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	'''Dame Gracie Fields''' {{post-nominals\|country=GBR\|size=100%\|DBE\|OStJ}} (born '''Grace Stansfield'''; 9 January 1898{{spaced ndash}}27 September 1979) was an English<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/women/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/fields-gracie-1898-1979\|title=Fields, Gracie (1898–1979)\|website=Encyclopedia.com\|access-date=24 December 2021}}</ref> actress, singer, comedian and star of cinema and [[music hall]]<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba14f3df1\|title=Gracie Fields\|website=Bfi.org.uk}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.allmovie.com/artist/gracie-fields-p23366\|title=Gracie Fields - Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos - AllMovie\|website=AllMovie}}</ref> who was one of the top ten film stars in Britain during the 1930s and the highest paid film star in the world in 1937.~~{{Citation needed\|date=January 2022}}~~ She was known affectionately as ''Our Gracie'' and ''the Lancashire Lass'' and for never losing her strong, native Lancashire accent.<ref>[https://www.encyclopedia.com/women/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/fields-gracie-1898-1979 Fields never lost the speaking accent of Lancashire, where her birthplace, the mill town of Rochdale], '' Fields, Gracie (1898–1979)'', 21 Dec, 2021</ref> She was appointed a [[Order of the British Empire\|Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)]] and an [[Venerable Order of Saint John\|Officer of the Venerable Order of St John (OStJ)]] in 1938, and a [[Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire\|Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)]] in 1979.<ref name=":0">{{cite web\|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/451952/index.html\|title=BFI Screenonline: Fields, Gracie (1898-1979) Biography\|website=Screenonline.org.uk}}</ref>		'''Dame Gracie Fields''' {{post-nominals\|country=GBR\|size=100%\|DBE\|OStJ}} (born '''Grace Stansfield'''; 9 January 1898{{spaced ndash}}27 September 1979) was an English<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/women/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/fields-gracie-1898-1979\|title=Fields, Gracie (1898–1979)\|website=Encyclopedia.com\|access-date=24 December 2021}}</ref> actress, singer, comedian and star of cinema and [[music hall]]<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba14f3df1\|title=Gracie Fields\|website=Bfi.org.uk}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.allmovie.com/artist/gracie-fields-p23366\|title=Gracie Fields - Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos - AllMovie\|website=AllMovie}}</ref> who was one of the top ten film stars in Britain during the 1930s and the highest paid film star in the world in 1937. She was known affectionately as ''Our Gracie'' and ''the Lancashire Lass'' and for never losing her strong, native Lancashire accent.<ref>[https://www.encyclopedia.com/women/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/fields-gracie-1898-1979 Fields never lost the speaking accent of Lancashire, where her birthplace, the mill town of Rochdale], '' Fields, Gracie (1898–1979)'', 21 Dec, 2021</ref> She was appointed a [[Order of the British Empire\|Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)]] and an [[Venerable Order of Saint John\|Officer of the Venerable Order of St John (OStJ)]] in 1938, and a [[Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire\|Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)]] in 1979.<ref name=":0">{{cite web\|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/451952/index.html\|title=BFI Screenonline: Fields, Gracie (1898-1979) Biography\|website=Screenonline.org.uk}}</ref>

	==Life and work==		==Life and work==
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	After the war, Fields continued her career less actively. She began performing in Britain again in 1948, headlining the [[London Palladium]] over [[Ella Fitzgerald]] who was also on the bill. The [[BBC]] gave her her own radio show in 1947, dubbed ''Our Gracie's Working Party'', in which 12 towns were visited by Fields. It featured a live show of music and entertainment broadcast weekly, compered by Fields, who also performed, with local talents also on the bill. The tour commenced in Gracie's hometown of Rochdale. Like many BBC shows at the time, this show transferred to [[Radio Luxembourg (English)\|Radio Luxembourg]] in 1950, sponsored by Wisk soap powder. [[Billy Ternent]] and his Orchestra accompanied her.		After the war, Fields continued her career less actively. She began performing in Britain again in 1948, headlining the [[London Palladium]] over [[Ella Fitzgerald]] who was also on the bill. The [[BBC]] gave her her own radio show in 1947, dubbed ''Our Gracie's Working Party'', in which 12 towns were visited by Fields. It featured a live show of music and entertainment broadcast weekly, compered by Fields, who also performed, with local talents also on the bill. The tour commenced in Gracie's hometown of Rochdale. Like many BBC shows at the time, this show transferred to [[Radio Luxembourg (English)\|Radio Luxembourg]] in 1950, sponsored by Wisk soap powder. [[Billy Ternent]] and his Orchestra accompanied her.

