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Gloria Stuart Wiki Biography
Gloria Frances Stuart was born on 4th July 1910, in Santa Monica, California USA, and was an actress with a two-part career. In the 1930s, she had minor success with films like “The Invisible Man” and “The Prisoner of Shark Island”, before she retired from the film business. She celebrated a big comeback in 1997 in the movie “Titanic” by James Cameron. For her appearance she received nomination for an Oscar as the Best Supporting Actress (the oldest actress ever nominated). She passed away in 2010.
How much was the net worth of Gloria Stuart? It has been estimated by authoritative sources that the overall size of her wealth was as much as $5 million, converted to the present day. Film and television were the main sources of Stuart’s wealth.
To begin with, the girl was raised in Santa Monica, California, attending Santa Monica High School and then studying drama and philosophy at the University of Southern California. After acting in college theatre groups and other amateur productions, Stewart signed a contract with Universal Studios in 1932.
Concerning her professional career, she made her film debut in 1932, and in the same year she was elected to WAMPAS Baby Stars of the Year. She debuted in James Whales’ horror comedy “The Old Dark House” (1932) creating a major supporting role at the side of Boris Karloff. A year later, Whale gave her a role in the horror classic “The Invisible Man”, appearing as a lover of a mad scientist (Claude Rains). After a few more films, however, she was pushed more and more into the background, and ended up in insignificant productions. Because of illness she missed the role of Hermia in Max Reinhardt’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” in 1935. and Olivia de Havilland took over the above mentioned role. She celebrated her last successes in the 1930s with films “The Gold Digger of 1935” and “The Prisoner of Shark Island”. Her move to 20th Century Fox did not change anything, and so in the middle of 1940s Stuart decided to go back to the theatre.
Gloria retired from acting in 1946, to devote herself to painting; it should be noted that several of her works were exhibited in American and European art galleries. However, she resumed her acting career in 1975, mostly in guest or support roles in TV films and series, until in 1997, Stuart interpreted the role of old Rose in the blockbuster “Titanic”, for which role she received an Oscar nomination as the Best Supporting Actress, so entering the history of Academy Awards as at 87 the oldest actress ever nominated, as well as Stuart and Kate Winslet being the first two actresses for the same role in a movie nominated in two different categories – Winslet was also nominated for her role of the young Rose in the category Best Actress. In 1998, Gloria appeared in a music video of the band Hanson, and her last role was in the drama film “Land of Plenty” (2004) directed by Wim Wenders.
Finally, in the personal life of the actress, she was married twice, from 1930 to 1934 to Blair Gordon Newell, then in 1934 to Arthur Sheekman – they had a daughter, and lived together until his death in 1978. She subsequently lived with Ward Ritchie from 1983 until his death from cancer in 1996. On 26th September 2010, Gloria Stuart died from pneumonia at the age of 100 in her home in West Los Angeles, California.
