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- Category: Radio
- Star rank: 1728
- Address:
6146 Hollywood Blvd - Position: 3 tiles from the curb, facing west
- GPS location:
34.101524, -118.323646
Gracie Fields
Biography
Dame Gracie Fields, DBE (born Grace Stansfield, 9 January 1898 – 27 September 1979), was an English-born, later Italian-based actress, singer and comedienne and star of both cinema and music hall.
Fact file
- Born: January 9, 1898 Rochdale, Lancashire, England
- Died: September 27, 1979 (aged 81) Il Canzone Del Mare, Capri, Italy
- Occupation: Actress, singer
- Years active: 1924-1978
Read more about Gracie Fields at Wikipedia or at the Internet Movie Database
In the news
Gracie Fields music gets new life
BBC Entertainment, 2010-02-01 11:47:04
Unreleased songs by the late music hall and cinema star Dame Gracie Fields are to get a new lease of life after saved from storage.
Gracie! drama hits ratings high
BBC Entertainment, 2009-11-24 17:51:03
A TV drama based on the life of forces sweetheart and singer Gracie Fields helps BBC Four match its biggest ever audience.
Bonham Carter to play Enid Blyton
Variety, 2009-08-20 13:42:48
International News: BBC4 plans Margot Fonteyn, Gracie Fields biopics -- Helena Bonham Carter stars as the driven English children's author Enid Blyton, creator of "Noddy," "The Famous Five" and "The Secret Seven," in a BBC biopic.
Hollywood Blvd, south side, between El Centro and Gower
Nearby you will also find Jimmie Fidler, Martha Scott, Art Lund, and many others.