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Gloria Stuart (July 4, 1910 – September 26, 2010) was an American film actress whose career spanned over 70 years. She made her feature film debut in Street of Women (1932), before signing a contract with Universal Pictures. She appeared in numerous Pre-code era films for the studio, including the horror comedy The Old Dark House (1932), and the drama Laughter in Hell (1933). She starred as Flora Cranley in The Invisible Man (1933), which garnered her widespread fame, and later starred in two films opposite Shirley Temple: Poor Little Rich Girl (1936), and Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938), both for 20th Century Fox. She subsequently co-starred in The Three Musketeers (1939) opposite Don Ameche.

Dissatisfied with her career in film, Stuart shifted her focus to stage acting. Between 1940 and 1942, Stuart appeared in numerous summer stock plays in New England, including a 1940 production of Our Town in which she starred alongside its playwright and director, Thornton Wilder. By the mid-1940s, Stuart was dedicating her time to the pursuit of various visual arts, including painting, printmaking, serigraphy, Bonsai, and découpage. She gradually returned to acting in the 1970s after a decades-long career as an artist, appearing in minor roles in such films as Richard Benjamin's My Favorite Year (1982) and Wildcats (1986).

Stuart was cast as 101-year-old Rose Calvert in James Cameron's drama Titanic (1997), which earned her international notoriety, as well as numerous accolades, including an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress; which as of 2021, she remains the oldest nominee for the category. Her final film performance was a minor part in Wim Wenders' Land of Plenty (2004), before her death in 2010 at age 100.

Film

• Note: Some sources include Back Street (1932) in Stuart's filmography in an uncredited performance; since Stuart does not mention the film in her book, and because she is not listed in Back Street, this film is not included below.

Television

Music videos

Stage

References

1. ^ "Gloria Stuart Filmography". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Los Angeles: American Film Institute. Archived from the original on November 6, 2018.
2. ^ Mank 2005, p. 144.
3. Deal 2011, p. 67.
4. ^ Lentz 2011, p. 413.
5. Mank 2005, p. 145.
6. Harmetz, Arthur; Berkvist, Robert (September 27, 2010). "Gloria Stuart, an Actress Rediscovered Late, Dies at 100". The New York Times. Retrieved October 27, 2014.
7. "The Titanic Chronicles". The DVD-laser Disc Newsletter (173–183). New York: DVD-Laser Disc Newsletter: 42. November 1999. ISSN 0749-5250.
8. Stratton, David (February 9, 2000). "The Million Dollar Hotel". Variety. Penske Media Corporation. Archived from the original on November 6, 2018.
9. ^ Lentz 2011, p. 414.
10. Bergan, Ronald (September 28, 2010). "Gloria Stuart obituary". The Guardian. London. Archived from the original on September 16, 2013.
11. "Hanson, Weird Al Spoof "Titanic" In Video". MTV. Archived from the original on December 7, 2022. Retrieved 2023-04-06.
12. McLellan, Dennis (September 27, 2010). "Gloria Stuart dies at 100; 'Titanic' actress". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on October 7, 2014. Retrieved July 2, 2015.
13. Perry, Florence Fisher (July 28, 1940). "I Dare Say". Pittsburgh Press. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
14. "Town Hall Playhouse Will Open June 22". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, New York City. June 7, 1940. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
15. "Gloria Stuart To Appear With Thornton Wilder". The Fitchburg Sentinel. Fitchburg, Massachusetts. August 10, 1940. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
16. "Gloria Stuart". The Fitchburg Sentinel. Fitchburg, Massachusetts. August 3, 1940. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
17. Stuart & Thompson 1999, p. 129.
18. ^ "Summer Theaters". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, New York City. July 9, 1941. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
19. "Concerts and Plays Tonight". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. July 14, 1942. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
20. Francis, Robert (August 26, 1942). "Flatbush Revives 'Sailor Beware' With Fine Cast". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, New York City. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.

Sources

• Deal, Dave (2011). Television Fright Films of the 1970s. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. ISBN 978-0-786-45514-0.
• Gardner, Gerald; Bellows, Jim (2007). 80: From Ben Bradlee to Lena Horne to Carl Reiner, Our Most Famous Eighty Year Olds, Reveal Why They Never Felt So Young. Sourcebooks. ISBN 978-1-40220-840-9.
• Lentz, Harris M. III (2011). Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2010. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. ISBN 978-0-786-44175-4.
• Mank, Gregory William (2005). Women in Horror Films, 1930s. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. ISBN 978-0-78642-334-7.
• Stuart, Gloria; Thompson, Sylvia (1999). Gloria Stuart: I Just Kept Hoping. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company. ISBN 0-316-81571-3.

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