IMDB Wikipedia $5 million 1.65 m 1910-07-04 26 September 2010 4 July 1910 5000000 Actress Alice Deidrick Stewart American Arthur Sheekman m. 1934–1978 Berkeley Blair Gordon Newell m. 1930–1934 California Claude Rains Frank Finch Frank Stewart Gloria Stuart James Cameron James Whales Kate Winslet Los Angeles Olivia de Havilland Patricia Marie Finch Santa Monica Santa Monica High School Sylvia Vaughn Sheekman Thompson Thomas Stuart United States University of California Wim Wenders
Gloria Stuart Quick Info
Full Name | Gloria Stuart |
Net Worth | $5 million |
Date Of Birth | 4 July 1910 |
Died | 26 September 2010, Los Angeles, California, United States |
Place Of Birth | Santa Monica, California, United States |
Height | 1.65 m |
Profession | Actress |
Education | Santa Monica High School, University of California, Berkeley |
Nationality | American |
Spouse | Arthur Sheekman (m. 1934–1978), Blair Gordon Newell (m. 1930–1934) |
Children | Sylvia Vaughn Sheekman Thompson |
Parents | Frank Stewart, Alice Deidrick Stewart |
Siblings | Frank Finch, Patricia Marie Finch, Thomas Stuart |
IMDB | http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001784/ |
Awards | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role, Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress, Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress, Screen Actors Guild Ralph Morgan Award, Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Act… |
Nominations | Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture, Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture |
Movies | Titanic, The Invisible Man, The Old Dark House, Gold Diggers of 1935, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, The Prisoner of Shark Island, Roman Scandals, My Favorite Year, The Million Dollar Hotel, The Kiss Before the Mirror, Poor Little Rich Girl, The Love Letter, Here Comes the Navy, Secret of the Blue Room… |
Gloria Stuart Quotes
- [on not signing with Paramount in retrospect during a 1988 interview] I think it would have made all the difference. I might have gone on in films. I think of the ones that started out with me, the same place same station – Bette Davis, Ginger Rogers, Olivia de Havilland. I would have liked to have won an Academy Award, to have acted in one or two of the things they’ve all done. So that part I regret. But I have to think of what went with it, for them, the many marriages, problems with children, career difficulties – I wouldn’t trade any of their lives for mine. I’m very blessed, I think. I’ve had a happy, fulfilled life.
- [on James Cagney] Cagney was wonderful. Jimmy and I worked together getting the Guild going – he was one of the stalwart liberals then. And that whole Warner Brothers stock company of Irishmen were always having a good time. They were darling men, funny and amusing to be with.
- [on Claude Rains in The Invisible Man (1933)] Claude Rains was what was known as an actor’s actor. No quarter was asked and none given. A scene stealer? Whenever possible, yes. But with James Whale again you didn’t worry much. One way or another, you ended up in the position Whale wanted you in. And since Claude spent the entire film wrapped in bandages, you couldn’t blame him for trying.
- [on celebrating her 100th birthday on July 4, 2010] I would say I don’t notice any difference between 100 and, say, 90. You’re still frail, feeble and full of you-know-what.
- [on receiving the Ralph Morgan Award for her years of service] I’m very, very grateful. I’ve had a wonderful life of giving and sharing.
- [on her comeback as the elderly Rose in Titanic (1997)] I think that’s the important thing. If you’re full of love, admiration, appreciation of the beautiful things there are in this life, you have it made, really. And I have it made.
- Onward and Upward – Avanti!
- When I graduated from Santa Monica High in 1927, I was voted the girl most likely to succeed. I didn’t realize it would take so long.
Gloria Stuart Important Facts
- $10,000 /week
- $125 /week
- At the height of her early career as a contract player for 20th Century Fox, a young fan of Stuart’s–Ray Pearl, from Chicago–had her portrait tattooed across his chest. Stuart met with Pearl in person, an event which was photographed and profiled in Life magazine in the fall of 1937.
- Helped form the Hollywood Anti-Nazi League in 1936.
- Was a founding member of the Screen Actors Guild.
- Appeared in at least two films that feature a horrific cruise ship disaster, released almost exactly sixty years apart: Girl Overboard (1937) and Titanic (1997).
- Mother-in-law of television writer Gene Thompson.
- While a very young Stuart was appearing in the Pasadena Playhouse, not only was a Paramount casting director there, but also an agent from Universal who was there to see her leading man was also. She received contract offers from both studios but was advised to sign with Universal because it was not a major studio at the time and that would afford her more opportunities.
- Had appeared with John Carradine in three films: The Invisible Man (1933), The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936) and The Three Musketeers (1939).
- Favorite actress of director James Whale, whom she worked with in three films: The Old Dark House (1932), The Kiss Before the Mirror (1933) and The Invisible Man (1933).
