Gloria Stuart, the Oscar-nominated
actress who played an elderly survivor in
the film ‘Titanic’, has died at the age
of 100. Gloria died on Sunday at her Los
Angeles home. The cause of her death is
unknown, though reports suggest that she
was diagnosed with lung cancer five years
ago. She was also a survivor of breast cancer.
Gloria was cast in the role of old Rose,
when she was 86, in Titanic by James Cameron.
She has acted in approximately 50 films
including 'The Invisible Man’ and ‘The
Prisoner of Shark Island’. Kate Winslet
portrayed Rose as a young woman in flashbacks
to the love story aboard the legendary
ship. "I knew the role I had wanted
and waited for all these many years had
arrived! I could taste the role of Old
Rose!" she wrote in her 1999 memoir,
Gloria Stuart: I Just Kept Hoping.
