Titanic Actress Dies at 100

PROFILE

  • Name:     Gloria Frances Stuart 
  • Born:      July 4, 1910
  • Place:     Santa Monica, California USA
  • Occupation: Actress, Painter
  • Years Active:    1932-1946;1975-2004
  • Died: September 26, 2010 (aged 100), Brentwood, California, USA
  • Cause of Death: Respiratory Failure  


NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS
  
► She is an American Actress, appeared on stage, television and film in Hollywood for more than 70 years.

► One of the Hollywood's Golden Age Actress.

► She is best recognize for her role as Claude Rain's sweetheart in the The Invisible Man.

► Nominated as a Supporting Actress in Oscar Awards, Golden Globe and  Screen Actors Guild Award for playing the 101 year-old Rose in the film "Titanic". Her performance in the movie was a model role which made her famous to younger audiences.

► She remains the oldest actress to be nominated for an Academy Awards.

► She was the only cast member of Titanic who was alive when at the time of the actual disaster.

► In 1998, she was chosen by the People's Magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World.

► She received a star on the Hollywood's Walk of fame in 2007.

► Also known in Hollywood as an early activist in the Screen Actors Guild, in part of her frustration at her own career.

► On June 19, 2010, She was honored by the Screen Actors Guild for her years of service. She was presented the Ralph Morgan Award by Titanic co-star Frances Fisher.

     Exceptional. Beautiful. Talented Woman. You will always be remembered!

   

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