- Although it was rumored that she was buried at several well-known Hollywood cemeteries, Gloria Stuart was cremated and her ashes were distributed, according to her lifelong wishes, in Santa Monica Bay, as family, friends and Titanic (1997) crew and cast members stood on the Santa Monica Pier.
- Not to be confused with Gloria Stewart, James Stewart’s wife.
- Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6714 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on September 27, 2000.
- Lived directly opposite the house in Brentwood, California where Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman were murdered.
- In Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935), Stuart played a young woman whose mother pushes her to marry an unlikable rich man, but the young woman falls in love with a poor man. In Titanic (1997), Stuart’s character did the very same thing 84 years earlier.
- Interviewed in “It Came from Horrorwood: Interviews with Moviemakers in the SF and Horror Tradition” by Tom Weaver (McFarland, 1996).
- Her eleven great-grandchildren are Jacob Thompson; Samuel Thompson; Deborah Thompson; Tziporah Thompson, Sarah-Leah Thompson; Dylan Sapia, Weston Sapia, Stuart Sapia, Jasen Sapia, Maggie Thompson and Frannie Whelan.
- Her four grandchildren are David Oxley Thompson, born on January 15, 1957 in Berkeley, California; Benjamin Stuart Thompson, born on September 21, 1959 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England; Dinah Vaughn Thompson, born on December 6, 1960 in Los Angeles, California; and Amanda Thompson, born on July 30, 1962 in Berkeley, California.
- Her younger brother, Frank Finch, an esteemed sports writer for the Los Angeles Times, was born in 1911.
- Her younger brother, Thomas Stewart, died in infancy in 1912 from spinal meningitis.
- She graduated from Santa Monica High School in 1927 and attended the University of California, Berkeley but dropped out.
- Stepdaughter of Fred J. Finch, a Kentucky native who owned a local funeral parlor and held oil leases in Texas.
- She has four grandchildren and twelve great-grandchildren.
- Turned down Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938) because she felt that the material was not to her dramatic acting abilities; however, Darryl F. Zanuck forced her to do the picture, and explained that she would be seen by millions, due to Shirley Temple’s popularity. Stuart agreed in a 1998 interview that Zanuck was correct.
- Following her husband’s death, she engaged in a 13-year friendship with printer Ward Ritchie, born in 1904. They first met in 1930 when he was best friends with first husband, sculptor Blair Gordon Newell. The two reacquainted in March 1983 and he taught her fine printing. They remained close until his death in 1996.
- Her daughter, Sylvia Vaughn (Sheekman) Thompson Park (born June 19, 1935) is a gourmet food writer and has authored several cookbooks.
- Shortened her last name from “Stewart” to “Stuart” because she thought its six letters balanced perfectly on a theater’s marquee with the six letters in “Gloria”.
- At age 86, she was aged by makeup to play Rose DeWitt Bukater at age 101 in Titanic (1997). However, Stuart did not find this a pleasant experience.
- Titanic (1997) was her second film that featured a doomed ship. One of her early films, Here Comes the Navy (1934), was filmed aboard the USS Arizona.
- She was the only cast member of Titanic (1997) who was alive at the time of the actual disaster. Stuart lived to be 100 years old, the same age as her character in the film.
- Chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World (1998).
- At age 87, she was the oldest person ever to be nominated for an Academy Award.
