Gloria Stuart died at 100!

[Javito]

Sure everyone remembers her role as old Rose in Titanic!

 

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LOS ANGELES, Calif. --

 

Gloria Stuart – the longtime Hollywood veteran popularly recognized for her role as the elder Rose in James Cameron’s “Titanic” – has died, Access Hollywood has confirmed.

 

Stuart was 100.

 

“Gloria Stuart Sheekman expired in her sleep shortly after 8 PM in the evening Sunday September 26th, 2010, in the bed she had built decades earlier out of two life size merry go round horses,” Stuart’s family said in a statement to Access Hollywood on Monday. “She was attended by her daughter Sylvia Vaughn Thompson and her extended family.”

 

Born on July 4, 1910, in Santa Monica, Calif., Stuart’s career kicked off in the early 1930s as the star of numerous horror films and musicals. Her resume boasts an impressive list of credits, which spanned eight decades in stage, film and TV.

 

Some of her most notable roles included “The Old Dark House” (1932), “The Invisible Man” (1933) and “The Prisoner of Shark Island” (1936). However, it was her role in Cameron’s 1997 blockbuster “Titanic” — starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet — which earned Stuart her first and only Oscar nomination, for her turn as Rose Calvert, the survivor of the legendary sunken vessel.

 

At age 87, she became the oldest actress ever to be nominated for an Academy Award. However, the Best Supporting Actress Oscar went to Kim Basinger for “L.A. Confidential” that year.

 

Access Hollywood was on the scene for Stuart’s 100th birthday party in July of this year, where her “Titanic” co-star Suzy Amis and director James Cameron were on hand to help her celebrate the milestone.

 

“We’ve stayed close since the making of ‘Titanic,’” Cameron said at the time, noting he first met the actress in 1996 when she was 86. “She loves life and she loves people. She’s got a great wit and she likes the humor inherent in any situation and she just is a great person that we can all learn a lot from in terms of values. I have infinite respect for her.”

 

Not surprisingly, Stuart left a lasting impact on many of the people she worked with.

 

“I played her granddaughter. I met her as Rose. I called her ‘nana’ and then she became my Gloria and she became my mentor and my peer and I learned so much from her,” Suzy told Access at the time. “I always tell her, ‘When I grow up Gloria, I want to be like you.’”

 

After appearing in more than 40 films from 1932 – 1939, and then in only four films during the 1940s, Stuart retired from acting for a while, according to the LA Times.

 

She made her return to the profession in 1975, with several small TV roles. Her return to the big screen came in 1982 with a role in the comedy “My Favorite Year,” starring Peter O’Toole.

 

Subsequent projects leading up to her “Titanic” comeback included 1984’s “Mass Appeal” starring Jack Lemmon and the 1986 football comedy “Wildcats” starring Goldie Hawn.

 

In 2000, she was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

 

Her final acting credit is listed as Lionsgate’s 2001 thriller “The Million Dollar Hotel” starring Mel Gibson and Milla Jovovich.

 

Stuart was married twice. Her first marriage was to sculptor Blair Gordon Newell, which lasted for four years before the couple divorced in 1934. Later that year, she married screenwriter Arthur Sheekman in Mexico. The two remain wed until Sheekman died in 1978.

 

Stuart had one daughter. She is also survived by four grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.

 

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Access Hollywood

 

Words by Kate Winslet (young Rose) an hour ago:

 

"I am so saddened to hear of the loss of this remarkable woman," Winslet said. "I feel blessed to have met her, known her and to have acted alongside her. Anyone who spent time in her presence will know what an extraordinary shining light she truly was. She will be deeply missed."

 

What a beautiful lady, even at 100

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May she rest in God's arms.

[fallen]

NOOOO she was cool.WHYYYYYYY may she rest in piece

[I Love You]

I just saw that right now how sad.

[Krys]

R.I.P. i always loved watching her parts in Titanic

[SuperLove4Celine]

:'(

[manolo19]

R.I.P

 

sad news

[J-Man]

That's a shame, she was never a big star but she was one of the oldest stars of the golden age still around. I have both the old dark house and the invisible man on DVD and she was good in both. But let's face it 100 is a pretty good innings. God speed Gloria.

[the power of celine]

may she rest in piece

[Céline74]

Awwww bless her soul!

[pollsy]

Oh, NOOO She had such a great parts in Titanic. Sad news R.I.P.

[manolo19]

Sic transit Gloria

Gloria Stuart’s life as a faded film star was hardly unhappy. The blonde beauty who had starred in such Thirties classics as James Whale’s The Old Dark House and the still-great The Invisible Man retired from the movies in 1946, disgusted with smaller, meaningless roles. But her life thrived. She painted, fell in love, became a master printer of limited edition books.

 

And then James Cameron cast her as the narrator of his blockbuster Titanic and Stuart’s career re-ignited at 87, playing the elder Rose of Kate Winslet’s Titanic passenger, the young Rose. Stuart died this week at 100.

 

I covered the Oscars the night Titanic swept the evening winning 11 of the golden guys and remember standing outside on the street while Paramount held a bash in a tent. I didn’t see Stuart but will never forget how sweet and kind the singer Celine Dion was, the only one of the triumphant crew to stop and talk to the press. It was she who wore the famous multi-carat “Rose” diamond that evening, not Stuart, that figured so prominently in the plot

[Nmj]

RIP

[CDI]

RIP, she was great in Titanic!

[Snowhite]

We all love Gloria.God bless her soul!Goodbye.

[Prince Whiskers]

So she died in her sleep like old Rose did. I still think the Oscar should have gone to her and not to Kim Basinger.

[Shamrock_1982]

She died in her sleep, an old lady... bless her!

[disadiva]

R.I.P Gloria' she will be missed.

[joruss10]

How sad!!!! Rest in peace!!

[kermitdafrog]

[TommKat22]

I was so saddened when I heard this :/

[ddmone99]

So unfortunate, the good ones die young. She's not really young but, R.I.P Gloria, her Titanic parts were the best! So sad, so extremely sad. Edited November 13, 2010 at 04:26 AM by ddmone99

[Nmj]

I wish she would have made it to 2012 to see Titanic 100 years in 3D...

 

RIP Gloria/Rose

[Nmj]

She died in her sleep, an old lady... bless her!

 

really thats how she died in Titanic too...