In her act, she sang and told comic stories as Gretchen, a naïve young German or Dutch woman who "spent much time contemplating the actions of a sweetheart".

[4] She also starred in a short film, Happy Fanny Fields and the Four Little Dutchmen, made by the Selsior company.

Described as "one of [the] brightest stars" of the music halls, a farewell dinner was arranged by the theatrical profession in her honour at the Savoy Hotel.

[6] She returned to the United States and married Dr. Abraham Rongy (né Roginsky, 1878–1949), a gynecologist who set up maternity hospitals and later published Abortion: Legal or Illegal?

[1] In a 2002 ITV biography, Joan Rivers revealed that Fields was a grandaunt on her mother's side and that "(Fanny) was the star of the family; she came over to the United States and married very, very rich and became very grand.