	In 1951, Fields took part in the cabaret which closed the [[Festival of Britain]] celebrations.<ref>'End To Festival', ''The Times''(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."</ref> She proved popular once more~~{{citation needed\|date=September 2018}}~~, 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 [[LP record]]s, and recorded new versions of her old favourite songs, as well as contemporary tracks, to 'liven things up a bit'.		In 1951, Fields took part in the cabaret which closed the [[Festival of Britain]] celebrations.<ref>'End To Festival', ''The Times''(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."</ref> She proved popular once more, 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 [[LP record]]s, and recorded new versions of her old favourite songs, as well as contemporary tracks, to 'liven things up a bit'.

	Her husband, Monty Banks, died on 8 January 1950<ref name=tmb-banksdead>{{cite news \|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article56929680 \|title=Death Of Gracie Fields Husband \|newspaper=[[The Morning Bulletin]] \|location=Rockhampton, Queensland \|date=10 January 1950 \|access-date=9 March 2015 \|number=№ 27622 \|page=1 \|via=[[Trove]]-National Library of Australia \|format=scan}}</ref> of a heart attack, while travelling on the [[Orient Express]]. On 18 February 1952 in Capri, Fields married Boris Alperovici (d.1983), a Romanian radio repairman.<ref name=yahoo-boris >{{cite web \|last1=Gavaghan \|first1=Julian\|title=On This Day: British star Gracie Fields marries Romanian repairman in Italy \|url=https://uk.news.yahoo.com/on-this-day--british-star-gracie-fields-marries-romanian-repairman-in-italy-170744644.html#yKABwCH \|website=Uk.news.yahoo.com \|access-date=9 March 2015 \|date=17 February 2014 \|quote=Gracie Fields married a Romanian radio repairman [Boris Alperovici] in a quiet ceremony in Italy on this day [February 18] in 1952.}}</ref> 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 [[Rome]].		Her husband, Monty Banks, died on 8 January 1950<ref name=tmb-banksdead>{{cite news \|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article56929680 \|title=Death Of Gracie Fields Husband \|newspaper=[[The Morning Bulletin]] \|location=Rockhampton, Queensland \|date=10 January 1950 \|access-date=9 March 2015 \|number=№ 27622 \|page=1 \|via=[[Trove]]-National Library of Australia \|format=scan}}</ref> of a heart attack, while travelling on the [[Orient Express]]. On 18 February 1952 in Capri, Fields married Boris Alperovici (d.1983), a Romanian radio repairman.<ref name=yahoo-boris >{{cite web \|last1=Gavaghan \|first1=Julian\|title=On This Day: British star Gracie Fields marries Romanian repairman in Italy \|url=https://uk.news.yahoo.com/on-this-day--british-star-gracie-fields-marries-romanian-repairman-in-italy-170744644.html#yKABwCH \|website=Uk.news.yahoo.com \|access-date=9 March 2015 \|date=17 February 2014 \|quote=Gracie Fields married a Romanian radio repairman [Boris Alperovici] in a quiet ceremony in Italy on this day [February 18] in 1952.}}</ref> 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 [[Rome]].
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	=== Death ===		=== Death ===
	Fields' health declined in July 1979, when she contracted [[pneumonia]] after performing an open-air concert on the [[HMY Britannia\|Royal Yacht]] which was docked in [[Capri]]'s harbour.~~{{citation needed\|date=March 2015}}~~ 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.		Fields' health declined in July 1979, when she contracted [[pneumonia]] after performing an open-air concert on the [[HMY Britannia\|Royal Yacht]] which was docked in [[Capri]]'s harbour. 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.

