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<div class="mw-indicators"> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">British actress, singer and comedian (1898–1979)</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and 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class="fn">Gracie Fields</div><div class="honorific-suffix" style="font-size: 77%; font-weight: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_British_Empire" title="Order of the British Empire">DBE</a> <a href="/wiki/Venerable_Order_of_Saint_John" class="mw-redirect" title="Venerable Order of Saint John">OStJ</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Dame_Gracie_Fields_Allan_Warren.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Dame_Gracie_Fields_Allan_Warren.jpg/220px-Dame_Gracie_Fields_Allan_Warren.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="278" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Dame_Gracie_Fields_Allan_Warren.jpg/330px-Dame_Gracie_Fields_Allan_Warren.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Dame_Gracie_Fields_Allan_Warren.jpg/440px-Dame_Gracie_Fields_Allan_Warren.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3765" data-file-height="4757" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Fields on <a href="/wiki/Capri" title="Capri">Capri</a> (<a href="/wiki/Allan_Warren" title="Allan Warren">Allan Warren</a>, 1973)</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Grace Stansfield</div><br /><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1898-01-09</span>)</span>9 January 1898<br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Rochdale" title="Rochdale">Rochdale</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lancashire" title="Lancashire">Lancashire</a>, England</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">27 September 1979<span style="display:none">(1979-09-27)</span> (aged 81)<br /><div style="display:inline" class="deathplace">La Canzone Del Mare, <a href="/wiki/Capri" title="Capri">Capri</a>, Italy</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nationality</th><td class="infobox-data category">British/Italian<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupations</th><td class="infobox-data role"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output 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data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style></li></ul> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Archie_Pitt" title="Archie Pitt">Archie Pitt</a></div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1923; <abbr title="divorced">div.</abbr> 1939)<wbr /></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1151524712"></li></ul> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Monty_Banks" title="Monty Banks">Monty Banks</a></div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1940; died 1950)<wbr /></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1151524712"></li></ul> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;">Boris Alperovici </div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1952⁠–⁠1979)<wbr /></div> </div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Dame Gracie Fields</b> <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="/wiki/Dame_Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire">DBE</a></span> <span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="/wiki/Officer_of_the_Order_of_St_John" class="mw-redirect" title="Officer of the Order of St John">OStJ</a></span></span> (born <b>Grace Stansfield</b>; 9 January 1898 – 27 September 1979) was a British actress, singer and comedian. A star of cinema and <a href="/wiki/Music_hall" title="Music hall">music hall</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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.<sup id="cite_ref-heritage_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-heritage-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Fields was known affectionately as <i>Our Gracie</i> and <i>the Lancashire Lass</i> and for never losing her strong, native Lancashire accent.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was appointed a <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_British_Empire" title="Order of the British Empire">Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)</a> and an <a href="/wiki/Venerable_Order_of_Saint_John" class="mw-redirect" title="Venerable Order of Saint John">Officer of the Venerable Order of St John (OStJ)</a> in 1938, and a <a href="/wiki/Dame_Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire">Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)</a> in 1979.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Life_and_work">Life and work</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gracie_Fields&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Life and work"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_life">Early life</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gracie_Fields&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Fields was born Grace Stansfield, a daughter of Frederick Stansfield (1874–1956) and his wife Sarah Jane 'Jenny' Stansfield née Bamford (1879–1953), over a <a href="/wiki/Fish_and_chips" title="Fish and chips">fish and chip shop</a> owned by her grandmother, Sarah Bamford, in Molesworth Street, <a href="/wiki/Rochdale" title="Rochdale">Rochdale</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lancashire" title="Lancashire">Lancashire</a>. Her great-grandfather, William Stansfield (b.1805), of <a href="/wiki/Hebden_Bridge" title="Hebden Bridge">Hebden Bridge</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yorkshire" title="Yorkshire">Yorkshire</a>, was a descendant of the Stansfield family of <a href="/wiki/Stansfield,_West_Yorkshire" title="Stansfield, West Yorkshire">Stansfield</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yorkshire" title="Yorkshire">Yorkshire</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Fields made her first stage appearance as a child, in 1905, joining children's repertory theatre groups such as "Haley's Garden of Girls" and Clara Coverdale's "Nine Dainty Dots".<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Her two sisters, Edith Fields and <a href="/wiki/Betty_Fields" title="Betty Fields">Betty Fields</a>, and brother, <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Fields" title="Tommy Fields">Tommy Fields</a>, all went on to appear on stage,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> but Gracie was the most successful. Her professional debut in variety took place at the Rochdale Hippodrome theatre in 1910, and she soon gave up her job in the local <a href="/wiki/Cotton_mill" title="Cotton mill">cotton mill</a>, where she was a half-timer, spending half a week in the mill and the other half at school. Early newspaper clippings show her appearing locally in venues such as Todmorden (December 1913),<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Milnrow (February 1914),<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Burnley (July 1914)<sup id="cite_ref-Burnley_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Burnley-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with an appearance at The Palace in Blackpool in April 1914.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Burnley newspaper described her as “The Girl with the Double Voice”.<sup id="cite_ref-Burnley_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Burnley-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Fields met the comedian and impresario <a href="/wiki/Archie_Pitt" title="Archie Pitt">Archie Pitt</a> and they began working together in Percy Hall's touring show <i>Yes, I Think So.</i> Pitt gave Fields champagne on her 18th birthday, and wrote in an autograph book to her that he would make her a star. Pitt began to manage her career and they began a relationship; they married in 1923 at <a href="/wiki/Clapham" title="Clapham">Clapham Register Office</a>. Their first revue together, written by Pitt, was called <i>It's A Bargain!</i> in 1915, and the two continued to tour Britain together until 1931. </p><p>Throughout 1918-1924, they appeared in the revue <i>Mr Tower of London</i>, which took Fields to the West End for the first time. Other shows following with Pitt in subsequent years, were <i>The Show's The Thing</i> and <i>Walk This Way.