Gloria Frances Stuart (born Gloria Stewart; July , â€" September , )
was an American actress, visual artist, and activist. She was
initially known for her roles in Pre-Code films, though she would
garner renewed fame later in life for her portrayal of Rose Dawson
Calvert in James Cameron's disaster romantic drama Titanic (), the
highest-grossing film of all time to that point. Her performance in
the film won her a Screen Actors Guild Award and nominations for a
Golden Globe and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.A
native of Santa Monica, California, Stuart began acting while in high
school. After attending the University of California, Berkeley, she
embarked on a career in theater, performing in local productions and
summer stock in Los Angeles and New York City. She signed a film
contract with Universal Pictures in , and acted in numerous films for
the studio, including the horror films The Old Dark House () and The
Invisible Man (), followed by roles in the Shirley Temple musicals
Poor Little Rich Girl () and Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (). She also
starred as Queen Anne in the musical comedy The Three Musketeers
().Beginning in , Stuart slowed her film career, instead performing in
regional theater in New England. In , following a tenure as a contract
player for Twentieth Century Fox, Stuart abandoned her acting career
and shifted to a career as an artist, working as a fine printer and
making paintings, serigraphy, miniature books, Bonsai, and découpage
for the next three decades. She produced numerous pieces during this
period, many of which are part of collections in the Los Angeles
County Museum of Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.Stuart
gradually returned to acting in the late s, appearing in several bit
parts, including in Richard Benjamin's My Favorite Year () and
Wildcats (). She made a prominent return to mainstream cinema when she
was cast as the -year-old elder Rose Dawson Calvert in Titanic (),
which earned her numerous accolades and renewed attention. Her final
film performance was in Wim Wenders' Land of Plenty (). She died of
respiratory failure in September , aged .
was an American actress, visual artist, and activist. She was
initially known for her roles in Pre-Code films, though she would
garner renewed fame later in life for her portrayal of Rose Dawson
Calvert in James Cameron's disaster romantic drama Titanic (), the
highest-grossing film of all time to that point. Her performance in
the film won her a Screen Actors Guild Award and nominations for a
Golden Globe and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.A
native of Santa Monica, California, Stuart began acting while in high
school. After attending the University of California, Berkeley, she
embarked on a career in theater, performing in local productions and
summer stock in Los Angeles and New York City. She signed a film
contract with Universal Pictures in , and acted in numerous films for
the studio, including the horror films The Old Dark House () and The
Invisible Man (), followed by roles in the Shirley Temple musicals
Poor Little Rich Girl () and Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (). She also
starred as Queen Anne in the musical comedy The Three Musketeers
().Beginning in , Stuart slowed her film career, instead performing in
regional theater in New England. In , following a tenure as a contract
player for Twentieth Century Fox, Stuart abandoned her acting career
and shifted to a career as an artist, working as a fine printer and
making paintings, serigraphy, miniature books, Bonsai, and découpage
for the next three decades. She produced numerous pieces during this
period, many of which are part of collections in the Los Angeles
County Museum of Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.Stuart
gradually returned to acting in the late s, appearing in several bit
parts, including in Richard Benjamin's My Favorite Year () and
Wildcats (). She made a prominent return to mainstream cinema when she
was cast as the -year-old elder Rose Dawson Calvert in Titanic (),
which earned her numerous accolades and renewed attention. Her final
film performance was in Wim Wenders' Land of Plenty (). She died of
respiratory failure in September , aged .
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