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Oral history interview with Gracie Fields, 1959.

Creator: Fields, Gracie, 1898-1979
Project: Popular arts project.
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Phys. Desc. :Transcript 49 pages Sound recording 1 reel
Location: Columbia Center for Oral History
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Biographical Note

Actress, comedienne

Scope and Contents

Recollections as touring child performer in England, early career, life as a member of an English touring revue company; introduction to films, attitudes about film work, stage, radio, vaudeville; Northern England, life in an industrial town; becoming a commedienne; state of entertainment in England; decline of the comedy song

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