</i> <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Pitt was the brother of Bert Aza, founder of the Aza Agency, which was responsible for many entertainers of the day including the actor and comedian <a href="/wiki/Stanley_Holloway" title="Stanley Holloway">Stanley Holloway</a>, who was introduced to Aza by Fields, and <a href="/wiki/Betty_Driver" title="Betty Driver">Betty Driver</a> who was discovered by Archie was a replacement cast member in 'Mr Tower of London'. Fields and Holloway first worked together on her film <i><a href="/wiki/Sing_As_We_Go" title="Sing As We Go">Sing As We Go</a></i> in 1934 and the two remained close friends for the rest of their lives.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fame">Fame</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gracie_Fields&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Fame"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Gracie_Fields_1937.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Gracie_Fields_1937.jpg/170px-Gracie_Fields_1937.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="212" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Gracie_Fields_1937.jpg/255px-Gracie_Fields_1937.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Gracie_Fields_1937.jpg/340px-Gracie_Fields_1937.jpg 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="896" /></a><figcaption>Gracie Fields in 1937</figcaption></figure> <p>Fields came to major public notice in <i>Mr Tower of London</i>, a show staged in <a href="/wiki/West_End_of_London" title="West End of London">London's West End</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-heritage_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-heritage-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her career accelerated from this point, with <a href="/wiki/Drama_(art_form)" class="mw-redirect" title="Drama (art form)">dramatic</a> performances and the beginning of a recording career on <a href="/wiki/His_Master%27s_Voice" title="His Master's Voice">His Master's Voice (HMV)</a>. She was one of the most successful recording artists at the label, her first record, <i>My Blue Heaven</i> sold 500,000 copies in 1928. In 1933, HMV produced the four millionth Fields record, which was pressed by the singer herself on camera and celebrated with a special 'Lancashire Lunch' at the <a href="/wiki/Trocad%C3%A9ro,_Paris" title="Trocadéro, Paris">Trocadero</a> .<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At one point, Fields was playing three shows a night in the West End. She appeared in the production <i>SOS</i> with <a href="/wiki/Gerald_Du_Maurier" class="mw-redirect" title="Gerald Du Maurier">Gerald Du Maurier</a>, a play staged at the <a href="/wiki/St_James%27s_Theatre" title="St James's Theatre">St James's Theatre</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Fields' most famous song, "<a href="/wiki/Sally_(Gracie_Fields_song)" title="Sally (Gracie Fields song)">Sally</a>", which became her theme, was written for her first film, <i><a href="/wiki/Sally_in_Our_Alley_(1931_film)" title="Sally in Our Alley (1931 film)">Sally in Our Alley</a></i> (1931), a major box office hit.<sup id="cite_ref-encyclopedia_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-encyclopedia-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She went on to make a number of films, initially in Britain and later in the United States<sup id="cite_ref-:0_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (when she was paid a record fee of £200,000 for four films). Regardless, she never enjoyed performing without a live audience, and found the process of film-making boring.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> She tried to opt out of filming, before director <a href="/wiki/Monty_Banks" title="Monty Banks">Monty Banks</a> persuaded her otherwise, landing her a lucrative Hollywood deal.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Fields demanded that the four pictures be filmed in Britain and not Hollywood.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The final few lines of the song "Sally", which Fields sang at every performance from 1931 onwards, were written by her husband's mistress, Annie Lipman. Fields claimed in later life that she wanted to "Drown blasted Sally with Walter with the aspidistra on top!", a reference to two other of her well-known songs, "Walter, Walter", and "<a href="/wiki/The_Biggest_Aspidistra_In_The_World" class="mw-redirect" title="The Biggest Aspidistra In The World">The Biggest Aspidistra In The World</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The famous opera star <a href="/wiki/Luisa_Tetrazzini" title="Luisa Tetrazzini">Luisa Tetrazzini</a> heard her singing an aria and asked her to sing in <a href="/wiki/Grand_opera" title="Grand opera">grand opera</a>. Fields decided to stay "where I knew I belonged."<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Charity_work">Charity work</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gracie_Fields&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Charity work"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the 1930s, her popularity was at its peak, and she was given many honours: she became an <a href="/wiki/Venerable_Order_of_Saint_John" class="mw-redirect" title="Venerable Order of Saint John">Officer of the Venerable Order of St John (OStJ)</a> for her charity work, and a <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_British_Empire" title="Order of the British Empire">Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)</a> for her services to entertainment in the <a href="/wiki/1938_New_Year_Honours" title="1938 New Year Honours">1938 New Year Honours</a>, and was granted the <a href="/wiki/Freedom_of_the_City" title="Freedom of the City">Freedom of the Borough of Rochdale</a> in 1937. </p><p>She donated her house in <a href="/wiki/The_Bishops_Avenue" title="The Bishops Avenue">The Bishops Avenue</a>, north London – which she had not much cared for, and shared with her husband Pitt and his mistress – to an orphanage after the marriage broke down. In 1939, she became seriously ill with <a href="/wiki/Cervical_cancer" title="Cervical cancer">cervical cancer</a>. The public sent over 250,000 goodwill messages and she retired to her villa on <a href="/wiki/Capri" title="Capri">Capri</a>. After she recovered, she recorded a special 78rpm record simply called <i>Gracie's Thanks</i>, in which she thanks the public for the many cards and letters she received while in hospital. </p><p>Fields also helped <a href="/wiki/Rochdale_A.F.C." title="Rochdale A.F.C.">Rochdale Association Football Club</a> in the 1930s, when they were struggling to pay fees and buy sports equipment. </p><p>In 1933, she set up the Gracie Fields Children's Home and Orphanage at <a href="/wiki/Peacehaven" title="Peacehaven">Peacehaven</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sussex" title="Sussex">Sussex</a>, for children of those in the theatre profession who could not look after their children. She kept this until 1967, when the home was no longer needed. This was near her own home in Peacehaven, and Fields often visited, with the children all calling her 'Aunty Grace'.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="World_War_II">World War II</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gracie_Fields&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: World War II"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Gracie_Fields_entertains_airmen_during_WW2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Gracie_Fields_entertains_airmen_during_WW2.jpg/220px-Gracie_Fields_entertains_airmen_during_WW2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="166" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Gracie_Fields_entertains_airmen_during_WW2.jpg/330px-Gracie_Fields_entertains_airmen_during_WW2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/72/Gracie_Fields_entertains_airmen_during_WW2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="350" data-file-height="264" /></a><figcaption>Fields, accompanied by an <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">RAF</a> orchestra, entertains airmen at their 1939 Christmas party</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_British_Army_in_France_1940_F4074.