Gloria Frances Stuart was born on 4th July 1910, in Santa Monica, California USA, and was an actress with a two-part career. In the 1930s, she had minor success with films like “The Invisible Man” and “The Prisoner of Shark Island”, before she retired from the film business. She celebrated a big comeback in 1997 in the movie “Titanic” by James Cameron. For her appearance she received nomination for an Oscar as the Best Supporting Actress (the oldest actress ever nominated). She passed away in 2010.
How much was the net worth of Gloria Stuart? It has been estimated by authoritative sources that the overall size of her wealth was as much as $5 million, converted to the present day. Film and television were the main sources of Stuart’s wealth.
Gloria Stuart (Actress) Net Worth $5 million
To begin with, the girl was raised in Santa Monica, California, attending Santa Monica High School and then studying drama and philosophy at the University of Southern California. After acting in college theatre groups and other amateur productions, Stewart signed a contract with Universal Studios in 1932.
Concerning her professional career, she made her film debut in 1932, and in the same year she was elected to WAMPAS Baby Stars of the Year. She debuted in James Whales’ horror comedy “The Old Dark House” (1932) creating a major supporting role at the side of Boris Karloff. A year later, Whale gave her a role in the horror classic “The Invisible Man”, appearing as a lover of a mad scientist (Claude Rains). After a few more films, however, she was pushed more and more into the background, and ended up in insignificant productions. Because of illness she missed the role of Hermia in Max Reinhardt’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” in 1935. and Olivia de Havilland took over the above mentioned role. She celebrated her last successes in the 1930s with films “The Gold Digger of 1935” and “The Prisoner of Shark Island”. Her move to 20th Century Fox did not change anything, and so in the middle of 1940s Stuart decided to go back to the theatre.
Gloria retired from acting in 1946, to devote herself to painting; it should be noted that several of her works were exhibited in American and European art galleries. However, she resumed her acting career in 1975, mostly in guest or support roles in TV films and series, until in 1997, Stuart interpreted the role of old Rose in the blockbuster “Titanic”, for which role she received an Oscar nomination as the Best Supporting Actress, so entering the history of Academy Awards as at 87 the oldest actress ever nominated, as well as Stuart and Kate Winslet being the first two actresses for the same role in a movie nominated in two different categories – Winslet was also nominated for her role of the young Rose in the category Best Actress. In 1998, Gloria appeared in a music video of the band Hanson, and her last role was in the drama film “Land of Plenty” (2004) directed by Wim Wenders.
Finally, in the personal life of the actress, she was married twice, from 1930 to 1934 to Blair Gordon Newell, then in 1934 to Arthur Sheekman – they had a daughter, and lived together until his death in 1978. She subsequently lived with Ward Ritchie from 1983 until his death from cancer in 1996. On 26th September 2010, Gloria Stuart died from pneumonia at the age of 100 in her home in West Los Angeles, California.
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