Gracie Fields

Dame Gracie Fields DBE OStJ
Fields on Capri (Allan Warren, 1973)
Born	Grace Stansfield (1898-01-09)9 January 1898 Rochdale, Lancashire, England
Died	27 September 1979(1979-09-27) (aged 81) La Canzone Del Mare, Capri, Italy
Nationality	British/Italian[1]
Occupations	Actress singer
Years active	1908–1979
Spouses	Archie Pitt ​ ​ (m. 1923; div. 1939)​ Monty Banks ​ ​ (m. 1940; died 1950)​ Boris Alperovici ​ ​ (m. 1952⁠–⁠posthumous year)​

Dame Gracie Fields DBE OStJ (born Grace Stansfield; 9 January 1898 – 27 September 1979) was a British actress, singer and comedian. A star of cinema and music hall,^[2][3] 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.^[4] Fields was known affectionately as Our Gracie and the Lancashire Lass and for never losing her strong, native Lancashire accent.^[5] 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.^[6]