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Gracie Fields

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Actress

The Resume

    (January 9, 1898-September 27, 1979)
    Born in Rochdale, England, United Kingdom
    Birth name was Grace Stansfield
    Music hall star
    Appeared in the films 'Sally in Our Alley' (1931), 'Looking on the Bright Side' (1932), 'This Week of Grace' (1933), 'Sing As We Go' (1934), 'Queen of Hearts' (1936), 'The Show Goes On' (1937), 'Keep Smiling' (1938), 'Shipyard Sally' (1939), 'Paris Underground' (1945) and 'A Murder Is Announced' (1956)
    Recorded the songs 'Sally,' 'Sing As We Go,' 'The Biggest Aspidistra in the World,' 'Teddy Bears' Picnic,' 'Around the World' and 'The Isle of Capri'

Why she might be annoying:

    She married and divorced her manager.
    Ironically, her signature song, 'Sally,' was co-written by her husband's mistress.
    She hated making films, finding it boring.
    She suffered a sudden loss of popularity during WWII when she left Britain for America because her second husband was an Italian citizen who could have been interned as an enemy alien.

Why she might not be annoying:

    She was the highest-paid British actress of the 30s, earning £200,000 for four films.
    She received 250,000 goodwill messages from the public when she was diagnosed with cervical cancer (1939).
    During WWII, she entertained the troops in France, the South Pacific and New Guinea.
    She opened the Festival of Britain celebration (1951).
    She appeared in ten Royal Variety Performances between 1928 and 1978.
    Told she had been named a Dame Commander of the British Empire (1979), she replied, 'I'll accept... I can kneel, but I might need some help getting back up.'

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 10 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 7 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 9 Votes: 22.22% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 136 Votes: 58.82% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 10 Votes: 30.0% Annoying