Gracie Fields - Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous

The Rochdale Boroughwide Cultural Trust holds the 'Gracie Fields Archive'.

In 2009, Jane Horrocks took the lead in the BBC TV production Gracie!, a drama portraying the life of Fields just before and during World War II and her relationship with Monty Banks (played by Tom Hollander).

Famed Jewish jazz pianist Irving Fields was born Isadore Schwartz, taking the name Fields from his sister Peppy, who had borrowed the name in tribute to Gracie Fields.

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