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/The_British_Army_in_France_1940_F4074.jpg/220px-The_British_Army_in_France_1940_F4074.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/The_British_Army_in_France_1940_F4074.jpg/330px-The_British_Army_in_France_1940_F4074.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/The_British_Army_in_France_1940_F4074.jpg/440px-The_British_Army_in_France_1940_F4074.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>Fields shares a joke with troops in a village near <a href="/wiki/Valenciennes" title="Valenciennes">Valenciennes</a>, France, April 1940</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1939, Fields suffered a <a href="/wiki/Nervous_breakdown" class="mw-redirect" title="Nervous breakdown">breakdown</a> and went to <a href="/wiki/Capri" title="Capri">Capri</a> to recuperate.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> was declared while she was recovering in Capri, and Fields – still very ill after her cancer surgery – threw herself into her work and signed up for the <a href="/wiki/Entertainments_National_Service_Association" title="Entertainments National Service Association">Entertainments National Service Association (ENSA)</a> headed by her old film producer, <a href="/wiki/Basil_Dean" title="Basil Dean">Basil Dean</a>. Fields travelled to <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a> to entertain the troops in the midst of air-raids, performing on the backs of open lorries and in war-torn areas. During the war, she also paid for all servicemen and women to travel free on public transport within the boundaries of Rochdale. Fields travelled to Chester with serviceman Harrison after he had watched her perform in France. She stayed with his family of 9 as a guest in their small 2 up 2 down house. </p><p>Following her divorce from Archie Pitt, she married Italian-born film director <a href="/wiki/Monty_Banks" title="Monty Banks">Monty Banks</a> in March 1940. However, because Banks remained an Italian citizen and would have been interned in the United Kingdom after Italy declared war in 1940, she went with him to North America, possibly at the suggestion of <a href="/wiki/Winston_Churchill" title="Winston Churchill">Winston Churchill</a> who told her to "Make American Dollars, not British Pounds", which she did, in aid of the <a href="/wiki/Marine_Society_%26_Sea_Cadets" title="Marine Society & Sea Cadets">Navy League</a> and the Spitfire Fund. She and Banks moved to their home in <a href="/wiki/Santa_Monica" class="mw-redirect" title="Santa Monica">Santa Monica</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>. Fields occasionally returned to Britain, performing in factories and army camps around the country. After their initial argument, <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Parliament of the United Kingdom">Parliament</a> offered her an official apology. </p><p>Although she continued to spend much of her time entertaining troops and otherwise supporting the war effort outside Britain, this led to a decline in her popularity at home. She performed many times for <a href="/wiki/Allies_of_World_War_II" title="Allies of World War II">Allied</a> troops, travelling as far as <a href="/wiki/New_Guinea" title="New Guinea">New Guinea</a>, where she received an enthusiastic response from Australian personnel.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In late 1945, she toured the <a href="/wiki/List_of_islands_in_the_Pacific_Ocean" title="List of islands in the Pacific Ocean">South Pacific Islands</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Post-war_career">Post-war career</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gracie_Fields&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Post-war career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After the war, Fields continued her career less actively. She began performing in Britain again in 1948, headlining the <a href="/wiki/London_Palladium" title="London Palladium">London Palladium</a> over <a href="/wiki/Ella_Fitzgerald" title="Ella Fitzgerald">Ella Fitzgerald</a> who was also on the bill. The <a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a> gave her her own weekly radio show in 1947, dubbed <i>Our Gracie's Working Party</i>, in which 12 towns were visited by Fields. A live show of music and entertainment, it was compered by Fields, who also performed, together with local talents. The tour commenced in Gracie's hometown of Rochdale. Like many BBC shows at the time, this show transferred to <a href="/wiki/Radio_Luxembourg_(English)" class="mw-redirect" title="Radio Luxembourg (English)">Radio Luxembourg</a> in 1950, where it was sponsored by Wisk soap powder. <a href="/wiki/Billy_Ternent" title="Billy Ternent">Billy Ternent</a> and his Orchestra accompanied her. </p><p>In 1951, Fields took part in the cabaret which closed the <a href="/wiki/Festival_of_Britain" title="Festival of Britain">Festival of Britain</a> celebrations.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She proved popular once more<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup>, though never regaining the status she enjoyed in the 1930s. She continued recording, but made no more films, moving more towards light classical music as popular tastes changed, often adopting a religious theme. She continued into the new medium of <a href="/wiki/LP_record" title="LP record">LP records</a>, and recorded new versions of her old favourite songs, as well as contemporary tracks, to 'liven things up a bit'. </p><p>Her husband, Monty Banks, died on 8 January 1950<sup id="cite_ref-tmb-banksdead_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tmb-banksdead-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of a heart attack, while travelling on the <a href="/wiki/Orient_Express" title="Orient Express">Orient Express</a>. On 18 February 1952 in Capri, Fields married Boris Alperovici (d.1983), a Romanian radio repairman.<sup id="cite_ref-yahoo-boris_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-yahoo-boris-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She claimed that he was the love of her life, and that she couldn't wait to propose to him. She proposed on Christmas Day in front of friends and family. They married at the Church of St Stefano on Capri in a quiet ceremony, before honeymooning in <a href="/wiki/Rome" title="Rome">Rome</a>. </p><p>She lived on her beloved <a href="/wiki/Capri" title="Capri">Isle of Capri</a> for the remainder of her life, at her home <i>La Canzone Del Mare</i> (<i>The Song of the Sea</i>), where her home overlooked the swimming and restaurant complex. It was favoured by many Hollywood stars during the 1950s, with regular guests including <a href="/wiki/Richard_Burton" title="Richard Burton">Richard Burton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Taylor" title="Elizabeth Taylor">Elizabeth Taylor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Greta_Garbo" title="Greta Garbo">Greta Garbo</a> and <a href="/wiki/No%C3%ABl_Coward" title="Noël Coward">Noël Coward</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Later_years">Later years</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gracie_Fields&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Later years"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Fields began to work less, but still toured the UK under the management of <a href="/wiki/Harold_Fielding" title="Harold Fielding">Harold Fielding</a> (manager of top artists of the day such as <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Steele" title="Tommy Steele">Tommy Steele</a> and <a href="/wiki/Max_Bygraves" title="Max Bygraves">Max Bygraves</a>). Her UK tours proved popular, and in the mid-1960s she gave farewell tours in Australia, Canada and America; the last performance was recorded and released years later. </p><p>In 1956, Fields was the first actress to portray <a href="/wiki/Miss_Marple" title="Miss Marple">Miss Marple</a> on screen,<sup id="cite_ref-gwldrec_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gwldrec-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in a US Television (<a href="/wiki/Goodyear_Television_Playhouse" title="Goodyear Television Playhouse">Goodyear Playhouse</a>) production of <a href="/wiki/Agatha_Christie" title="Agatha Christie">Agatha Christie's</a> <i><a