List of Gloria Stuart performances

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Stuart in 1932

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.

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.

Television films

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

Television

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1975 The Waltons Saleswoman 1 episode [9]
1980 Enos Lilly 1 episode [9]
1983 Manimal Bag Lady 1 episode [9]
1987 Murder, She Wrote Edna Jarvis Episode: "The Days Dwindle Down" [9]
2001 The Invisible Man Madeline Fawkes 1 episode [10]
2001 Touched by an Angel Grams 1 episode [10]
2002–2003 General Hospital Catherine 2 episodes [10]
2003 Miracles Rosanna Wye 1 episode [10]

Music videos

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

Stage

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