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Gracie Fields

She may have spent most of her later life on the isle of Capri in Italy, but there was something distinctly English about the singer/actress/comedienne and music hall star Gracie Fields. Born in the north of England over a Rochdale fish and chip shop owned by her grandmother, Gracie was a natural show-person, making her first stage appearances with children's repertory theatre groups at a young age. Her sisters Edith and Betty and brother Tommy all pursued careers on stage, but Gracie was far more successful, making her professional debut in a variety show at Rochdale Hippodrome ...