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Gracie Fields

1898 - 1979

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Dame Gracie Fields (born Grace Stansfield; 9 January 1898 – 27 September 1979) was a 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 and 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Gracie Fields is the 7,590th most popular actor (down from 7,203rd in 2024), the 5,575th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,161st in 2019) and the 859th most popular British Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Gracie Fields ranks 7,590 out of 13,578. Before her are Brady Corbet, Stuart Pankin, Takashi Sorimachi, Margaret Lindsay, Sasha Roiz, and Noémie Merlant. After her are Mélanie Thierry, Dinah Manoff, Monty Banks, Lucy Gordon, Eduardo Santamarina, and Isabel Jewell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Gracie Fields ranks 304. Before her are Ewald Balser, Owen Barfield, Harry Edward, Roy Harris, Stephen Vincent Benét, and Tom Whittaker. After her are Wiley Post, Molly Picon, Ludwig Bemelmans, Harold Stephen Black, William O. Douglas, and Happy Chandler. Among people deceased in 1979, Gracie Fields ranks 281. Before her are George Brent, Lowell George, Roy Harris, Arthur Fiedler, J. G. Farrell, and Yuri Krylov. After her are Zoltán Várkonyi, Sally Rand, Angus MacLise, Putte Kock, Vladimir Fyodorov, and Walter Dietrich.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Gracie Fields ranks 5,577 out of 8,785. Before her are Stuart Baird (1947), Alan Pardew (1961), David Hobbs (1939), Justin Fashanu (1961), Steve Rothery (1959), and Peter Giles (1944). After her are John Rhodes (1927), Lucy Gordon (1980), Albert Ireton (1879), Sayeeda Warsi, Baroness Warsi (1971), Paul Clement (1972), and Robin Sachs (1951).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Gracie Fields ranks 859. Before her are Carole Shelley (1939), Sarah Lancashire (1964), Julian Morris (1983), Bella Ramsey (2003), Michaela Coel (1987), and Tulisa (1988). After her are Lucy Gordon (1980), Robin Sachs (1951), Clare Higgins (1955), Regé-Jean Page (1988), Anna Friel (1976), and Wendy Barrie (1912).

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