Dame Gracie Fields (born Grace Stansfield; 1898 – 1979). British actress, singer and comedian.
A star of cinema and music hall, 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. Fields was known affectionately as Our Gracie and the Lancashire Lass for never losing her strong, native Lancashire accent.
She was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) and an Officer of the Venerable Order of St John (OStJ) in 1938, and a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in 1979.
- "She was 55 years old, and her famous golden red hair was touched with gray..." https://www.nytimes.com/.../gracie-fields-is-dead-at-81...
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