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Dame Gracie Fields

 
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(born Jan. 9, 1898, Rochdale, Lancashire, Eng. — died Sept. 27, 1979, Capri, Italy) English music-hall comedienne. She performed in music halls from age 13 and gained notice in the touring revue Mr. Tower of London (1918 – 25). She became tremendously popular with an act composed of low-comedy songs such as "The Biggest Aspidistra in the World" and sentimental ballads such as "My Blue Heaven," performing on radio and television and in films such as Sally in Our Alley (1931) and Sing As We Go (1934).

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Fields, Gracie (1898-1979). Music-hall artiste and film star. A Lancashire lass, born Grace Stansfield, Fields joined a touring music-hall company (1913) and became a star overnight in the West End (1924). Talented, versatile, and dedicated, she could control her audience with merely a headscarf for a prop, switching easily from ‘Ave Maria’ to ‘The Biggest Aspidistra in the World’. As music-halls declined, ‘Our Gracie’ moved successfully into film-making. She settled in Capri after the war, and was created Dame (1979).

 
 

 

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