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3551:When I Grow Too Old to Dream
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1329:When I Grow Too Old to Dream
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2632:www.royalvarietycharity.org
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1229:"Only a Glass of Champagne"
1216:"I Took my Harp to a Party"
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987:Honours and popular culture
953:1979 New Years Honours List
566:In 1939, Fields suffered a
440:Fields' most famous song, "
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3057:Hunter, Jefferson (2010).
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1846:Fields, Gracie (1898–1979)
1716:Gracie Fields, still from
1430:Looking on the Bright Side
1043:Palace Theatre, Manchester
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657:Our Gracie's Working Party
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2626:Charity, Royal Variety.
2600:Charity, Royal Variety.
2294:Guinnessworldrecords.com
1651:1937 – 1st (3rd overall)
1359:"Singin' in the Bathtub"
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826:" peaked at No.8 in the
804:Mrs 'Arris Goes to Paris
791:United States Steel Hour
781:DuPont Show of the Month
412:His Master's Voice (HMV)
3838:Actresses from Rochdale
3823:English women comedians
3389:Gracie Fields interview
3213:Slide, Anthony (1985).
2938:Fields, Gracie (1960).
2917:"Motion Picture Herald"
2899:"Motion Picture Herald"
2881:"Motion Picture Herald"
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2498:"The Merv Griffin Show"
2359:Roberts, David (2006).
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1460:Love, Life and Laughter
1354:The Batley Variety Club
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1956:"Fleetwood Chronicle"
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1343:The Twelfth of Never
1266:"The Carefree Heart"
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1239:"Angels Guard Thee"
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891:Batley Variety Club
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699:La Canzone Del Mare
672:Festival of Britain
519:Fields also helped
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3481:Speak Softly, Love
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2436:on 24 January 2018
2424:marcus, laurence.
2385:"Around The World"
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2128:"Famous Residents"
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3292:2 September
3264:2 September
3236:2 September
3204:2 September
3176:2 September
3140:2 September
3112:2 September
3080:2 September
3048:2 September
3022:2 September
2921:Archive.org
2903:Archive.org
2885:Archive.org
2859:The Mercury
2812:The Mercury
2738:19 February
2712:14 December
2687:14 December
2662:14 December
2522:27 November
2308:16 February
2036:24 December
1899:"The Stage"
1690:Trincomalee
1537:Kit Dobson
1378:Filmography
1155:tramway, a
1149:Oldham Loop
1116:minesweeper
977:Royal Yacht
856:Val Parnell
767:Roger Moore
746:Miss Marple
725:Later years
719:Noël Coward
715:Greta Garbo
605:Navy League
596:Monty Banks
471:grand opera
452:Monty Banks
336:Archie Pitt
329:cotton mill
187:Monty Banks
158:Archie Pitt
122:Occupations
114:Nationality
3752:Categories
3730:Television
2979:David Bret
2977:(1995) by
2953:1245763555
2760:15 October
2637:15 January
2611:15 January
2585:15 January
2472:Discogs -
2192:Awm.gov.au
2159:14 October
2091:. p.
1784:Bfi.org.uk
1750:References
1663:1941 - 8th
1660:1940 - 3rd
1657:1939 - 2nd
1654:1938 – 2nd
1300:"Far Away"
1168:Lancashire
1108:Red Funnel
1106:built for
1055:Su Pollard
1047:Marti Webb
1045:, sung by
809:Studio One
677:LP records
629:New Guinea
617:Parliament
613:California
584:Basil Dean
528:Peacehaven
309:Stansfield
297:Lancashire
283:Early life
256:Our Gracie
252:music hall
86:Lancashire
74:1898-01-09
50:Fields on
3682:Biography
3393:Parkinson
2707:artuk.org
2682:artuk.org
2657:artuk.org
2580:0033-8060
2440:26 August
2213:The Times
1903:The Stage
1157:Class 156
973:pneumonia
783:, 1958),
568:breakdown
497:in 1937.
420:Trocadero
313:Yorkshire
305:Yorkshire
274:in 1979.
142:1908–1979
88:, England
3589:Producer
2865:27 April
2819:27 April
2546:Archived
2502:TV Guide
2318:in 1956.
2166:Bricktop
2079:(1983).
1806:AllMovie
1590:Herself
1548:Herself
1356:in 1968)
951:(in the
924:Rochdale
408:dramatic
293:Rochdale
82:Rochdale
3742:Theatre
3656:Portals
3631:Related
3364:Discogs
3335:at the
2932:Sources
2788:10 June
2542:YouTube
2395:9 March
2341:9 March
2271:9 March
2241:9 March
2197:9 March
1545:(short)
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1124:Dunkirk
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1083:Gracie!
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1402:Title
1392:(1943)
1022:After
625:Allied
588:France
532:Sussex
246:(born
131:singer
3718:Radio
3694:Music
3582:Films
3453:Sally
3445:Songs
2825:Trove
2247:Trove
2188:(PDF)
1405:Role
1399:Year
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981:Capri
967:Death
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3706:Film
3530:Home
3328:IMDb
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3193:ISBN
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3165:ISBN
3142:2010
3129:ISBN
3114:2010
3101:ISBN
3082:2010
3069:ISBN
3050:2010
3041:Life
3024:2010
3011:ISBN
2948:ISBN
2867:2012
2821:2012
2790:2018
2762:2009
2740:2015
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