Gracie Fields
Also Known As: Grace Stansfield
Biography: Gracie Fields (born Grace Stansfield) was an English actress, singer and comedian and appeared in music hall, film and television.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Rochdale, Lancashire, England, UK
Birthday: January 09, 1898
Deathday: September 27, 1979
Adult: No
Gender: Female
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The Birth of Television
Overview: In this feature-length documentary from 1976, Leslie Mitchell and special guests recall the birth of BBC Television forty years before.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-11-01
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Holy Matrimony
Overview: An artist returning from years abroad takes the identity of his dead valet and gets married, but then there are complications.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-08-24
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Sing As We Go
Overview: When the textile mill closes, putting her out of work, Gracie finds herself experiencing all of the amusements of Blackpool.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-09-13
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Look Up and Laugh
Overview: Gutsy lass Gracie rallies fellow stall-holders at Birkenhead Market to prevent its takeover and demolition by a department store chain. She invokes the Market's foundation by Royal Charter just before an inadvertent gas leak provides an explosive climax.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-08-13
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Looking on the Bright Side
Overview: Gracie Fields' second film Looking on the Bright Side was a smash hit film of 1932. It contains a lot of her biggest hit songs of the period.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-03-14
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This Week of Grace
Overview: Grace Milroy loses her job working at a factory. However, through a strange set of circumstances, she is taken on as housekeeper at the nearby Swinford Castle the home of the eccentric Duchess of Swinford.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-06-30
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Shipyard Sally
Overview: A lancashire singer buys a pub in Clydebank and hits money troubles when the shipbyards are closed. She takes a petition to London to try to get them reopened.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-09-30
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Sally in Our Alley
Overview: A woman believes her boyfriend died in the First World War, but he is now looking for her
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-07-09
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Love, Life and Laughter
Overview: Gracie plays a London publican's daughter named after Nell Gwynn, who much like the original, becomes romantically involved with a King(John Loder).
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-03-01
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The Show Goes On
Overview: A mill worker with show biz dreams catches a big break when she's discovered by an ailing composer who's seeking the right singer for his songs.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-03-31
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Queen of Hearts
Overview: A woman prevents a popular stage performer getting arrested for drunk driving, though has to pretend to be a rich benefactor when she next meets him.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-10-04
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Paris Underground
Overview: Constance Bennett both produced and starred in the espionager Paris Underground. Bennett and Gracie Fields play, respectively, an American and an English citizen trapped in Paris when the Nazis invade. The women team up to help Allied aviators escape from the occupied city into Free French territory. The screenplay was based on the true wartime activities of Etta Shiber, who engineered the escape of nearly 300 Allied pilots. British fans of comedienne Gracie Fields were put off by the scenes in which she is tortured by the Gestapo, while Constance Bennett's following had been rapidly dwindling since the 1930s; as a result, the heartfelt but tiresome Paris Underground failed to make a dent at the box-office. It would be Constance Bennett's last starring film--and Gracie Fields' last film, period.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-10-18
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Keep Smiling
Overview: Entertainer quits a crooked London theater and sets up her troupe on her uncle's farm. A famous musician joins the group and helps them get a legitimate booking.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-01-02
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Entertaining the Troops
Overview: Documentary telling the story of the ENSA performers who kept up the troops' morale during World War II, with contributions from Dame Vera Lynn, Eric Sykes and Tony Benn.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-09-20
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Molly and Me
Overview: A vivacious actress needing work becomes a housekeeper for a crusty retired politician, and gives his life the shaking-up that it needs.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-05-25
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We're Going to Be Rich
Overview: A perpetual dreamer talks his wife into moving with him from their home in Australia to South Africa, where he hopes to discover gold and finally become wealthy.
Genres: Comedy History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-07-03
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Songs That Won the War
Overview: Wartime sweetheart Vera Lynn presents this documentary which sets archive footage and newsreel film from World War Two to the popular sounds of the day. Artists featured include Flanagan and Allen, Gracie Fields, George Formby, Bing Crosby, the Glenn Miller Orchestra, the Andrews Sisters and the Mills Brothers.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-05-01
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Stage Door Canteen
Overview: A young soldier on a pass in New York City visits the famed Stage Door Canteen, where famous stars of the theater and films appear and host a recreational center for servicemen during the war. The soldier meets a pretty young hostess and they enjoy the many entertainers and a growing romance
Genres: Comedy Music Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-06-24
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