"That's Hedley!"
Posted on 09/27/2010 11:45:39 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd
Stuart was a leading lady in 1930s films, then gave up acting and turned to art. Her role in 'Titanic' earned her an Academy Award nomination.
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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You mean that wasn’t Kate Winslet in heavy make-up?
There’s a great scene where they zoom in on Stuart’s eye and then seamlessly (it looked that way to me) transitioned to the same eyeball in Kate Winslet’s face. I don’t know how they did it, but it was a cool effect.
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Those Berkeley production numbers in Goldiggers of 1935 were brilliant-particularly the “ Lullaby of Broadway”.
"That's Hedley!"
“but about the hands . . . .”
...nothing works for the hands. Just look at Joan Rivers’ hands. Frightening. (as is the rest of her but especially the hands)
No way to know if any of those who died on the Titanic would still be alive now if the ship had not sunk.
I just watched Titanic the other night (note to self: no cappucino after dinner) but the name of this actress escaped me.
May she RIP.
“100 years old, and she was still beautiful.”
Amazingly so. God Bless her soul.
It'll be more like Logans Run.
Reminds me of my grandaunt who died at 96 and looked like she was in her 70s. When I mention things like this being common in my family (especially after hearing my mother-in-law complain about getting old), my husband will say, “That’s because you come from a family of mutants.”
Titanic was similar in some regards to Gold Diggers.
Gold Diggers had some ups and downs, Titanic just down.
I hated the part when they made her say something unseemly for an old woman to say. I hate the entire movie now that I think about it.
RIP
Her eyes were exquisite! Even at 100 years of age!
Boy, she looks pretty darn good there, still has that beauty showing through.
rip, girl. Darn.
My grandmother died at 75 from a heart attack, but she has 2 sisters still alive, one 91 and one 96. Her sister that was 1 year younger than her, just died 2 years ago, she was a few months short of 100.
On my dads side, he never knew his dad or anything about him, but my grandmother died at 99. My dad, who was always sickly, just passed away at 75.
So I look at my family tree and figure I've got a pretty good chance of irritating people for another 40 or 50 years.
Tell your other half thank you for the lunch time belly shaker.
That was funny!
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