Gloria Stuart Filmography
Title | Year | Status | Character | Role |
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Land of Plenty | 2004 | Old Lady | Actress | |
Miracles | 2003 | TV Series | Rosanna Wye | Actress |
General Hospital | 2002-2003 | TV Series | Catherine | Actress |
Touched by an Angel | 2001 | TV Series | Grams | Actress |
The Invisible Man | 2001 | TV Series | Madeline Fawkes | Actress |
Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man | 2001 | TV Movie | Eliza Hoops | Actress |
My Mother, the Spy | 2000 | TV Movie | Grandma | Actress |
The Million Dollar Hotel | 2000 | Jessica | Actress | |
The Titanic Chronicles | 1999 | TV Movie | Mrs. Helen Bishop (voice) | Actress |
The Love Letter | 1999 | Eleanor | Actress | |
Titanic | 1997 | Old Rose | Actress | |
She Knows Too Much | 1989 | TV Movie | Kiki Watwood (as Gloria Stuart Sheekman) | Actress |
Shootdown | 1988 | TV Movie | Gertrude | Actress |
Murder, She Wrote | 1987 | TV Series | Edna Jarvis | Actress |
Wildcats | 1986 | Mrs. Connoly | Actress | |
There Were Times, Dear | 1985 | TV Movie | Actress | |
Mass Appeal | 1984 | Mrs. Curry | Actress | |
Manimal | 1983 | TV Series | Bag Lady | Actress |
My Favorite Year | 1982 | Mrs. Horn | Actress | |
Merlene of the Movies | 1981 | TV Movie | Actress | |
The Violation of Sarah McDavid | 1981 | TV Movie | Mrs. Fowler | Actress |
Enos | 1980 | TV Series | Lilly | Actress |
Fun and Games | 1980 | TV Movie | Terri | Actress |
The Two Worlds of Jennie Logan | 1979 | TV Movie | Lady sitting at cemetary | Actress |
The Best Place to Be | 1979 | TV Movie | Actress | |
The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel | 1979 | TV Movie | Rose Hooper | Actress |
Battered | 1978 | TV Movie | Actress | |
In the Glitter Palace | 1977 | TV Movie | Mrs. Bowman | Actress |
Flood! | 1976 | TV Movie | Mrs. Parker | Actress |
The Waltons | 1975 | TV Series | Saleswoman | Actress |
Adventures of the Queen | 1975 | TV Movie | Female Passenger | Actress |
The Legend of Lizzie Borden | 1975 | TV Movie | Store Customer | Actress |
She Wrote the Book | 1946 | Phyllis Fowler | Actress | |
Enemy of Women | 1944 | Bertha | Actress | |
The Whistler | 1944 | Alice Walker | Actress | |
Here Comes Elmer | 1943 | Glenda Forbes | Actress | |
It Could Happen to You | 1939 | Doris Winslow | Actress | |
Winner Take All | 1939 | Julie Harrison | Actress | |
The Three Musketeers | 1939 | Queen Anne | Actress | |
The Lady Objects | 1938 | Ann Adams Hayward | Actress | |
Time Out for Murder | 1938 | Margie Ross | Actress | |
Keep Smiling | 1938/II | Carol Walters | Actress | |
Island in the Sky | 1938 | Julie Hayes | Actress | |
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm | 1938 | Gwen Warren | Actress | |
Change of Heart | 1938 | Carol Murdock | Actress | |
Life Begins at College | 1937 | Janet O’Hara | Actress | |
The Lady Escapes | 1937 | Linda Ryan | Actress | |
Girl Overboard | 1937 | Mary Chesbrooke | Actress | |
Wanted! Jane Turner | 1936 | Doris Martin | Actress | |
The Girl on the Front Page | 1936 | Joan Langford | Actress | |
36 Hours to Kill | 1936 | Anne Marvis | Actress | |
The Crime of Dr. Forbes | 1936 | Ellen Godfrey | Actress | |
Poor Little Rich Girl | 1936 | Margaret Allen | Actress | |
The Prisoner of Shark Island | 1936 | Mrs. Peggy Mudd | Actress | |
Professional Soldier | 1935 | Countess Sonia | Actress | |
Laddie | 1935 | Pamela Pryor | Actress | |
Gold Diggers of 1935 | 1935 | Ann Prentiss | Actress | |
Maybe It’s Love | 1935 | Bobby Halevy | Actress | |
Gift of Gab | 1934 | Barbara Kelton | Actress | |
Here Comes the Navy | 1934 | Dorothy | Actress | |
The Love Captive | 1934 | Alice Trask | Actress | |
I’ll Tell the World | 1934 | Jane Hamilton | Actress | |
I Like It That Way | 1934 | Anne Rogers | Actress | |