	==Honours and popular culture==		==Honours and popular culture==

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	In 1956, Fields was the first actress to portray [[Miss Marple]]<ref name=gwldrec>{{cite web \|title=First actress to portray Miss Marple on TV \|url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/first-actress-to-portray-miss-marple-on-tv \|website=Guinnessworldrecords.com \|publisher=[[Guinness World Records]] Limited \|access-date=16 February 2015 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150216090033/http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/first-actress-to-portray-miss-marple-on-tv \|archive-date=16 February 2015 \|quote=The earliest actress to portray Miss Marple was the UK's Gracie Fields in the NBC (USA) Goodyear TV Playhouse: ''A Murder is Announced'' in 1956.}}</ref> in a US Television ([[Goodyear Television Playhouse\|Goodyear Playhouse]]) production of [[Agatha Christie\|Agatha Christie's]] ''[[A Murder is Announced]]''.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://imdb.com/title/tt0591121/fullcredits#cast \|title=A Murder Is Announced (Full Cast & Crew) \|year=1956 \|publisher=[[IMDb]] \|access-date=9 March 2015}}</ref> The production featured [[Jessica Tandy]] and [[Roger Moore]], and predates the [[Margaret Rutherford]] films by five years. She also starred in Television productions of ''[[A Tale of Two Cities]]'' ([[DuPont Show of the Month]], 1958), ''[[The Old Lady Shows Her Medals]]'' ([[The United States Steel Hour\|United States Steel Hour]])– for which she won a [[Sylvania Award]] (1956) and received an [[EMMY Award\|EMMY Award nomination]] for Best Single Performance by an Actress (1957) – and ''[[Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris\|Mrs 'Arris Goes to Paris]]'' ([[Studio One (American TV series)\|Studio One]]), which was remade years later with [[Angela Lansbury]] as Mrs Harris, a charwoman in search of a fur coat (or a [[Christian Dior]] gown in Lansbury's case).		In 1956, Fields was the first actress to portray [[Miss Marple]]<ref name=gwldrec>{{cite web \|title=First actress to portray Miss Marple on TV \|url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/first-actress-to-portray-miss-marple-on-tv \|website=Guinnessworldrecords.com \|publisher=[[Guinness World Records]] Limited \|access-date=16 February 2015 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150216090033/http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/first-actress-to-portray-miss-marple-on-tv \|archive-date=16 February 2015 \|quote=The earliest actress to portray Miss Marple was the UK's Gracie Fields in the NBC (USA) Goodyear TV Playhouse: ''A Murder is Announced'' in 1956.}}</ref> in a US Television ([[Goodyear Television Playhouse\|Goodyear Playhouse]]) production of [[Agatha Christie\|Agatha Christie's]] ''[[A Murder is Announced]]''.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://imdb.com/title/tt0591121/fullcredits#cast \|title=A Murder Is Announced (Full Cast & Crew) \|year=1956 \|publisher=[[IMDb]] \|access-date=9 March 2015}}</ref> The production featured [[Jessica Tandy]] and [[Roger Moore]], and predates the [[Margaret Rutherford]] films by five years. She also starred in Television productions of ''[[A Tale of Two Cities]]'' ([[DuPont Show of the Month]], 1958), ''[[The Old Lady Shows Her Medals]]'' ([[The United States Steel Hour\|United States Steel Hour]])– for which she won a [[Sylvania Award]] (1956) and received an [[EMMY Award\|EMMY Award nomination]] for Best Single Performance by an Actress (1957) – and ''[[Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris\|Mrs 'Arris Goes to Paris]]'' ([[Studio One (American TV series)\|Studio One]]), which was remade years later with [[Angela Lansbury]] as Mrs Harris, a charwoman in search of a fur coat (or a [[Christian Dior]] gown in Lansbury's case).

