhere Boy
2009
performer: "If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Baked a Cake"
An Englishman in New York
2009
performer: "If I'm A Dreamer Aren't We All"
The Water Horse
2007
performer: "If I Had a Talking Picture of You"
The History Boys
2006
performer: "Wish Me Luck As You Wave Me Goodbye"
Chicken Run
2000
performer: "Ave Maria"
Little Voice
1998
performer: "The Dicky Bird Hop"
The Remains of the Day
1993
performer: "Roll Along Prairie Moon"
Dad's Army
1970
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Operation Snafu
1961
performer: "Wish Me Luck As You Wave Me Goodbye" - uncredited
Molly and Me
1945
performer: "The Artfulness, the Sinfulness, the Wickedness of Men", "Good Morning, My Dear", "Christopher Robin Is Saying His Prayers", "Let's All Sing Like the Birdies Sing", "Always Eat When You Are Hungry" - uncredited
performer: "Wish Me Luck As You Wave Me Goodbye", "Grandfather's Bagpipes", "I Got the Jitterbugs", "In Pernambuco"
We're Going to Be Rich
1938
performer: "The Sweetest Song in All the World", "The Trek Song", "Walter, Walter Lead Me to the Altar", "Ee, By Gum", "Will You Love Me When I'm Mutton", "The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo", "Ta-Ra-Ra-Boom-Dee-Ay", "Two Lovely Black Eyes"
Look Up and Laugh
1935
performer: "Look Up and Laugh", "Anna from Anacapresi", "Operatic Burlesque", "Love Is Everywhere", "Looking on the Bright Side" - uncredited / writer: "Anna from Anacapresi" - uncredited
Sing As We Go!
1934
performer: "Sing As We Go", "Just a Catchy Little Tune", "Thora" uncredited, "In My Little Bottom Drawer" uncredited, "Love, Wonderful Love" uncredited
Love, Life & Laughter
1934
performer: "Chérie" - uncredited
This Week of Grace
1933
writer: "Mary Rose", "My Lucky Day", "Melody at Dawn"
Looking on the Bright Side
1932
performer: "Looking On the Bright Side", "I Hate You", "After Tonight We Say Goodbye", "You're More Than All The World To Me", "He's Dead But He Won't Lie Down" - uncredited
Sally in Our Alley
1931
performer: "Sally", "Fall In And Follow The Band", "Fred Fannakapan", "Lancashire Blues" - uncredited / writer: "Lancashire Blues" - uncredited
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
The United States Steel Hour
1956-1963
TV Series
Sarah Dowey
Studio One in Hollywood
1958
TV Series
Mrs. Harris
The DuPont Show of the Month
1958
TV Series
Miss Pross
Goodyear Playhouse
1956
TV Series
Miss Jane Marple
Armchair Theatre
1956
TV Series
Mrs. Dowey
Paris Underground
1945
Emmeline Quayle
Molly and Me
1945
Molly Barry
Holy Matrimony
1943
Alice Chalice
Stage Door Canteen
1943
Gracie Fields
Young and Beautiful
1943
Short
Gracie Fields
Shipyard Sally
1939
Sally Fitzgerald
Smiling Along
1938/I
Gracie Gray
We're Going to Be Rich
1938
Kit Dobson
The Show Goes On
1937
Sally Scowcroft
Queen of Hearts
1936
Grace Perkins
Look Up and Laugh
1935
Gracie Pearson
Sing As We Go!
1934
Gracie Platt
Love, Life & Laughter
1934
Nellie Gwynn
This Week of Grace
1933
Grace Milroy
Looking on the Bright Side
1932
Gracie
Sally in Our Alley
1931
Sally Winch
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Shipyard Sally
1939
story
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Riders to the Sea
1935
Short producer - uncredited
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Stars on Sunday
1970-1979
TV Series
Herself - Guest / Herself
The Merv Griffin Show
1979
TV Series
Herself - Guest
Parkinson
1977
TV Series
Herself
This Is Your Life
1974
TV Series documentary
Herself
The World at War
1974
TV Mini-Series documentary
Herself
The David Frost Show
1969
TV Series
Herself
The Royal Variety Performance 1964
1964
TV Movie
Herself
The Jack Paar Tonight Show
1961-1962
TV Series
Herself
The Bell Telephone Hour
1961
TV Series
Herself - Singer
Parade
1960
TV Series
Herself
Showtime
1960
TV Series
Herself
This Is Your Life
1959-1960
TV Series documentary
Herself
The Arthur Murray Party
1959
TV Series
Herself
The Ed Sullivan Show
1953-1959
TV Series
Herself / Singer / Herself - Guest Host
Music Shop
1959
TV Series
Herself - Performer
Spectacular
1959
TV Series
Herself
Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium
$8 Million
