Gloria Stuart

Gloria Stuart, a 1930s Hollywood leading lady who earned an Academy Award nomination for her first significant role in nearly 60 years — as Old Rose, the centenarian survivor of the Titanic in James Cameron's 1997 Oscar-winning film — has died. She was 100. Stuart, a founding member of the Screen Actors Guild who later became an accomplished painter and fine printer, died Sunday night at her West Los Angeles home, said her daughter, writer Sylvia Thompson.

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Yes, Gloria Stuart has slowed down and uses a cane these days — she is 100 after all — but the legendary actress is still stunningly beautiful, witty and impishly charming. During a recent visit to her Santa Monica home, her grandson Benjamin offers a guest a glass of orange juice and Stuart a glass of water. Stuart declines; she wants a glass of white wine. "Would you like some wine instead?" she asks her visitor. No, thanks. I don't drink wine. "You don't drink?"

Gloria Stuart, a 1930s Hollywood leading lady who earned an Academy Award nomination for her first significant role in nearly 60 years — as Old Rose, the centenarian survivor of the Titanic in James Cameron's 1997 Oscar-winning film — has died. She was 100. Stuart, a founding member of the Screen Actors Guild who later became an accomplished painter and fine printer, died Sunday night at her West Los Angeles home, said her daughter, writer Sylvia Thompson.

Like co-stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet, Gloria Stuart, 88, has followed "Titanic" with challenges: "The Love Letter" (with Kate Capshaw, Blythe Danner and Tom Selleck) and Wim Wenders' upcoming "The Million Dollar Hotel"--typical for someone (her autobiography is due in September from Little, Brown) who's had success as a glamour star, painter and printer. TAKING CHANCES: "I've turned down three 'darling grandmas'--loving, sweet loyal grandmas.

Like the 101-year-old shipwreck survivor she movingly plays in James Cameron's epic "Titanic," Gloria Stuart has stories to tell. The 87-year-old actress may not have faced icebergs in the Atlantic, but she's weathered formidable directors like John Ford and James Whale, defied Darryl Zanuck and Universal's Carl Laemmle Jr., fought to launch the Screen Actors Guild and lobbed butter at Humphrey Bogart.

Gloria Stuart: The Classic Hollywood column about Gloria Stuart in the July 21 Calendar section said that in the film "Titanic" she played the character of Rose, an 85-year-old survivor of the shipwreck. Stuart's character was 100 years old in the movie. Neil Young associate: A news obituary in Wednesday's LATExtra section on steel guitarist Ben Keith identified another associate of rocker Neil Young as drummer Tim Drummond. Drummond is a bassist. If you believe that we have made an error, or you have questions about The Times' journalistic standards and practices, you may contact Deirdre Edgar, readers' representative, by e-mail at readers.

"Titanic" actress Gloria Stuart is an enchanting raconteur, and Steven Smith an engaging and witty writer, but he betrays his comparative youth when he quotes Stuart as having been taken to see "Kathryn" Cornell ("Back in Bloom," Dec. 20). As her biographer Tad Mosel wrote in "Leading Lady," Katharine Cornell (1893-1974) made a small point of pride of "this beautiful and distinctive spelling." JAMES E. BRODHEAD Santa Barbara

Gloria Stuart, Actress, book artist "I made something out of the London magazine Hello. It was fantastic. It's called Hombre in the Hat and they say it's a 'flavorsome version of classic Toad-in-the-Hole, which uses chorizo and whole cloves of garlic with a spicy red Shiraz wine from Australia.' Well, I didn't have that. You take an 8-inch baking dish and put three sausages in it, three vine-ripened tomatoes and three cloves of garlic.

While James Cameron's "Titanic" unspools on two monitors, actor Efrain Figueroa is laying down an audio play-by-play in Spanish, bringing the action into the realm of the blind. At this relatively calm moment in the film, Titanic survivor Gloria Stuart settles her 101-year-old eyes on Leonardo DiCaprio's nude portrait of Kate Winslet. "El retrato esta en solucion liquitada para no se desintegre," Figueroa intones (The drawing sits in clear liquid to keep it from drying out).

