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Keep Smiling (1938)
Character: Gracie Gray
Entertainer quits a crooked London theater and sets up her troupe on her uncle's farm. A famous musician joins the group and helps them get a legitimate booking.
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This Week of Grace (1933)
Character: Grace Milroy
Grace Milroy loses her job working at a factory. However, through a strange set of circumstances, she is taken on as housekeeper at the nearby Swinford Castle the home of the eccentric Duchess of Swinford.
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Entertaining the Troops (2011)
Character: Archive Film
Documentary telling the story of the ENSA performers who kept up the troops' morale during World War II, with contributions from Dame Vera Lynn, Eric Sykes and Tony Benn.
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Love, Life and Laughter (1934)
Character: Nell Gwynn
Gracie plays a London publican's daughter named after Nell Gwynn, who much like the original, becomes romantically involved with a King(John Loder).
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Paris Underground (1945)
Character: Emmeline Quayle
Constance Bennett both produced and starred in the espionager Paris Underground. Bennett and Gracie Fields play, respectively, an American and an English citizen trapped in Paris when the Nazis invade. The women team up to help Allied aviators escape from the occupied city into Free French territory. The screenplay was based on the true wartime activities of Etta Shiber, who engineered the escape of nearly 300 Allied pilots. British fans of comedienne Gracie Fields were put off by the scenes in which she is tortured by the Gestapo, while Constance Bennett's following had been rapidly dwindling since the 1930s; as a result, the heartfelt but tiresome Paris Underground failed to make a dent at the box-office. It would be Constance Bennett's last starring film--and Gracie Fields' last film, period.
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Songs That Won the War (1994)
Character: Herself (Archive)
Wartime sweetheart Vera Lynn presents this documentary which sets archive footage and newsreel film from World War Two to the popular sounds of the day. Artists featured include Flanagan and Allen, Gracie Fields, George Formby, Bing Crosby, the Glenn Miller Orchestra, the Andrews Sisters and the Mills Brothers.
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Sing As We Go (1934)
Character: Gracie Platt
When the textile mill closes, putting her out of work, Gracie finds herself experiencing all of the amusements of Blackpool.
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Sally in Our Alley (1931)
Character: Sally Winch
A woman believes her boyfriend died in the First World War, but he is now looking for her
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The Show Goes On (1937)
Character: Sally Scowcroft
A mill worker with show biz dreams catches a big break when she's discovered by an ailing composer who's seeking the right singer for his songs.
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Shipyard Sally (1939)
Character: Sally Fitzgerald
A lancashire singer buys a pub in Clydebank and hits money troubles when the shipbyards are closed. She takes a petition to London to try to get them reopened.
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Holy Matrimony (1943)
Character: Alice Chalice
An artist returning from years abroad takes the identity of his dead valet and gets married, but then there are complications.
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We're Going to Be Rich (1938)
Character: Kit Dobson
A perpetual dreamer talks his wife into moving with him from their home in Australia to South Africa, where he hopes to discover gold and finally become wealthy.
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Looking on the Bright Side (1932)
Character: Gracie
Gracie Fields' second film Looking on the Bright Side was a smash hit film of 1932. It contains a lot of her biggest hit songs of the period.
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Look Up and Laugh (1935)
Character: Gracie Pearson
Gutsy lass Gracie rallies fellow stall-holders at Birkenhead Market to prevent its takeover and demolition by a department store chain. She invokes the Market's foundation by Royal Charter just before an inadvertent gas leak provides an explosive climax.
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Queen of Hearts (1936)
Character: Grace Perkins
A woman prevents a popular stage performer getting arrested for drunk driving, though has to pretend to be a rich benefactor when she next meets him.
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The Birth of Television (1976)
Character: Self - Interviewee
In this feature-length documentary from 1976, Leslie Mitchell and special guests recall the birth of BBC Television forty years before.
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Molly and Me (1945)
Character: Molly Barry
A vivacious actress needing work becomes a housekeeper for a crusty retired politician, and gives his life the shaking-up that it needs.
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Stage Door Canteen (1943)
Character: Gracie Fields
A young soldier on a pass in New York City visits the famed Stage Door Canteen, where famous stars of theatre and film appear and host a recreational center for servicemen during the war. The soldier meets a pretty young hostess and they enjoy the many entertainers and a growing romance.
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