href="/wiki/A_Murder_is_Announced" class="mw-redirect" title="A Murder is Announced">A Murder is Announced</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The production featured <a href="/wiki/Jessica_Tandy" title="Jessica Tandy">Jessica Tandy</a> and <a href="/wiki/Roger_Moore" title="Roger Moore">Roger Moore</a>, and predates the <a href="/wiki/Margaret_Rutherford" title="Margaret Rutherford">Margaret Rutherford</a> films by five years. She also starred in Television productions of <i><a href="/wiki/A_Tale_of_Two_Cities" title="A Tale of Two Cities">A Tale of Two Cities</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/DuPont_Show_of_the_Month" title="DuPont Show of the Month">DuPont Show of the Month</a>, 1958), <i><a href="/wiki/The_Old_Lady_Shows_Her_Medals" title="The Old Lady Shows Her Medals">The Old Lady Shows Her Medals</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/The_United_States_Steel_Hour" title="The United States Steel Hour">United States Steel Hour</a>)– for which she won a <a href="/wiki/Sylvania_Award" title="Sylvania Award">Sylvania Award</a> (1956) and received an <a href="/wiki/EMMY_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="EMMY Award">EMMY Award nomination</a> for Best Single Performance by an Actress (1957) – and <i><a href="/wiki/Mrs._%27Arris_Goes_to_Paris" title="Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris">Mrs 'Arris Goes to Paris</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Studio_One_(American_TV_series)" title="Studio One (American TV series)">Studio One</a>), which was remade years later with <a href="/wiki/Angela_Lansbury" title="Angela Lansbury">Angela Lansbury</a> as Mrs Harris, a charwoman in search of a fur coat (or a <a href="/wiki/Christian_Dior" title="Christian Dior">Christian Dior</a> gown in Lansbury's case). </p><p>In 1957, her single "<a href="/wiki/Around_the_World_(1956_song)" title="Around the World (1956 song)">Around the World</a>" peaked at No.8 in the <a href="/wiki/UK_Singles_Chart" class="mw-redirect" title="UK Singles Chart">UK Singles Chart</a>, with her recording of "<a href="/wiki/Little_Donkey" title="Little Donkey">Little Donkey</a>" reaching No.20 in November 1959.<sup id="cite_ref-British_Hit_Singles_&_Albums_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-British_Hit_Singles_&_Albums-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The sheet music for the song was the UK's best-seller for seven weeks.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability"><span title="The material near this tag failed verification of its source citation(s). (March 2015)">failed verification</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>She was the subject of <i><a href="/wiki/This_Is_Your_Life_(British_TV_series)" title="This Is Your Life (British TV series)">This Is Your Life</a></i> on 20 March 1960, when she was surprised by <a href="/wiki/Eamonn_Andrews" title="Eamonn Andrews">Eamonn Andrews</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Shepherd%27s_Bush_Empire" title="Shepherd's Bush Empire">BBC Television Theatre</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Fields regularly performed in TV appearances, being the first entertainer to perform on <a href="/wiki/Val_Parnell" title="Val Parnell">Val Parnell</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Sunday_Night_at_the_London_Palladium" class="mw-redirect" title="Sunday Night at the London Palladium">Sunday Night at the London Palladium</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Fields had two Christmas TV specials in 1960 and 1961, singing her old favourites and new songs in front of a studio audience. 1971 saw <i>A Gift For Gracie</i>, another TV special presented by Fields and <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Forsyth" title="Bruce Forsyth">Bruce Forsyth</a>. This followed on from her popularity on <i><a href="/wiki/Stars_on_Sunday_(TV_series)" title="Stars on Sunday (TV series)">Stars on Sunday</a></i>, a religious programme on Britain's <a href="/wiki/ITV_(TV_network)" title="ITV (TV network)">ITV</a>, in which well-known performers sang hymns or read extracts from the Bible. Fields was the most requested artist on the show. </p><p>In 1968, Fields headlined a two-week Christmas stint at the <a href="/wiki/West_Riding_of_Yorkshire" title="West Riding of Yorkshire">West Riding of Yorkshire</a>'s prestigious <a href="/wiki/Batley_Variety_Club" title="Batley Variety Club">Batley Variety Club</a>. "I was born over a fish and chip shop – I never thought I'd be singing in one!" claimed Fields during the performance recorded by the BBC.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Fields recorded an album <i>Stars on Sunday</i> which was released on <a href="/wiki/York_Records" class="mw-redirect" title="York Records">York</a> BYK 707 in 1971. It included the songs, "Three Green Bonnets", "Forgive Me Lord", "Round the Bend of the Road", "Ave Maria" and "The Lord's Prayer".<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1975, her album <i>The Golden Years</i> reached No. 48 in the <a href="/wiki/UK_Albums_Chart" title="UK Albums Chart">UK Albums Chart</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-British_Hit_Singles_&_Albums_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-British_Hit_Singles_&_Albums-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1978, she opened the Gracie Fields Theatre, near <a href="/wiki/Oulder_Hill_Leadership_Academy" title="Oulder Hill Leadership Academy">Oulder Hill Leadership Academy</a> in her native <a href="/wiki/Rochdale" title="Rochdale">Rochdale</a>, performing a concert there recorded by the BBC to open the show. Fields appeared in ten <a href="/wiki/Royal_Variety_Performance" title="Royal Variety Performance">Royal Variety Performances</a> from 1928 onwards, her last being in 1978 at the age of 80, when she appeared as a surprise guest in the finale and sang her theme song, "Sally".<sup id="cite_ref-heritage_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-heritage-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Her final TV appearance came in January 1979 when she appeared in a special octogenarian edition of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Merv_Griffin_Show" title="The Merv Griffin Show">The Merv Griffin Show</a></i> in America, in which she sang the song she popularised in America, "<a href="/wiki/The_Biggest_Aspidistra_in_the_World" title="The Biggest Aspidistra in the World">The Biggest Aspidistra in the World</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Fields was notified by her confidant John Taylor, while she was in America, that she had received the <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_II" title="Elizabeth II">Queen's</a> invitation to become a <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_British_Empire" title="Order of the British Empire">Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire</a> (in the <a href="/wiki/1979_New_Year_Honours" title="1979 New Year Honours">1979 New Years Honours List</a>), to which she replied: "Yes I'll accept, yes I can kneel – but I might need help getting back up, and yes I'll attend – as long as they don't call Boris 'Buttons'." Seven months before her death in 1979, she was invested as a <a href="/wiki/Dame_Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire">Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)</a> by <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_II" title="Elizabeth II">Queen Elizabeth II</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Death">Death</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gracie_Fields&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Fields's health declined in July 1979, when she contracted <a href="/wiki/Pneumonia" title="Pneumonia">pneumonia</a> after performing an open-air concert on the <a href="/wiki/HMY_Britannia" title="HMY Britannia">Royal Yacht</a>, which was docked in <a href="/wiki/Capri" title="Capri">Capri</a>'s harbour.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> After a spell in hospital, she seemed to be recovering, but died on 27 September 1979. The press reported she died holding her husband's hand, but in reality he was at their Anacapri home at the time, while Gracie was home with the housekeeper, Irena. She is buried in Capri's Protestant Cemetery, in a white marble tomb. Her coffin was carried by staff from her restaurant. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honours_and_popular_culture">Honours and popular culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gracie_Fields&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Honours and popular culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Honours</b> </p><p>Fields was appointed <a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Commander of the Order of the British Empire">Commander of the Order of the British Empire</a> in the <a href="/wiki/1938_New_Year_Honours" title="1938 New Year Honours">1938 New Years Honours</a>. In February 1979, she was invested as a <a href="/wiki/Dame_Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire">Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire</a><sup id="cite_ref-London_Gazette_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-London_Gazette-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> seven months before her death at her home on Capri, aged 81. </p><p><b>Popular culture</b> </p><p>Fields was the mystery guest on the 1 May 1955 edition of <i><a href="/wiki/What%27s_My_Line%3F" title="What's My Line?">What's My Line?</a></i> After <a href="/wiki/Bennett_Cerf" title="Bennett Cerf">Bennett Cerf</a> asked about one of her songs, <a href="/wiki/Dorothy_Kilgallen" title="Dorothy Kilgallen">Dorothy Kilgallen</a> correctly guessed it was her. Fields was granted the <a href="/wiki/Freedom_of_the_City" title="Freedom of the City">Freedom of Rochdale</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In early 1985, an episode of the BBC television series <i>Halls of Fame,</i> which presented a nostalgic look at various famous regional theatres, included a medley of Fields' songs at the <a href="/wiki/Palace_Theatre,_Manchester" title="Palace Theatre, Manchester">Palace Theatre, Manchester</a>, sung by <a href="/wiki/Marti_Webb" title="Marti Webb">Marti Webb</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the 1985 <a href="/wiki/Royal_Variety_Performance" title="Royal Variety Performance">Royal Variety Performance</a>, <a href="/wiki/Su_Pollard" title="Su Pollard">Su Pollard</a> performed "Sally" in tribute to her.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The following year's Performance also featured a section with a medley of Fields' songs, again sung by Webb.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following her death, she was referenced in the 1987 film <i><a href="/wiki/Wish_You_Were_Here_(1987_film)" title="Wish You Were Here (1987 film)">Wish You Were Here</a></i>, the 1996 film <i><a href="/wiki/Intimate_Relations_(1996_film)" title="Intimate Relations (1996 film)">Intimate Relations</a></i>, and the 2006 film <i><a href="/wiki/The_History_Boys_(film)" title="The History Boys (film)">The History Boys</a></i>. </p><p><i><a href="/wiki/Gracie!" title="Gracie!">Gracie!</a></i> was a 2009 biopic TV film on her life, with Jane Horrocks playing Fields and Tom Hollander her husband Monty Banks. It covers her career before the Second World War and the decline in her popularity during the war. </p><p><b>Other Honours</b> </p><p>Fields had two ships named after her. On 8 April 1936, Fields herself launched the <a href="/wiki/PS_Gracie_Fields" title="PS Gracie Fields">PS <i>Gracie Fields</i></a> which was the last <a href="/wiki/Paddle_steamer" title="Paddle steamer">paddle steamer</a> built for <a href="/wiki/Red_Funnel" title="Red Funnel">Red Funnel</a> as a ferry and excursion steamer. She ran on the Southampton-Cowes route until the outbreak of <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, when she was requisitioned and served as a <a href="/wiki/Minesweeper" title="Minesweeper">minesweeper</a> as HMS <i>Gracie Fields.</i> She was seriously damaged by aircraft bomb during the evacuation of <a href="/wiki/Dunkirk_evacuation" title="Dunkirk evacuation">Dunkirk</a> and sank in 1940. In 1936, a passenger ship was also named the <i>Gracie Fields</i>. </p><p>Three oil paintings of Fields are held by <a href="/wiki/Touchstones_Rochdale" title="Touchstones Rochdale">Touchstones Gallery, Rochdale</a>: in 1938, a painting by <a href="/wiki/Herbert_James_Gunn" title="Herbert James Gunn">Herbert James Gunn</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in 1978, a painting by William Allan Vause,<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and in 1998, a painting by Keith John Turley.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The local theatre in Rochdale, the Gracie Fields Theatre, was opened by, and named after, her in 1978.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 3 October 2009, the final train to run on the <a href="/wiki/Oldham_Loop_Line" title="Oldham Loop Line">Oldham Loop</a> before it closed to be converted to a <a href="/wiki/Manchester_Metrolink" title="Manchester Metrolink">Manchester Metrolink</a> tramway, a <a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_156" title="British Rail Class 156">Class 156</a>, was named in her honour.<sup id="cite_ref-Rochdale_Online_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rochdale_Online-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In September 2016, a statue of Fields, created by Sean Hedges-Quinn, was unveiled outside <a href="/wiki/Rochdale_Town_Hall" title="Rochdale Town Hall">Rochdale Town Hall</a>, which was the first statue of a woman to be erected for over a century in <a href="/wiki/Lancashire" title="Lancashire">Lancashire</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_songs">Notable songs</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gracie_Fields&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Notable songs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 27em;"> <ul><li>"We're All living at the Cloisters"</li> <li>"You Didn't Want Me When You Had Me"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Sally_(Gracie_Fields_song)" title="Sally (Gracie Fields song)">Sally</a>"</li> <li>"The Kerry Dance"</li> <li>"Sing As We Go"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Thing-Ummy_Bob" title="The Thing-Ummy Bob">Thing-Ummy-Bob</a> (That's Gonna Win The War)"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Biggest_Aspidistra_in_the_World" title="The Biggest Aspidistra in the World">The Biggest Aspidistra in the World</a>"</li> <li>"Three Green Bonnets"</li> <li>"I Took my Harp to a Party"</li> <li>"The Trek Song"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Pedro_the_Fisherman" class="mw-redirect" title="Pedro the Fisherman">Pedro the Fisherman</a>"</li> <li>"Only a Glass of Champagne"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Speak_Softly,_Love" class="mw-redirect" title="Speak Softly, Love">Speak Softly, Love</a>"</li> <li>"Angels Guard Thee"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Around_the_World_(1956_song)" title="Around the World (1956 song)">Around the World</a>"</li> <li>"Nuns' Chorus"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Little_Donkey" title="Little Donkey">Little Donkey</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Now_Is_the_Hour_(song)" title="Now Is the Hour (song)">Now Is the Hour</a>"</li> <li>"The Carefree Heart"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Isle_of_Capri_(song)" title="Isle of Capri (song)">The Isle of Capri</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Woodpecker_Song" title="The Woodpecker Song">The Woodpecker Song</a>"</li> <li>"Walter, Walter (Lead Me to the Altar)"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Young_at_Heart_(Frank_Sinatra_song)" title="Young at Heart (Frank Sinatra song)">Young at Heart</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Christopher_Robin_is_Saying_His_Prayers" class="mw-redirect" title="Christopher Robin is Saying His Prayers">Christopher Robin is Saying His Prayers</a>"</li> <li>"Far Away"</li> <li>"If I Had a Talking Picture of You"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Home_(When_Shadows_Fall)" title="Home (When Shadows Fall)">Home</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Wish_Me_Luck_as_You_Wave_Me_Goodbye" title="Wish Me Luck as You Wave Me Goodbye">Wish Me Luck as You Wave Me Goodbye</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Holy_City_(song)" title="The Holy City (song)">The Holy