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Gloria Stuart, 'Titanic' actress, dies at the age of 100 after Hollywood career revival

By David Hinckley
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER

Originally Published:Monday, September 27th 2010, 3:35 PM
Updated: Monday, September 27th 2010, 4:08 PM


Gloria Stuart, a blond movie bombshell of the 1930s who resurfaced a half century later as the sentimental heart of the blockbuster "Titanic," died Sunday at the age of 100.

In the 1997 James Cameron film, Stuart played the older incarnation of Kate Winslett's Rose Calvert - the character who turned the movie from a tragedy in which 1,490 people died into a bittersweet tale where a single locket showed love could endure.

"Titanic" didn't lead to a Betty White-style rebirth for Stuart's career, but it gave her a happy ending that she said she had not entirely expected.

She starred in dozens of films in the 1930s, working with top directors like John Ford and generally playing a beautiful blonde. She said at the time of "Titanic" that she spent most of those years angry and frustrated that she was not asked or allowed to play more.

She was best known for playing Claude Rains's sweetheart in "The Invisible Man," while film fans often cite "The Old Dark House" as one of her finest performances.

She left acting after World War II and turned to painting, where she adopted a primitive style reminiscent of Grandma Moses. She later developed a line of blank artists' books.

She returned to acting sporadically in later years, taking one spotlight role as Peter O'Toole's silent dance partner in "My Favorite Year."

She was nominated for an Oscar, a Golden Globe and a Screen Actors Guild award for her role in "Titanic." She remains the oldest actress nominated for an Academy Award.

She was also known in Hollywood as an early activist in the Screen Actors Guild, in part from her frustration at her own career.

She celebrated her 100th birthday July 4 at a lavish Hollywood party attended by, among others, "Titanic" director James Cameron.
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Tony Curtis died :cry: That got a lot of coverage here because he was in Some Like It Hot which was filmed at the Hotel Del-one of his favorite places as he came down to San Diego and stayed there quite frequently.
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Stephen J. Cannell died yesterday. He made a lot of good shows.

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With profound sadness, we have to announce that our dear friend and colleague, Stephen Cannell, has lost a brave fight against cancer. He passed away at his home last night. He will be missed beyond measure by the Cannell Team and all of us who had the privilege and the plain good luck to know and work with him. Through the legacy of his body of work, with which he was able to entertain and enrich the lives of millions of viewers and thousands of readers, he will always be with us, living on in our hearts and minds, with fond memories forever.
Prolific TV producer Stephen J. Cannell dies

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NEW YORK — Stephen J. Cannell, the prolific writer-producer of dozens of TV series that included "The Rockford Files" and "The A-Team," has died at age 69.

Cannell passed away at his home in Pasadena, Calif., on Thursday night from complications associated with melanoma, his publicist said on Friday.

After three decades as an independent producer of TV shows, Cannell in recent years had focused his attention to writing books, and had published 16.

As an actor, he had a recurring role on ABC-TV's series, "Castle."
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He was really young! :shock:
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katied wrote:He was really young! :shock:
He was 69!
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Depends on the person..My dad is 70 and you wouldn't know it!

70 is the new 50! :mrgreen:
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Loved Stephen J. Cannell's work, and he was very funny in Diagnosis Murder where he satarised a maker of awful TV shows.

RIP too to Sir Norman Wisdom the British comedy legend who has died aged 95.

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RIP Roy Ward Barker, the director of Hammer Horror and numerous other cult movies and television shows.
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They're close to rescuing the Chilean miners ...thank god! :cheers:
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katied wrote:They're close to rescuing the Chilean miners ...thank god! :cheers:
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Three of them are out now! :cheers:

I don't mind admitting that I cried like a baby when they reached the miners, loaded the first guy in the capsule and brought him to the surface!
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Simon Maccorkindale has died aged 58. I loved The Riddle of the Sands.
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The miner story was the best story of 2010! :cheers: The speed they got the miners out was amazing. Nobody thought it could be done, it was almost like Armageddon where they get the best driller from all over to world to help out saving these guys.

we have lost a few good actors at an young age. very sad. Cannell look so healthy and young when he was on Castle I was shocked to hear he died. Simon MacCorkindale was way too young I remember him from a few shows in the 80s
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RIP to Simon Maccorkidale who would have been a great Bond.


Tom Bosley of Happy Days, Murder She Wrote and Father Dowling has died aged 83.

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Barbara Billingsley died saturday. RIP
She will always be the Nanny on Muppet Babies to me more probably remember her as Mrs Cleaver.

Strange but true Eddie Haskell Grew up to be a cop.
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Loved father Dowling mysteries, I just saw this weekend him on a Ellery Queen DVD and was thinking about him. RIP
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Sad to hear about both Barbara Billingsley and Tom Bosley. :(
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Dr. No wrote:Loved father Dowling mysteries, I just saw this weekend him on a Ellery Queen DVD and was thinking about him. RIP
I watched some episodes of Ellery Queen on TV last year. Wonderful, with Jim Hutton and his hat and the complex mysteries.
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Our family always watched Happy Days when I was growing up.One of the few shows(apart from a few others including The Waltons we all watched together. I loved Barbara Billingsley in Airplane! Leave It To Beaver had a resurgence of popularity when I was in middle school and there were a bunch of books about LITB that came out.
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