STUART, Gloria 1910–
(Gloria Stuart Sheekman, Gloria Stewart)

PERSONAL

Original name, Gloria von Dietrich Stuart Finch (some sources cite Gloria Frances Stewart); daughter of Fred Finch and Alice Vaughan Stewart; born July 4, 1910, in Santa Monica, CA; married Blair Gordon Newell, June 21, 1930 (divorced, 1934); married Arthur Sheekman (a comedy writer), July 29, 1934 (died, 1978); companion of Ward Ritchie (a printer and book designer), c. 1983–96; children: (first marriage) Blair Gordon; (second marriage) Sylvia Sheekman Thompson (a gardening writer). Education: Attended University of California, Berkeley (some sources cite University of California, San Diego).

Addresses: Contact —c/o Screen Actors Guild, 5757 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90036. Agent —William Morris Agency, 1325 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10019.

Career: Actress. Painter, with solo shows in New York, Austria, and Italy. Organizer of Hollywood Anti–Nazi League in the 1930s.

Member: Screen Actors Guild (founding member; past member of board of directors).

Awards, Honors: Academy Award nomination, Golden Globe Award nomination, Screen Actors Guild Award, and Saturn Award, Academy of Science Fiction, Horror, and Fantasy Films, all best supporting actress, Screen Actors Guild Award nomination (with others), outstanding performance by a cast, all 1997, Online Film Critics Society Award, best supporting actress, 1998, for Titanic; selected as one of the fifty most beautiful people in the world, People Weekly, 1998; star on the Walk of Fame, 2000.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Doris Baldwin, Street of Women, 1932.

Ellen Steffens, The All–American (also known as Sport of a Nation ), 1932.

Margaret Waverton, The Old Dark House, Kino, 1932.

Ruth Barnes, Air Mail (also known as Airmail ), 1932.

The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood, 1932.

Phoebe Pardway, Sweepings, 1933.

Princess Sylvia, Roman Scandals, 1933.

Mary Gregg, Private Jones, 1933.

Dorothy Wilton, It's Great to Be Alive, 1933.

Flora Cranley, The Invisible Man, Universal, 1933.

Hollywood on Parade No. 9, 1933.

Mary Dolan, The Girl in 419, 1933.

Mrs. Bernsdorf, The Kiss before the Mirror, 1933.

Irene von Helldorf, Secret of the Blue Room, 1933.

Lorraine, Laughter in Hell, 1933.

Alice Trask, The Love Captive, 1934.

Jane Hamilton, I'll Tell the World, 1934.

Barbara Kelton, Gift of Gab, 1934.

Lucy Hausmann, Beloved, 1934.

Anne Rogers, I Like It That Way, 1934.

Dorothy "Dot" Martin, Here Comes the Navy, 1934.

Bobby Halevy, Maybe It's Love, 1935.

Pamela Pryor, Laddie, 1935.

Ann Prentiss, Gold Diggers of 1935, Metro–Goldwyn– Mayer/United Artists, 1935.

Doris Martin, Wanted: Jane Turner, 1936.

Countess Sonia, Professional Soldier, 1936.

Mrs. Peggy Mudd, The Prisoner of Shark Island, 1936.

Margaret Allen, Poor Little Rich Girl, 1936.

Mary Chesbrooke, Girl Overboard, 1936.

Joan Langford, The Girl on the Front Page, 1936.

Ellen Godfrey, The Crime of Dr. Forbes, 1936.

Anne Marvis, Thirty–Six Hours to Live (also known as 36 Hours to Kill ), 1936.

Janet O'Hara, Life Begins in College (also known as The Joy Parade and Life Begins at College ), 1937.

Linda Ryan, The Lady Escapes, 1937.

Margie Ross, Time Out for Murder, 1938.

Gwen Warren, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, 1938.

Ann Adams, The Lady Objects, 1938.

Carol Walters, Keep Smiling, 1938.

Julie Hayes, Island in the Sky, 1938.

Carol Murdock, Change of Heart, 1938.

Julie Harrison, Winner Take All, 1939.

Doris Winslow, It Could Happen to You, 1939.

Queen Anne d'Autriche, The Three Musketeers (also known as The Singing Musketeer ), 1939.

Glenda Forbes, Here Comes Elmer, 1943.

Alice Walker, The Whistler, 1944.

Bertha, Enemy of Women (also known as Dr. Paul Joseph Goebbels, Mad Lover, and The Private Life of Paul Joseph Goebbels ), 1944.

Phyllis Fowler, She Wrote the Book, 1946.