City</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/When_I_Grow_Too_Old_to_Dream" title="When I Grow Too Old to Dream">When I Grow Too Old to Dream</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/If_I_Knew_You_Were_Comin%27_I%27d%27ve_Baked_a_Cake" title="If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Baked a Cake">If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Baked a Cake</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Twelfth_of_Never" title="The Twelfth of Never">The Twelfth of Never</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Those_Were_the_Days_(song)" title="Those Were the Days (song)">Those Were The Days</a>" (performed live at <a href="/wiki/Batley_Variety_Club" title="Batley Variety Club">The Batley Variety Club</a> in 1968)</li> <li>"Singin' in the Bathtub"</li> <li>"Stop and Shop at the Co-op Shop"</li> <li>"I Never Cried So Much in All My Life"</li> <li>"Take Me To Your Heart" (alternative English lyrics to "<a href="/wiki/La_Vie_en_rose" title="La Vie en rose">La Vie en rose</a>")</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Filmography">Filmography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gracie_Fields&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Filmography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Stage-Door-Canteen-LC-3.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Stage-Door-Canteen-LC-3.jpg/280px-Stage-Door-Canteen-LC-3.jpg" decoding="async" width="280" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Stage-Door-Canteen-LC-3.jpg/420px-Stage-Door-Canteen-LC-3.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Stage-Door-Canteen-LC-3.jpg/560px-Stage-Door-Canteen-LC-3.jpg 2x" data-file-width="924" data-file-height="726" /></a><figcaption>Gracie Fields in <i><a href="/wiki/Stage_Door_Canteen_(film)" title="Stage Door Canteen (film)">Stage Door Canteen</a></i> (1943)</figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Title </th> <th>Role </th></tr> <tr> <td>1931</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Sally_in_Our_Alley_(1931_film)" title="Sally in Our Alley (1931 film)">Sally in Our Alley</a></i></td> <td>Sally Winch </td></tr> <tr> <td>1932</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Looking_on_the_Bright_Side" title="Looking on the Bright Side">Looking on the Bright Side</a></i></td> <td>Gracie </td></tr> <tr> <td>1933</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/This_Week_of_Grace" title="This Week of Grace">This Week of Grace</a></i></td> <td>Grace Milroy </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1934</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Love,_Life_and_Laughter_(1934_film)" title="Love, Life and Laughter (1934 film)">Love, Life and Laughter</a></i></td> <td>Nellie Gwynn </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Sing_As_We_Go" title="Sing As We Go">Sing As We Go</a></i></td> <td>Gracie Platt </td></tr> <tr> <td>1935</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Look_Up_and_Laugh" title="Look Up and Laugh">Look Up and Laugh</a></i></td> <td>Gracie Pearson </td></tr> <tr> <td>1936</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Queen_of_Hearts_(1936_film)" title="Queen of Hearts (1936 film)">Queen of Hearts</a></i></td> <td>Grace Perkins </td></tr> <tr> <td>1937</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Show_Goes_On_(film)" title="The Show Goes On (film)">The Show Goes On</a></i></td> <td>Sally Scowcroft </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">1938</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/We%27re_Going_to_Be_Rich" title="We're Going to Be Rich">We're Going to Be Rich</a></i></td> <td>Kit Dobson </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Young and Beautiful</i> (short)</td> <td>Herself </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Keep_Smiling_(1938_film)" title="Keep Smiling (1938 film)">Keep Smiling</a></i></td> <td>Gracie Gray </td></tr> <tr> <td>1939</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Shipyard_Sally" title="Shipyard Sally">Shipyard Sally</a></i></td> <td>Sally Fitzgerald </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1943</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Stage_Door_Canteen_(film)" title="Stage Door Canteen (film)">Stage Door Canteen</a></i></td> <td>Herself </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Holy_Matrimony_(1943_film)" title="Holy Matrimony (1943 film)">Holy Matrimony</a></i></td> <td>Alice Chalice </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1945</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Molly_and_Me" title="Molly and Me">Molly and Me</a></i></td> <td>Molly Barry </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Paris_Underground_(film)" title="Paris Underground (film)">Paris Underground</a></i></td> <td>Emmeline Quayle </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Box_office_ranking">Box office ranking</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gracie_Fields&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Box office ranking"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>For a number of years, British film exhibitors voted her among the top ten stars in Britain at the box office via an annual poll in the <i>Motion Picture Herald</i>. </p> <ul><li>1936 – 1st (3rd most popular star over all)<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1937 – 1st (3rd overall)<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1938 – 2nd<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1939 - 2nd<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1940 - 3rd<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1941 - 8th<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:(Portrait_of_Gracie_Fields_with_flowers_in_her_hair,_194-%3F)_(15935112995).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Portrait of Gracie Fields with flowers in her hair, 194-?"><img alt="Portrait of Gracie Fields with flowers in her hair, 194-?" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/%28Portrait_of_Gracie_Fields_with_flowers_in_her_hair%2C_194-%3F%29_%2815935112995%29.jpg/80px-%28Portrait_of_Gracie_Fields_with_flowers_in_her_hair%2C_194-%3F%29_%2815935112995%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/%28Portrait_of_Gracie_Fields_with_flowers_in_her_hair%2C_194-%3F%29_%2815935112995%29.jpg/120px-%28Portrait_of_Gracie_Fields_with_flowers_in_her_hair%2C_194-%3F%29_%2815935112995%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/%28Portrait_of_Gracie_Fields_with_flowers_in_her_hair%2C_194-%3F%29_%2815935112995%29.jpg/160px-%28Portrait_of_Gracie_Fields_with_flowers_in_her_hair%2C_194-%3F%29_%2815935112995%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="682" data-file-height="1024" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Portrait of Gracie Fields with flowers in her hair, 194-?</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gracie_Fields_With_the_British_East_Indies_Fleet,_Trincomalee,_Ceylon,_20_October_1945_A30899.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Gracie Fields with the British East Indies Fleet, Trincomalee, Ceylon, 20th of October 1945."><img alt="Gracie Fields with the British East Indies Fleet, Trincomalee, Ceylon, 20th of October 1945." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Gracie_Fields_With_the_British_East_Indies_Fleet%2C_Trincomalee%2C_Ceylon%2C_20_October_1945_A30899.jpg/120px-Gracie_Fields_With_the_British_East_Indies_Fleet%2C_Trincomalee%2C_Ceylon%2C_20_October_1945_A30899.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Gracie_Fields_With_the_British_East_Indies_Fleet%2C_Trincomalee%2C_Ceylon%2C_20_October_1945_A30899.jpg/180px-Gracie_Fields_With_the_British_East_Indies_Fleet%2C_Trincomalee%2C_Ceylon%2C_20_October_1945_A30899.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Gracie_Fields_With_the_British_East_Indies_Fleet%2C_Trincomalee%2C_Ceylon%2C_20_October_1945_A30899.jpg/240px-Gracie_Fields_With_the_British_East_Indies_Fleet%2C_Trincomalee%2C_Ceylon%2C_20_October_1945_A30899.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="595" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Gracie Fields with the British East Indies Fleet, <a href="/wiki/Trincomalee" title="Trincomalee">Trincomalee</a>, Ceylon, 20th of October 1945.