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Gracie Fields (1898–1979)

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. See full bio »

Died:

(age 81) in Capri, Italy

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Filmography

Hide HideActress (22 titles)
1956-1963 The United States Steel Hour (TV series)
Sarah Dowey
 
1958 The Big Record (TV series)
Guest singer
Episode #1.32 (1958) … Guest singer
 
1958 Studio One in Hollywood (TV series)
Mrs. Harris
 
1958 The DuPont Show of the Month (TV series)
Miss Pross
 
1956 Goodyear Playhouse (TV series)
Miss Jane Marple
 
1956 Armchair Theatre (TV series)
Mrs. Dowey
 
1945 Paris Underground
Emmeline Quayle
 
1945 Molly and Me
Molly Barry
 
1943 Stage Door Canteen
Gracie Fields
 
1943 Young and Beautiful (short)
Gracie Fields
 
1939 Shipyard Sally
Sally Fitzgerald
 
1938/I Smiling Along
Gracie Gray
 
1938 We're Going to Be Rich
Kit Dobson
 
1937 The Show Goes On
Sally Scowcroft
 
1936 Queen of Hearts
Grace Perkins
 
1935 Look Up and Laugh
Gracie Pearson
 
1934 Sing As We Go
Gracie Platt
 
1933 This Week of Grace
Grace Milroy
 
1931 Sally in Our Alley
Sally Winch
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (18 titles)
2010 YellowBrickRoad (performer: "Walter, Walter Lead Me to The Altar")
 
2009 An Englishman in New York (performer: "If I'm A Dreamer Aren't We All")
 
2007 The Water Horse (performer: "If I Had a Talking Picture of You")
 
2006 The History Boys (performer: "Wish Me Luck As You Wave Me Goodbye")
 
2000 Chicken Run (performer: "Ave Maria")
 
1998 Little Voice (performer: "The Dicky Bird Hop" 1926)
 
1993 The Remains of the Day (performer: "Roll Along Prairie Moon")
 
1961 Operation Snafu (performer: "Wish Me Luck As You Wave Me Goodbye" - uncredited)
 
1945 Molly and Me (performer: "The Artfulness, the Sinfulness, the Wickedness of Men" - uncredited, "Good Morning, My Dear" - uncredited, "Christopher Robin Is Saying His Prayers" - uncredited, "Let's All Sing Like the Birdies Sing" - uncredited, "Always Eat When You Are Hungry" - uncredited)
 
1943 Stage Door Canteen (performer: "Machine Gun Song" 1943 - uncredited, "The Lord's Prayer" 1935 - uncredited)
 
1939 Shipyard Sally (performer: "Wish Me Luck As You Wave Me Goodbye", "Grandfather's Bagpipes", "I Got the Jitterbugs", "In Pernambuco")
 
1938 We're Going to Be Rich (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")
 
1935 Look Up and Laugh (writer: "Anna from Anacapresi" - uncredited / performer: "Look Up and Laugh", "Love Is Everywhere", "Anna from Anacapresi", "Sally" - uncredited, "Looking on the Bright Side" - uncredited)
 
1934 Sing As We Go (performer: "Sing As We Go", "Just a Catchy Little Tune", "Thora" - uncredited, "In My Little Bottom Drawer" - uncredited, "Love, Wonderful Love" - uncredited)
 
1934 Love, Life and Laughter (performer: "Chérie")
 
1933 This Week of Grace (writer: "Mary Rose", "My Lucky Day", "Melody at Dawn")
 
1932 Looking on the Bright Side (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")
 
1931 Sally in Our Alley (writer: "Lancashire Blues" / performer: "Sally", "Fall In And Follow The Band", "Fred Fannakapan", "Lancashire Blues")
 
Show ShowWriter (1 title)
1939 Shipyard Sally (story)
 
Show ShowProducer (1 title)
1935 Riders to the Sea (short) (producer - uncredited)
 
Show ShowSelf (21 titles)
1970-1979 Stars on Sunday (TV series)
Herself - Guest / Herself
Episode dated 29 April 1979 (1979) … Herself
Episode dated 14 May 1972 (1972) … Herself
Episode dated 21 November 1971 (1971) … Herself
Episode dated 26 September 1971 (1971) … Herself
Episode dated 30 May 1971 (1971) … Herself - Guest
 
