Dame Gracie Fields, DBE (born Grace
Stansfield; 9 January 1898 – 27 September 1979) was an English actress, singer
and comedienne and star of both cinema and music hall. She spent the later part
of her life on the isle of Capri, Italy. Fields was made a Commander of the
Order of the British Empire (CBE) for "services to entertainment" in
1938, and in 1979, seven months before her death, she was invested a Dame by
Queen Elizabeth II.
In
the 1930s her popularity peaked and she was given many honours: the Officer of
the Venerable Order of St. John (for charity work), the Commander of the Order
of the British Empire (CBE) (for services to entertainment) in 1938 and the
Freedom of the Borough of Rochdale in 1937.
Gracie
Fields - Looking on the bright side of life
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