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:SLNSW_20575_Queue_at_Lyceum_Theatre_Gracie_Fields_taken_for_British_Empire_Films.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Queue at Lyceum Theatre for a Gracie Fields film, taken for British Empire Films."><img alt="Queue at Lyceum Theatre for a Gracie Fields film, taken for British Empire Films." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/SLNSW_20575_Queue_at_Lyceum_Theatre_Gracie_Fields_taken_for_British_Empire_Films.jpg/120px-SLNSW_20575_Queue_at_Lyceum_Theatre_Gracie_Fields_taken_for_British_Empire_Films.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="91" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/SLNSW_20575_Queue_at_Lyceum_Theatre_Gracie_Fields_taken_for_British_Empire_Films.jpg/180px-SLNSW_20575_Queue_at_Lyceum_Theatre_Gracie_Fields_taken_for_British_Empire_Films.jpg 1.5x, 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/GracieFieldsStageDoorCanteen.jpg/158px-GracieFieldsStageDoorCanteen.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e2/GracieFieldsStageDoorCanteen.jpg 2x" data-file-width="210" data-file-height="239" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Gracie Fields, still from <i>The Stage Door Canteen</i>.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Dame_Gracie_Fields_house.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Dame Gracie Fields house."><img alt="Dame Gracie Fields house." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Dame_Gracie_Fields_house.jpg/120px-Dame_Gracie_Fields_house.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Dame_Gracie_Fields_house.jpg/180px-Dame_Gracie_Fields_house.jpg 1.5x, 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Durham, NC: <a href="/wiki/Duke_University_Press" title="Duke University Press">Duke University Press</a>. p. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/journeyiseveryth00bevi/page/158">158</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8223-0553-4" title="Special:BookSources/0-8223-0553-4"><bdi>0-8223-0553-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Journey+is+Everything%3A+A+Journal+of+the+Seventies&rft.place=Durham%2C+NC&rft.pages=158&rft.pub=Duke+University+Press&rft.date=1983&rft.isbn=0-8223-0553-4&rft.au=Helen+Smith+Bevington&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fjourneyiseveryth00bevi&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGracie+Fields" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Rochdale Observer</i>, 29 September 1979</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091117190143/http://www.peacehavencouncil.co.uk/index.php/historic-peacehaven/famous-residents">"Famous Residents"</a>, Peacehaven Council</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWilliam_N._Jones" class="citation web cs1">William N. Jones. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2211&dat=19391118&id=5k9AAAAAIBAJ&pg=1335,3800200&hl=en">"<i>The Afro American</i>, newspaper, 2 December 1939, page 6 – (article) <i>Twelve Sing Way Back to America</i>"</a>. <i>News.google.com</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">14 October</span> 2015</span>. <q><a href="/wiki/Bricktop" class="mw-redirect" title="Bricktop">Bricktop</a> has been back in America several weeks while <a href="/wiki/Adelaide_Hall" title="Adelaide Hall">Adelaide Hall</a> has been singing for the soldiers. Miss Hall, whose popularity with the British Tommy's ranks with that of Gracie Fields, may remain in England as Miss Fields has recently suffered a breakdown.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=News.google.com&rft.atitle=The+Afro+American%2C+newspaper%2C+2+December+1939%2C+page+6+%E2%80%93+%28article%29+Twelve+Sing+Way+Back+to+America&rft.au=William+N.+Jones&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.google.com%2Fnewspapers%3Fnid%3D2211%26dat%3D19391118%26id%3D5k9AAAAAIBAJ%26pg%3D1335%2C3800200%26hl%3Den&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGracie+Fields" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.awm.gov.au/cms_images/histories/23/chapters/10.pdf">"Home - Australian War Memorial"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>Awm.gov.au</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">9 March</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Awm.gov.au&rft.atitle=Home+-+Australian+War+Memorial&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.awm.gov.au%2Fcms_images%2Fhistories%2F23%2Fchapters%2F10.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGracie+Fields" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">'End To Festival', <i>The Times</i>(London), 1 October 1951, p.4:"The crowd...rose to great heights of enthusiasm when Miss Gracie Fields came to the microphone...and...joined in singing at her behest more heartily than probably anyone else could have persuaded them to do."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-tmb-banksdead-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-tmb-banksdead_22-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article56929680">"Death Of Gracie Fields Husband"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(scan)</span>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Morning_Bulletin" title="The Morning Bulletin">The Morning Bulletin</a></i>. No. 27622. Rockhampton, Queensland. 10 January 1950. p. 1<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">9 March</span> 2015</span> – via <a href="/wiki/Trove" title="Trove">Trove</a>-National Library of Australia.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Morning+Bulletin&rft.atitle=Death+Of+Gracie+Fields+Husband&rft.issue=27622&rft.pages=1&rft.date=1950-01-10&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fnla.gov.au%2Fnla.news-article56929680&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGracie+Fields" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-yahoo-boris-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-yahoo-boris_23-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGavaghan2014" class="citation web cs1">Gavaghan, Julian (17 February 2014). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/on-this-day--british-star-gracie-fields-marries-romanian-repairman-in-italy-170744644.html#yKABwCH">"On This Day: British star Gracie Fields marries Romanian repairman in Italy"</a>. <i>Uk.news.yahoo.com</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">9 March</span> 2015</span>. <q>Gracie Fields married a Romanian radio repairman [Boris Alperovici] in a quiet ceremony in Italy on this day [February 18] in 1952.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Uk.news.yahoo.com&rft.atitle=On+This+Day%3A+British+star+Gracie+Fields+marries+Romanian+repairman+in+Italy&rft.date=2014-02-17&rft.aulast=Gavaghan&rft.aufirst=Julian&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fuk.news.yahoo.com%2Fon-this-day--british-star-gracie-fields-marries-romanian-repairman-in-italy-170744644.html%23yKABwCH&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGracie+Fields" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-gwldrec-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-gwldrec_24-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150216090033/http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/first-actress-to-portray-miss-marple-on-tv">"First actress to portray Miss Marple on TV"</a>. <i>Guinnessworldrecords.com</i>. <a href="/wiki/Guinness_World_Records" title="Guinness World Records">Guinness World Records</a> Limited. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/first-actress-to-portray-miss-marple-on-tv">the original</a> on 16 February 2015<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">16 February</span> 2015</span>. <q>The earliest actress to portray Miss Marple was the UK's Gracie Fields in the NBC (USA) Goodyear TV Playhouse: <i>A Murder is Announced</i> in 1956.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Guinnessworldrecords.com&rft.atitle=First+actress+to+portray+Miss+Marple+on+TV&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.guinnessworldrecords.com%2Fworld-records%2Ffirst-actress-to-portray-miss-marple-on-tv&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGracie+Fields" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-25">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://imdb.com/title/tt0591121/fullcredits#cast">"A Murder Is Announced (Full Cast & Crew)"</a>. <a href="/wiki/IMDb" title="IMDb">IMDb</a>. 