1979 The Merv Griffin Show (TV series)
Herself - Guest
Over 80 (1979) … Herself - Guest
 
1977 Parkinson (TV series)
Herself
Episode #7.10 (1977) … Herself
 
1974 The World at War (TV series documentary)
Herself
Home Fires: Britain - 1940-1944 (1974) … Herself
 
1969 The David Frost Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode #2.82 (1969) … Herself
 
1964 The Royal Variety Performance 1964 (TV movie)
Herself
 
1961 The Bell Telephone Hour (TV series)
Herself - Singer
A Galaxy of Music (1961) … Herself - Singer
 
1960 Showtime (TV series)
Herself
Episode #2.8 (1960) … Herself
 
1960 This Is Your Life (TV series documentary)
Herself
Gracie Fields (1960) … Herself
 
1959 The Arthur Murray Party (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 17 November 1959 (1959) … Herself
 
1953-1959 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Herself / Herself - Guest Host / Singer
Episode #13.8 (1959) … Singer
Episode #10.14 (1956) … Herself
Episode #9.35 (1956) … Herself
Episode #9.19 (1956) … Herself
Episode #8.24 (1955) … Herself
 
1959 Spectacular (TV series)
Herself
Gracie Fields (1959) … Herself
 
1958 The Big Record (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 14 May 1958 (1958) … Herself
 
1955-1958 What's My Line? (TV series)
Herself - Mystery Guest
Episode dated 27 April 1958 (1958) … Herself - Mystery Guest
Episode dated 1 May 1955 (1955) … Herself - Mystery Guest
 
1955-1957 Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium (TV series)
Herself
Episode #2.34 (1957) … Herself
Episode #1.1 (1955) … Herself
 
1956 Val Parnell's Startime (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 3 May 1956 (1956) … Herself
 
1955 Tomorrow's Man (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1953 The Name's the Same (TV series)
Herself - Contestant
Episode dated 7 July 1953 (1953) … Herself - Contestant
 
1952 Ocean Terminal (documentary short)
Guest appearance (uncredited)
 
1948-1951 The Buick-Berle Show (TV series)
Herself / Herself - Comedian / Herself - Comedienne / …
Episode #3.20 (1951) … Herself / Norma Desmond
Episode #2.22 (1950) … Herself - Comedienne
Episode #1.36 (1949) … Herself - Comedian
Episode #1.29 (1948) … Herself - Singer
 
1950 Ford Star Revue (TV series)
Herself
Episode #1.11 (1950) … Herself
Episode #1.2 (1950) … Herself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (16 titles)
2011 Entertaining the Troops (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2007 The Comedy Map of Britain (TV series documentary)
 
2006 The Best of the Royal Variety (TV series)
 
2005 Shepperton Babylon (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2002 Christmas Under Fire (TV documentary)
Herself (uncredited)
 
1994 Paul Merton's Palladium Story (TV mini-series documentary)
 
1994 Songs That Won the War (TV documentary)
Herself (sings)
 
1988 Omnibus; Memories of a Musical Dog (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1988 The 1930's: Music, Memories & Milestones (video documentary)
Herself - Sings on Stage
 
1986 Chasing Rainbows - A Nation and Its Music (TV series documentary)
 
1980 The British Greats (TV series)
 
1979 Clapper Board (TV series)
 
1977 To See Such Fun (documentary)
Herself
 
1973 The World at War (TV series documentary)
 
1961 Operation Snafu
Herself (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
 
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Personal Details


Publicity Listings:

4 Print Biographies  | 2 Magazine Cover Photos  | See more »

Alternate Names:

Dame Gracie Fields

Height:

5' 7" (1.70 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

[on Deanna Durbin] I was always mad about Deanna. I admired her work enormously. Then she disappeared suddenly. Whatever became of her? See more »

Trivia:

She was born over a chip shop. See more »

Nickname:

Our Gracie See more »

Star Sign:

Capricorn