	In 1957, her single "[[Around the World (1956 song)\|Around the World]]" peaked at No.8 in the [[UK Singles Chart]], with her recording of "[[Little Donkey]]" reaching No.20 in November 1959.<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book \| first= David \| last= Roberts \| year= 2006 \| title= British Hit Singles & Albums \| edition= 19th \| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited \| location= London \| isbn= 1-904994-10-5 \| page= 199}}</ref> The sheet music for the song was the UK's best-seller for seven weeks.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.onlineweb.com/theones/1950_sheet.htm \|date=25 May 1957 \|title=Around The World \|website=Onlineweb.com \|access-date=9 March 2015}}</ref>{{failed verification\|date=March 2015}}		In 1957, her single "[[Around the World (1956 song)\|Around the World]]" peaked at No.8 in the [[UK Singles Chart]], with her recording of "[[Little Donkey]]" reaching No.20 in November 1959.<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book \| first= David \| last= Roberts \| year= 2006 \| title= British Hit Singles & Albums \| edition= 19th \| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited \| location= London \| isbn= 1-904994-10-5 \| page= 199}}</ref> The sheet music for the song was the UK's best-seller for seven weeks.

	She was the subject of ''[[This Is Your Life (British TV series)\|This Is Your Life]]'' on 20 March 1960, when she was surprised by [[Eamonn Andrews]] at the [[Shepherd's Bush Empire\|BBC Television Theatre]].<ref>{{cite web \| url=http://graciefields.org/wordpress/this-is-your-life/ \| title=This is Your Life 1960 \| the Official Gracie Fields }}</ref>		She was the subject of ''[[This Is Your Life (British TV series)\|This Is Your Life]]'' on 20 March 1960, when she was surprised by [[Eamonn Andrews]] at the [[Shepherd's Bush Empire\|BBC Television Theatre]].<ref>{{cite web \| url=http://graciefields.org/wordpress/this-is-your-life/ \| title=This is Your Life 1960 \| the Official Gracie Fields }}</ref>

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	*{{cite web \|url=http://www.radioechoes.com/?page=series&genre=Variety&series=The%20Gracie%20Fields%20Show \|title=The Gracie Fields Show \|date=1944 \|publisher=RadioEchoes }}		*{{cite web \|url=http://www.radioechoes.com/?page=series&genre=Variety&series=The%20Gracie%20Fields%20Show \|title=The Gracie Fields Show \|date=1944 \|publisher=RadioEchoes }}


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	*{{cite web \|url=http://www.radioechoes.com/?page=series&genre=Variety&series=The%20Gracie%20Fields%20Show \|title=The Gracie Fields Show \|date=1944 \|publisher=RadioEchoes }}		*{{cite web \|url=http://www.radioechoes.com/?page=series&genre=Variety&series=The%20Gracie%20Fields%20Show \|title=The Gracie Fields Show \|date=1944 \|publisher=RadioEchoes }}