1956<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">9 March</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=A+Murder+Is+Announced+%28Full+Cast+%26+Crew%29&rft.pub=IMDb&rft.date=1956&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fimdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0591121%2Ffullcredits%23cast&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGracie+Fields" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-British_Hit_Singles_&_Albums-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-British_Hit_Singles_&_Albums_26-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-British_Hit_Singles_&_Albums_26-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRoberts2006" class="citation book cs1">Roberts, David (2006). <i>British Hit Singles & Albums</i> (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 199. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-904994-10-5" title="Special:BookSources/1-904994-10-5"><bdi>1-904994-10-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=British+Hit+Singles+%26+Albums&rft.place=London&rft.pages=199&rft.edition=19th&rft.pub=Guinness+World+Records+Limited&rft.date=2006&rft.isbn=1-904994-10-5&rft.aulast=Roberts&rft.aufirst=David&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGracie+Fields" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-27">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.onlineweb.com/theones/1950_sheet.htm">"Around The World"</a>. <i>Onlineweb.com</i>. 25 May 1957<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">9 March</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Onlineweb.com&rft.atitle=Around+The+World&rft.date=1957-05-25&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.onlineweb.com%2Ftheones%2F1950_sheet.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGracie+Fields" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-28">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://graciefields.org/wordpress/this-is-your-life/">"This is Your Life 1960 | the Official Gracie Fields"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=This+is+Your+Life+1960+%26%23124%3B+the+Official+Gracie+Fields&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fgraciefields.org%2Fwordpress%2Fthis-is-your-life%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGracie+Fields" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-29">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFmarcus" class="citation web cs1">marcus, laurence. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180124192747/http://www.televisionheaven.co.uk/london_palladium.htm">"SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE LONDON PALLADIUM - A TELEVISION HEAVEN REVIEW"</a>. <i>Televisionheaven.co.uk</i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.televisionheaven.co.uk/london_palladium.htm">the original</a> on 24 January 2018<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">26 August</span> 2017</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Televisionheaven.co.uk&rft.atitle=SUNDAY+NIGHT+AT+THE+LONDON+PALLADIUM+-+A+TELEVISION+HEAVEN+REVIEW&rft.aulast=marcus&rft.aufirst=laurence&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.televisionheaven.co.uk%2Flondon_palladium.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGracie+Fields" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-30">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/analysis/the-variety-club-that-made-batley-the-las-vegas-of-the-north-1-8459782">"The variety club that made Batley the 'Las Vegas of the North'<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span>"</a>. <i>Yorkshirepost.co.uk</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Yorkshirepost.co.uk&rft.atitle=The+variety+club+that+made+Batley+the+%27Las+Vegas+of+the+North%27&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yorkshirepost.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fanalysis%2Fthe-variety-club-that-made-batley-the-las-vegas-of-the-north-1-8459782&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGracie+Fields" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-31">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Discogs - <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.discogs.com/release/11969140-Gracie-Fields-Stars-On-Sunday">Gracie Fields – Stars On Sunday</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-32">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Amazon.es - <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.amazon.es/Gracie-Fields-Stars-Sunday-Gracie-Records/dp/B00XFE4U7W">Gracie Fields - Stars On Sunday—Gracie Fields - York Records - BYK 707</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-33">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/the-merv-griffin-show/episode-714649/203074/">"The Merv Griffin Show"</a>. <i>TV Guide</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=TV+Guide&rft.atitle=The+Merv+Griffin+Show&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tvguide.com%2Ftvshows%2Fthe-merv-griffin-show%2Fepisode-714649%2F203074%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGracie+Fields" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-London_Gazette-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-London_Gazette_34-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/47723/supplements/7">"Supplement to the London Gazette"</a>. Her Majesty's Stationery Office<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 November</span> 2009</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Supplement+to+the+London+Gazette&rft.pub=Her+Majesty%27s+Stationery+Office&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.london-gazette.co.uk%2Fissues%2F47723%2Fsupplements%2F7&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGracie+Fields" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-35"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-35">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIc52NJieeU">"Alderman Crowder grants the Freedom of Rochdale to Gracie Fields"</a>. <a href="/wiki/YouTube" title="YouTube">YouTube</a>. 8 September 2010. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/DIc52NJieeU">Archived</a> from the original on 12 December 2021<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Vol. 1. New York: Routledge. pp. 380–383. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-415-93853-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-415-93853-2"><bdi>978-0-415-93853-2</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Songs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Sally_(Gracie_Fields_song)" title="Sally (Gracie Fields song)">Sally</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Sing_As_We_Go" title="Sing As We Go">Sing As We Go</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Thing-Ummy_Bob" title="The Thing-Ummy Bob">Thing-Ummy-Bob (That's Gonna Win The War)</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Biggest_Aspidistra_in_the_World" title="The Biggest Aspidistra in the World">The Biggest Aspidistra in the World</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Speak_Softly,_Love" class="mw-redirect" title="Speak Softly, Love">Speak Softly, Love</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Around_the_World_(1956_song)" title="Around the World (1956 song)">Around the World</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Little_Donkey" title="Little Donkey">Little Donkey</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Now_Is_the_Hour_(song)" title="Now Is the Hour 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Cake</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Twelfth_of_Never" title="The Twelfth of Never">The Twelfth of Never</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Those_Were_the_Days_(song)" title="Those Were the Days (song)">Those Were The Days</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Films</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Producer</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Riders_to_the_Sea_(film)" title="Riders to the Sea (film)">Riders to the Sea</a></i> (1936)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Writer</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" 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