Beloved | 1934 | Lucy Tarrant Hausmann | Actress | |
Roman Scandals | 1933 | Princess Sylvia | Actress | |
The Invisible Man | 1933 | Flora Cranley | Actress | |
Secret of the Blue Room | 1933 | Irene von Helldorf | Actress | |
It’s Great to Be Alive | 1933 | Dorothy Wilton | Actress | |
The Girl in 419 | 1933 | Mary Dolan | Actress | |
The Kiss Before the Mirror | 1933 | Lucy Bernsdorf | Actress | |
Private Jones | 1933 | Mary Gregg | Actress | |
Sweepings | 1933 | Phoebe | Actress | |
Laughter in Hell | 1933 | Lorraine | Actress | |
Air Mail | 1932 | Ruth Barnes | Actress | |
The Old Dark House | 1932 | Margaret Waverton | Actress | |
The All-American | 1932 | Ellen Steffens | Actress | |
Back Street | 1932 | Young Woman (uncredited) | Actress | |
Street of Women | 1932 | Doris ‘Dodo’ Baldwin | Actress | |
The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood | 1932 | Gloria Stuart | Actress | |
36 Hours to Kill | 1936 | performer: “Row, Row. Row Your Boat” – uncredited | Soundtrack | |
Gold Diggers of 1935 | 1935 | performer: “I’m Goin’ Shoppin’ with You” 1935 – uncredited | Soundtrack | |
Secret of the Blue Room | 1933 | performer: “I Can’t Help But Dream of You” – uncredited | Soundtrack | |
Air Mail | 1932 | performer: “Silent Night” – uncredited | Soundtrack | |
Edición Especial Coleccionista | 2011 | TV Series dedicatee – 1 episode | Thanks | |
A History of Horror with Mark Gatiss | 2010 | TV Mini-Series documentary in memory of – 1 episode | Thanks | |
The World of Gods and Monsters: A Journey with James Whale | 1999 | Video documentary short acknowledgment | Thanks | |
A History of Horror with Mark Gatiss | 2010 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Herself / Margaret Waverton | Self |
Flight of Butterfly | 2010 | Documentary short | Herself | Self |
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History – The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression | 2009 | Video documentary | Herself | Self |
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History | 2008 | Video documentary | Herself | Self |
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical Treasure | 2008 | TV Movie documentary | Herself | Self |
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History – The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical | 2008 | Video documentary | Herself | Self |
Chris & Don. A Love Story | 2007 | Documentary | Herself | Self |
City Confidential | 2007 | TV Series documentary | Herself | Self |
Karloff and Me | 2006 | Documentary | Herself | Self |
Titanic: EPK Press Kit | 2005 | Video documentary short | Herself | Self |
Titanic’s Production: Behind the Scenes | 2005 | Video documentary | Herself | Self |
Buzz | 2005 | Documentary | Self | |
Hollywood Legenden | 2004 | TV Movie documentary | Herself | Self |
The Desilu Story | 2003 | TV Movie documentary | Herself | Self |
Gala Paramount Pictures Celebrates 90th Anniversary with 90 Stars for 90 Years | 2002 | TV Movie | Herself | Self |
The 74th Annual Academy Awards | 2002 | TV Special | Herself – Audience Member | Self |
I Used to Be in Pictures | 2000 | Documentary | Herself | Self |
Hollywood, D.C. | 2000 | TV Movie documentary | Herself | Self |
The 72nd Annual Academy Awards | 2000 | TV Special | Herself – Audience Member | Self |
Forever Hollywood | 1999 | TV Movie documentary | Herself | Self |
The World of Gods and Monsters: A Journey with James Whale | 1999 | Video documentary short | Herself – Actor | Self |
Fox Studios Australia: The Grand Opening | 1999 | TV Movie documentary | Herself (as Gloria Stewart) | Self |
5th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards | 1999 | TV Special | Herself | Self |
The 56th Annual Golden Globe Awards | 1999 | TV Movie documentary | Herself – Presenter | Self |