Gloria Stuart: The Classic Hollywood column about Gloria Stuart in the July 21 Calendar section said that in the film "Titanic" she played the character of Rose, an 85-year-old survivor of the shipwreck. Stuart's character was 100 years old in the movie. Neil Young associate: A news obituary in Wednesday's LATExtra section on steel guitarist Ben Keith identified another associate of rocker Neil Young as drummer Tim Drummond. Drummond is a bassist. If you believe that we have made an error, or you have questions about The Times' journalistic standards and practices, you may contact Deirdre Edgar, readers' representative, by e-mail at readers.

Yes, Gloria Stuart has slowed down and uses a cane these days — she is 100 after all — but the legendary actress is still stunningly beautiful, witty and impishly charming. During a recent visit to her Santa Monica home, her grandson Benjamin offers a guest a glass of orange juice and Stuart a glass of water. Stuart declines; she wants a glass of white wine. "Would you like some wine instead?" she asks her visitor. No, thanks. I don't drink wine. "You don't drink?"

In the early 1940s, an exquisite blond actress, her handsome writer-husband and their skinny daughter were living at the Garden of Allah on Sunset Boulevard. The creation of silent-screen star Alla Nazimova, the Garden--tropical fruit trees and whitewashed bungalows around a pool shaped like the Black Sea--was like a movie set of a Moroccan village. One half-expected Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall to come strolling along arm in arm--which, in fact, they often did.

While James Cameron's "Titanic" unspools on two monitors, actor Efrain Figueroa is laying down an audio play-by-play in Spanish, bringing the action into the realm of the blind. At this relatively calm moment in the film, Titanic survivor Gloria Stuart settles her 101-year-old eyes on Leonardo DiCaprio's nude portrait of Kate Winslet. "El retrato esta en solucion liquitada para no se desintegre," Figueroa intones (The drawing sits in clear liquid to keep it from drying out).

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. --From "Gloria Stuart: I Just Kept Hoping," by Stuart and Sylvia Thompson Gloria Stuart admits to feeling a little stiff when she wakes up. She laments that she's no longer able to run. But those are the only times the sprightly 89-year-old actress ever thinks about age.

Like co-stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet, Gloria Stuart, 88, has followed "Titanic" with challenges: "The Love Letter" (with Kate Capshaw, Blythe Danner and Tom Selleck) and Wim Wenders' upcoming "The Million Dollar Hotel"--typical for someone (her autobiography is due in September from Little, Brown) who's had success as a glamour star, painter and printer. TAKING CHANCES: "I've turned down three 'darling grandmas'--loving, sweet loyal grandmas.

It was a day to remember for all involved in the making of "Titanic." The $200-million disaster epic collected a record-tying 14 nominations. A film-by-film breakdown of the nominations is on F9 Other nominations Best Director Peter Cattaneo, "The Full Monty" Gus Van Sant, "Good Will Hunting" Curtis Hanson, "L.A.

Gloria Stuart's eyes dart around the room. She is sitting in her study, her back to the wall, and for a moment she looks like a trapped ferret. "Why," she asks, "are all these people in my house?" That's easy, I tell her. You are suddenly famous, and the houses of the suddenly famous always fill up with mysterious people. That explains why a lady from the eyeglass store hovers over her shoulder, trying to fit new spectacles. Why the phone rings constantly.

Gloria Stuart, Actress, book artist "I made something out of the London magazine Hello. It was fantastic. It's called Hombre in the Hat and they say it's a 'flavorsome version of classic Toad-in-the-Hole, which uses chorizo and whole cloves of garlic with a spicy red Shiraz wine from Australia.' Well, I didn't have that. You take an 8-inch baking dish and put three sausages in it, three vine-ripened tomatoes and three cloves of garlic.

Is anything out there going to sink that ship? Don't bet on it. That, at least, is the consensus of veteran Oscar handicappers, all of whom pick early favorite "Titanic" to take home the best picture statuette on Monday night. More than that, the big boat also seems fated to convert at least 12 of its 14 nominations (likely missing out on best actress and losing makeup to "Men in Black") and exceed "Ben-Hur's" nearly 30-year-old record of 11 Oscar victories.