Timeline Gracie Fields

English singer and comedian from Rochdale, the biggest British star of the 1930s.

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1898 Gracie Fields born in Rochdale Gracie Fields is born in Rochdale.
1918 Gracie Fields in Mr Tower of London The revue tours for years and makes her a star.
1931 Gracie Fields in Sally in Our Alley Her first film gives her the song Sally.
1934 Gracie Fields in Sing As We Go Her best-known film, set in a Lancashire mill.
1938 Gracie Fields made a CBE She is appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
1938 Gracie Fields sings The Biggest Aspidistra in the World One of her best-loved comic songs.
1939 Gracie Fields tours with ENSA She entertains troops in France.
1940 Gracie Fields marries Monty Banks She marries the Italian-born director.
1947 Gracie Fields's Now Is the Hour Her recording becomes a hit.
1957 Gracie Fields's Around the World Another hit record.
1979 Gracie Fields made a Dame She is appointed Dame Commander months before her death.
1979 Gracie Fields dies in Capri Gracie Fields dies aged 81.