Gracie!

In 1939, Gracie Fields, known as the "Queen of Hearts," is at the peak of her career as a singer and actress when she faces a public battle with cervical cancer. As World War II erupts, she continues to perform for the troops despite her fragile health, much to the concern of her husband, Monty Banks, an Italian-born film director whose real name is Mario Bianchi. With Italy's entry into the war, Monty faces the risk of internment, and Gracie agrees to let him relocate to America while she undertakes a tour of Canada to raise funds for the war effort. She is criticized for what some see as desertion from the country that made her a star and is even booed offstage, though she later performs for troops on battlefields. After the war ends, she regains some of her popularity, notably singing "Take Me To Your Heart Again" at the London Palladium. Monty Banks dies in 1950, and although Gracie remains a successful singer, she never fully recaptures the iconic status she held before the war.