Mrs. Horn, My Favorite Year, Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer/United Artists, 1982.

Mrs. Curry, Mass Appeal, Universal, 1984.

Mrs. Connoly, Wildcats (also known as First and Goal ), Warner Bros., 1986.

Rose Dawson Calvert, Titanic, Paramount, 1997.

Eleanor, The Love Letter, DreamWorks, 1999.

Mrs. Helen Bishop, The Titanic Chronicles, 1999.

The World of Gods and Monsters: A Journey with James Whale, Universal Studios Home Video, 1999.

I Used to Be in Pictures, 2000.

Jessica, The Million Dollar Hotel, Kintop, 2000.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Adventures of the Queen, CBS, 1975.

Store customer, The Legend of Lizzie Borden, ABC, 1975.

Mrs. Parker, Flood!, NBC, 1976.

Mrs. Bowman, In the Glitter Palace (also known as A Woman Accused ), NBC, 1977.

Roberts, The Two Worlds of Jennie Logan, CBS, 1978.

Rose Hooper, The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel, CBS, 1979.

Fun and Games, ABC, 1980.

Mrs. Fowler, The Violation of Sarah McDavid, CBS, 1981.

Merlene of the Movies, 1981.

Gertrude, Shootdown, 1988.

(As Gloria Stuart Sheekman) Kiki Watwood, She Knows Too Much, 1989.

Grandma, My Mother, the Spy, Lifetime, 2000.

Eliza Hoops, Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man, CBS, 2001.

Television Appearances; Specials:

The Horror of It All, PBS, 1983.

Middle–aged woman, There Were Times, Dear, PBS, 1987.

Here He Is … the One … the Only … Groucho, HBO, 1991.

Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling, PBS, 1992.

Unscripted Hollywood, AMC, 1995.

Shirley Temple: The Biggest Little Star, Arts and Entertainment, 1996.

Humphrey Bogart: You Must Remember This … (also known as Bogart: The Untold Story ), TNT, 1997.

Universal Horror, TCM, 1998.

(Uncredited; in archive footage) Beyond Titanic (documentary), Arts and Entertainment, 1998.

(As Gloria Stewart) Fox Studios Australia: The Grand Opening (documentary), Nine Network, 1999.

Forever Hollywood (documentary), 1999.

Hollywood, D.C. (documentary), Bravo, 2000.

Interviewee, The Desilu Story: The Rags to Riches Success of the Desilu Empire, Bravo, 2003.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Saleswoman, "The Woman," The Waltons, 1975.

Bag lady, "Female of the Species," Manimal, 1983.

Edna Jarvis, "The Days Dwindle Down," Murder, She Wrote, CBS, 1986.

Entertainment Tonight, syndicated, 1998.

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, NBC, 1998.

Madeline Fawkes, "Father Figure," The Invisible Man, Sci–Fi Channel, 2001.

Grams, "The Birthday Present," Touched by an Angel, CBS, 2001.

Catherine, General Hospital, ABC, 2002, 2003.

Rosanna Wye, "Little Miss Lost," Miracles, ABC, 2003.

Also appeared as guest, "Legends," Sidewalks Entertainment.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

The Best Place to Be, NBC, 1979.

Television Appearances; Awards Presentations:

Presenter, The GQ Men of the Year Awards, TNT, 1998.

The 70th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 1998.

Presenter, The 5th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, VH1, 1999.

Stage Appearances:

Masha, The Seagull, Pasadena Playhouse, Pasadena, CA, c. 1932.

Also appeared in Peer Gynt, Romeo and Juliet, and Twelfth Night, all at Pasadena Playhouse; also appeared in a production of Our Town.

RECORDINGS

Music Videos:

Appeared in River by Hanson, 1998.

WRITINGS

Books:

(And illustrator) Haiku, Imprenta Glorias, 1985.

(And illustrator) Beware the Ides of March, Imprenta Glorias, 1987.

Writing a Poem about Flying a Kite, Imprenta Glorias, 1987.

(And illustrator) The Inscriptions at Tor House and Hawk Tower, Imprenta Glorias, 1988.

Eve, Venus, and Others: Keats, Sappho, Baudelaire, and Others, Imprenta Glorias, 1990.

Boating with Bogart, Imprenta Glorias, 1993.

(With Sylvia Thompson) Gloria! I Just Kept Hoping (autobiography), Little, Brown, 1999.

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

Entertainment Weekly, January 30, 1998, p. 68.

New York Times, December 29, 1997.

People Weekly, February 23, 1998, p. 52; May 11, 1998, p. 149.