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	In 1956, Fields was the first actress to portray [[Miss Marple]]<ref name=gwldrec>{{cite web \|title=First actress to portray Miss Marple on TV \|url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/first-actress-to-portray-miss-marple-on-tv \|website=Guinnessworldrecords.com \|publisher=[[Guinness World Records]] Limited \|access-date=16 February 2015 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150216090033/http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/first-actress-to-portray-miss-marple-on-tv \|archive-date=16 February 2015 \|quote=The earliest actress to portray Miss Marple was the UK's Gracie Fields in the NBC (USA) Goodyear TV Playhouse: ''A Murder is Announced'' in 1956.}}</ref> in a US Television ([[Goodyear Television Playhouse\|Goodyear Playhouse]]) production of [[Agatha Christie\|Agatha Christie's]] ''[[A Murder is Announced]]''.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://imdb.com/title/tt0591121/fullcredits#cast \|title=A Murder Is Announced (Full Cast & Crew) \|year=1956 \|publisher=[[IMDb]] \|access-date=9 March 2015}}</ref> The production featured [[Jessica Tandy]] and [[Roger Moore]], and predates the [[Margaret Rutherford]] films by five years. She also starred in Television productions of ''[[A Tale of Two Cities]]'' ([[DuPont Show of the Month]], 1958), ''[[The Old Lady Shows Her Medals]]'' ([[The United States Steel Hour\|United States Steel Hour]])– for which she won a [[Sylvania Award]] (1956) and received an [[EMMY Award\|EMMY Award nomination]] for Best Single Performance by an Actress (1957) – and ''[[Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris\|Mrs 'Arris Goes to Paris]]'' ([[Studio One (American TV series)\|Studio One]]), which was remade years later with [[Angela Lansbury]] as Mrs Harris, a charwoman in search of a fur coat (or a [[Christian Dior]] gown in Lansbury's case).		In 1956, Fields was the first actress to portray [[Miss Marple]]<ref name=gwldrec>{{cite web \|title=First actress to portray Miss Marple on TV \|url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/first-actress-to-portray-miss-marple-on-tv \|website=Guinnessworldrecords.com \|publisher=[[Guinness World Records]] Limited \|access-date=16 February 2015 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150216090033/http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/first-actress-to-portray-miss-marple-on-tv \|archive-date=16 February 2015 \|quote=The earliest actress to portray Miss Marple was the UK's Gracie Fields in the NBC (USA) Goodyear TV Playhouse: ''A Murder is Announced'' in 1956.}}</ref> in a US Television ([[Goodyear Television Playhouse\|Goodyear Playhouse]]) production of [[Agatha Christie\|Agatha Christie's]] ''[[A Murder is Announced]]''.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://imdb.com/title/tt0591121/fullcredits#cast \|title=A Murder Is Announced (Full Cast & Crew) \|year=1956 \|publisher=[[IMDb]] \|access-date=9 March 2015}}</ref> The production featured [[Jessica Tandy]] and [[Roger Moore]], and predates the [[Margaret Rutherford]] films by five years. She also starred in Television productions of ''[[A Tale of Two Cities]]'' ([[DuPont Show of the Month]], 1958), ''[[The Old Lady Shows Her Medals]]'' ([[The United States Steel Hour\|United States Steel Hour]])– for which she won a [[Sylvania Award]] (1956) and received an [[EMMY Award\|EMMY Award nomination]] for Best Single Performance by an Actress (1957) – and ''[[Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris\|Mrs 'Arris Goes to Paris]]'' ([[Studio One (American TV series)\|Studio One]]), which was remade years later with [[Angela Lansbury]] as Mrs Harris, a charwoman in search of a fur coat (or a [[Christian Dior]] gown in Lansbury's case).

	In 1957, her single "[[Around the World (1956 song)\|Around the World]]" peaked at No.8 in the [[UK Singles Chart]], with her recording of "[[Little Donkey]]" reaching No.20 in November 1959.<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book \| first= David \| last= Roberts \| year= 2006 \| title= British Hit Singles & Albums \| edition= 19th \| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited \| location= London \| isbn= 1-904994-10-5 \| page= 199}}</ref> The sheet music for the song was the UK's best-seller for seven weeks.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.onlineweb.com/theones/1950_sheet.htm \|date=25 May 1957 \|title=Around The World \|website=Onlineweb.com \|access-date=9 March 2015}}</ref>{{failed verification\|date=March 2015}}		In 1957, her single "[[Around the World (1956 song)\|Around the World]]" peaked at No.8 in the [[UK Singles Chart]], with her recording of "[[Little Donkey]]" reaching No.20 in November 1959.<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book \| first= David \| last= Roberts \| year= 2006 \| title= British Hit Singles & Albums \| edition= 19th \| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited \| location= London \| isbn= 1-904994-10-5 \| page= 199}}</ref> The sheet music for the song was the UK's best-seller for seven weeks.

	She was the subject of ''[[This Is Your Life (British TV series)\|This Is Your Life]]'' on 20 March 1960, when she was surprised by [[Eamonn Andrews]] at the [[Shepherd's Bush Empire\|BBC Television Theatre]].<ref>{{cite web \| url=http://graciefields.org/wordpress/this-is-your-life/ \| title=This is Your Life 1960 \| the Official Gracie Fields }}</ref>		She was the subject of ''[[This Is Your Life (British TV series)\|This Is Your Life]]'' on 20 March 1960, when she was surprised by [[Eamonn Andrews]] at the [[Shepherd's Bush Empire\|BBC Television Theatre]].<ref>{{cite web \| url=http://graciefields.org/wordpress/this-is-your-life/ \| title=This is Your Life 1960 \| the Official Gracie Fields }}</ref>