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Gracie Fields
(1898-1979)
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A comedienne and singer in the British Music Halls, she was the top box-office draw and the highest paid actress in Britain in the 1930's. Her Northern, working-class girl character was a favourite during the inter-war years.
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Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
1 win & 2 nominations total
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Holy Matrimony
7.2
Alice Chalice
1943
Shipyard Sally
6.4
Sally Fitzgerald
1939
Look Up and Laugh
5.9
Gracie Pearson
1935
The United States Steel Hour
8.0
TV Series
Sarah Dowey
1956–1963 • 2 eps
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Soundtrack
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Archive Sound
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Self
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Archive Footage
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The United States Steel Hour
8.0
TV Series
Sarah Dowey
1956–1963
2 episodes
The Ed Sullivan Show
7.9
TV Series
Singer
1959
1 episode
Studio One
7.6
TV Series
Mrs. Harris
1958
1 episode
The DuPont Show of the Month
7.1
TV Series
Miss Pross
1958
1 episode
Goodyear Playhouse
7.8
TV Series
Miss Jane Marple
1956
1 episode
Armchair Theatre
7.6
TV Series
Mrs. Dowey
1956
1 episode
The Milton Berle Show
7.6
TV Series
Self
Norma Desmond
1951
1 episode
Paris Underground
6.5
Emmeline Quayle
1945
Molly and Me
6.9
Molly Barry
1945
Holy Matrimony
7.2
Alice Chalice
1943
Stage Door Canteen
6.2
Gracie Fields
1943
Young and Beautiful
Short
Gracie Fields
1943
Shipyard Sally
6.4
Sally Fitzgerald
1939
Smiling Along
6.6
Gracie Gray
1938
We're Going to Be Rich
6.3
Kit Dobson
1938
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Shipyard Sally
6.4
story
1939
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1
Riders to the Sea
6.6
Short
producer
(uncredited)
1937
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Alternative names
Gracie Fields C.B.E
Height
5′ 7″ (1.70 m)
Born
January 9
,
1898
Rochdale, Lancashire, England, UK
Died
September 27
,
1979
Capri, Italy
(pneumonia)
Spouses
Boris Alperovici
February 18, 1952 - September 27, 1979 (her death)
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4 Print Biographies
4 Portrayals
4 Articles
1 Pictorial
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Highest paid film star in the world in 1937.
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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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Our Gracie
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