List of Gloria Stuart performances

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.

Stuart in 1932

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

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  • 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.
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1932 Street of Women Doris "Dodo" Baldwin
1932 The All American Ellen Steffens [1]
1932 The Old Dark House Margaret Waverton [1]
1932 Air Mail Ruth Barnes [1]
1933 Laughter in Hell Lorraine [1]
1933 Sweepings Phoebe [1]
1933 Private Jones Mary Gregg [1]
1933 The Kiss Before the Mirror Lucy Bernsdorf [1]
1933 The Girl in 419 Mary Dolan [1]
1933 It's Great to Be Alive Dorothy Wilton [1]
1933 The Secret of the Blue Room Irene von Helldorf [1]
1933 The Invisible Man Flora Cranley [1]
1933 Roman Scandals Princess Sylvia [1]
1934 Beloved Lucy Tarrant Hausmann [1]
1934 I Like It That Way Anne Rogers/Dolly Lavern [1]
1934 I'll Tell the World Jane Hamilton [1]
1934 The Love Captive Alice Trask [1]
1934 Here Comes the Navy Dorothy [1]
1934 Gift of Gab Barbara Kelton [1]
1935 Maybe It's Love Bobby Halevy [1]
1935 Gold Diggers of 1935 Ann Prentiss [1]
1935 Laddie Pamela Pryor [1]
1935 Professional Soldier Countess Sonia [1]
1936 The Prisoner of Shark Island Mrs. Peggy Mudd [1]
1936 The Crime of Dr. Forbes Ellen Godfrey [1]
1936 Poor Little Rich Girl Margaret Allen [1]
1936 36 Hours to Kill Anne Marvis [1]
1936 The Girl on the Front Page Joan Langford [1]
1936 Wanted! Jane Turner Doris Martin [1]
1937 Girl Overboard Mary Chesbrooke [1]
1937 The Lady Escapes Linda Ryan [1]
1937 Life Begins in College Janet O'Hara [1]
1938 Change of Heart Carol Murdock [1]
1938 Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm Gwen Warren [1]
1938 Island in the Sky Julie Hayes [1]
1938 Keep Smiling Carol Walters [1]
1938 Time Out for Murder Margie Ross [1]
1938 The Lady Objects Ann Adams Hayward [1]
1939 The Three Musketeers Queen Anne [1]
1939 Winner Take All Julie Harrison [1]
1939 It Could Happen to You Doris Winslow [1]
1943 Here Comes Elmer Glenda Forbes [1]
1944 The Whistler Alice Walker [1]
1944 Enemy of Women Bertha [1]
1946 She Wrote the Book Phyllis Fowler [1]
1975 The Legend of Lizzie Borden Store customer Television film [2]
1975 Adventures of the Queen Female passenger Television film [2]
1976 Flood! Mrs. Parker Television film [3]
1977 In the Glitter Palace Mrs. Bowman Television film [4]
1979 The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel Rose Hooper Television film [4]
1979 The Best Place to Be Television film [4]
1979 The Two Worlds of Jennie Logan Roberta Television film [4]
1980 Fun and Games Terri Television film [4]
1981 The Violation of Sarah McDavid Mrs. Fowler Television film [4]
1981 Merlene of the Movies Evangeline Eaton Television film [4]
1982 My Favorite Year Mrs. Horn [1]
1984 Mass Appeal Mrs. Curry [5]
1985 There Were Times, Dear Television film [4]
1986 Wildcats Mrs. Connoly [1]
1988 Shootdown Gertrude Television film [4]
1989 She Knows Too Much Kiki Watwood Television film [4]
1997 Titanic Rose Dawson Calvert [1]
1999 The Love Letter Eleanor [6]
1999 The Titanic Chronicles Helen Bishop Voice role [7]
2000 The Million Dollar Hotel Jessica [8]
2000 My Mother, the Spy Grandma Television film [4]
2001 Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man Eliza Hoops Television film [9]
2004 Land of Plenty Old lady [10]

Television

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1975 The Waltons Saleswoman 1 episode [4]
1980 Enos Lilly 1 episode [4]
1983 Manimal Bag Lady 1 episode [4]
1987 Murder, She Wrote Edna Jarvis Episode: "The Days Dwindle Down" [4]
2001 The Invisible Man Madeline Fawkes 1 episode [9]
2001 Touched by an Angel Grams 1 episode [9]
2002–2003 General Hospital Catherine 2 episodes [9]
2003 Miracles Rosanna Wye 1 episode [9]

Music videos

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Year Title Performer Notes Ref.
1998 "River" Hanson Reprised role as a parody of her character in Titanic [11]

Stage

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Year Title Role Venue Ref.
1931 The Seagull Masha The Playbox, Pasadena, California [12]
1940 Accent on Youth Linda Brown Guilford Theatre, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania [13]
1940 The Animal Kingdom Daisy Sage Town Hall Playhouse, Westborough, Massachusetts [14]
1940 Our Town Emily Webb University of Massachusetts Amherst [15]
1940–1942 Night of January 16th Karen Andre Regional New England tour[16] [17]
1941 Arms and the Man Raina Petkoff Drama Festival, Ann Arbor, Michigan [18]
1941 Mr. and Mrs. North Pamela North County Theater, Suffern, New York [18]
1942 The Dark Tower Patsy Dowling Cambridge Summer Theatre, Cambridge, Massachusetts [19]
1942 Sailor Beware! Billie Jackson Flatbush Theater, Brooklyn, New York City [20]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au "Gloria Stuart Filmography". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Los Angeles: American Film Institute. Archived from the original on November 6, 2018.
  2. ^ a b Mank 2005, p. 144.
  3. ^ Deal 2011, p. 67.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o 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. ^ a b c d e 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. ^ a b "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.

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