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Gloria Stuart Dies at Age 100 September 27, 2010 Gloria Stuart's film career spanned several golden ages, including screwball comedies and Universal's monster masterpieces in the '30s and '40s. Yet most younger film fans first met and admired her in James Cameron's blockbuster Titanic, in which she played Rose, the spunky survivor of the shipwreck, with a lifetime of incredible memories. Stuart was born on the Fourth of July 1910, and lived more than 100 years before her death on Monday. She was a native Southern Californian, and an activist from an early age. During her first marriage, she lived in Carmel, Calif., and befriended many prominent artists of the day, including Edward Weston and Ansel Adams. She moved back to Hollywood and began her film career in 1934, under contract at Universal Studios. There she worked for the horror director James Whale in several films, including The Kiss Before the Mirror, The Old Dark House, and The Invisible Man. She would continue to work steadily, though she never achieved mega-stardom despite her strong acting talent and showstopping beauty. Her other notable early films include Gold Diggers of 1935 and Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm. Stuart continued her activism as a founding member of the Screen Actors Guild, and during World War II moved with her husband to Europe in an attempt to join the French resistance. She remarried and started a family, and took a break from film for 25 years. In the 1970s, Stuart decided to return to Hollywood, and made a memorable turn alongside Peter O'Toole in My Favorite Year. But it was as the moral center of Cameron's Titanic that Stuart, then in her late 80s, made the biggest impression of her career. She was nominated for an Oscar for that comeback role. Earlier this year, Stuart was honored by SAG for her years of service and for co-founding the organization. Stuart recently told an interviewer that she always related with her Titanic character Rose. "If you're full of love, admiration, appreciation of the beautiful things there are in this life, you have it made, really. And I have it made." --Anne Hurley Summer Glau introduces a clip from "Superman/Batman: Apocalypse" September 27, 2010 Summer Glau, a fan favorite from sci-fi series Firefly and Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles , introduces a sneak peek at the new animated movie Superman/Batman: Apocalypse , in which she provides the voice of Supergirl. It's available September 28.... read more

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