The 25th Annual People’s Choice Awards | 1999 | TV Special | Herself | Self |
Universal Horror | 1998 | TV Movie documentary | Herself / interview | Self |
The 70th Annual Academy Awards | 1998 | TV Special | Herself – Nominee: Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Self |
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | 1998 | TV Series | Herself – Guest | Self |
4th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards | 1998 | TV Special | Herself | Self |
The 55th Annual Golden Globe Awards | 1998 | TV Special | Herself – Nominee: Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture | Self |
Humphrey Bogart: You Must Remember This… | 1997 | TV Movie documentary | Herself | Self |
Biography | 1996 | TV Series documentary | Herself | Self |
Bogart: The Untold Story | 1996 | TV Movie documentary | Herself – Actress & Friend | Self |
Shirley Temple: America’s Little Darling | 1993 | TV Movie | Herself | Self |
The Famous Monsters 1993 World Convention Souvenir Video | 1993 | Video documentary | Self | |
The One, the Only… Groucho | 1991 | TV Movie documentary | Herself | Self |
The Horror of It All | 1983 | TV Movie documentary | Herself | Self |
Hollywood on Parade No. A-9 | 1933 | Short | Herself | Self |
Beyond Titanic | 1998 | TV Movie documentary | Herself | Archive Footage |
Gomorron | 1997 | TV Series | Herself | Archive Footage |
The Horror Show | 1979 | TV Movie documentary | Archive Footage | |
Secret Life of Old Rose: The Art of Gloria Stuart | 2012 | Documentary | Herself | Archive Footage |
The 83rd Annual Academy Awards | 2011 | TV Special | Herself – Memorial Tribute | Archive Footage |
17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards | 2011 | TV Special | Herself – Memorial Tribute | Archive Footage |
CR: Titanic | 2011 | Video Game | Old Rose | Archive Footage |
Cinemassacre’s Monster Madness | 2009 | TV Series documentary | Flora Cranley / Margaret Waverton | Archive Footage |
Boffo! Tinseltown’s Bombs and Blockbusters | 2006 | Documentary | Old Rose (uncredited) | Archive Footage |
Gloria Stuart Awards
Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie | Category |
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2010 | Ralph Morgan Award | Screen Actors Guild Awards | Won | ||
2002 | Lifetime Achievement Award | Long Beach International Film Festival, Pasadena | Won | ||
2000 | Eyegore Award | Eyegore Awards | Won | ||
2000 | Star on the Walk of Fame | Walk of Fame | Motion Picture | On 27 September 2000. At 6718 Hollywood Blvd. | Won |
1998 | Saturn Award | Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA | Best Supporting Actress | Titanic (1997) | Won |
1998 | OFCS Award | Online Film Critics Society Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Titanic (1997) | Won |
1998 | Actor | Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role | Titanic (1997) | Won |
1997 | KCFCC Award | Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Titanic (1997) | Won |
2010 | Ralph Morgan Award | Screen Actors Guild Awards | Nominated | ||
2002 | Lifetime Achievement Award | Long Beach International Film Festival, Pasadena | Nominated | ||
2000 | Eyegore Award | Eyegore Awards | Nominated | ||
2000 | Star on the Walk of Fame | Walk of Fame | Motion Picture | On 27 September 2000. At 6718 Hollywood Blvd. | Nominated |
1998 | Saturn Award | Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA | Best Supporting Actress | Titanic (1997) | Nominated |
1998 | OFCS Award | Online Film Critics Society Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Titanic (1997) | Nominated |
1998 | Actor | Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role | Titanic (1997) | Nominated |
1997 | KCFCC Award | Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Titanic (1997) | Nominated |