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Alice Deidrick Stewart
[Mother]
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Frank Stewart
[Father]
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Fred J. Finch
[Step Father]
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Frank Finch
[Brother]
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Thomas Stuart
[Brother]
Trivia and Quotes
Quotes
 There`s no point in working if I`m not involved and interested. I had been told by so many people that I was going to be nominated, that I should be nominated, that there wasn`t any question about my being nominated. I don`t think it was a surprise.
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I never had a great role in a great film.
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It never occurred to me that it would be a big hit internationally and forever.
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I`ve tried to guide my creativity as best I could into interesting channels, channels that make a difference. I don`t know where I got it.
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When I went back to New York with somewhat of a name, they didn`t want movie actresses.
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I wanted to be a theater actress, but I thought it would be easier to get to New York and the theater if I had a name than if I just walked the streets as a little girl from California.
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I love working.
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The John Ford pictures I made are highly regarded, but at the time they didn`t seem like that.
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Claude Rains was what we call an actor`s actor. He was very involved with himself and his performance.
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A woman`s heart is a deep ocean of secrets.
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I`m amazed. When I was 40, I thought I`d never make 50. And at 50 I thought the frosting on the cake would be 60. At 60, I was still going strong and enjoying everything.
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I have a private press. I`m a book artist. I publish books of other authors and artists. I do the illustrating. I set the type. I print it myself on my press. I do everything but bind it.
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James Whale had been an actor. He was the most meticulous, most knowledgeable director. He was able to tell you exactly what he wanted.
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I quit after my seven-year contract with Universal was up. I quit for 33 years.
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It was a struggle treating Claude Rains as my lover, but we were friendly. It was no great love affair.
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When I was little I thought, isn`t it nice that everybody celebrates on my birthday? Because it`s July 4th.
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I just finished my 11th book last week, so I`m ready to start the next one.
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The great actresses and actors receive awards for great roles in great films.
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In the `60s, `70s and `80s, everybody was pretty tense on the set.
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I have enjoyed acting very much, because I know it`s not for real!
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I wanted to be on the stage, doing very important emotional roles.
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I`ve been very, very successful. It`s very satisfying to me.
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When I graduated from Santa Monica High in 1927, I was voted the girl most likely to succeed. I didn`t realize it would take so long.
Trivia
Founding member of the Screen Actors Guild.
She was the only cast member of Titanic (1997) who was alive at the time of the actual disaster.
She was the only cast member of Titanic (1997) who was alive at the time of the actual disaster.
Titanic (1997) was her second film that featured a doomed ship. One of her early film, Here Comes the Navy (1934), was filmed aboard the USS Arizona.
Shortened her last name from "Stewart" to "Stuart" because she thought its six letters balanced perfectly on a theater`s marquee with the six letters in "Gloria".
Her daughter, Sylvia Sheekman Thompson, born June 19, 1935, was a cookbook author.
Following her husband`s death she engaged in a decade-long relationship with printer Ward Ritchie, born in 1904. They first met 1930 when he was a best friend of first husband, sculptor Blair Gordon Newell. The two reacquainted in March 1983 and lived together until his death in 1996.
Second wife of screenwriter Arthur Sheekman.
Of the 15 WAMPAS Baby Stars of 1932 only three survive today--Stuart, Dorothy Layton and Mary Carlisle. Those who have passed on are are Ruth Hall, at age 92; Eleanor Holm, 90; Dorothy Wilson, 88; Ginger Rogers, 83; `Toshia Mori` (qv,) 83; Lilian Bond, 83; June Clyde, 77; Lona Andre, 77; Evalyn Knapp, 73; Marion Shockley, 70; Patricia Ellis, 53; and Boots Mallory, 45.
She has four grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
Stepdaughter of Fred J. Finch.
She graduated from Santa Monica High School in 1927 and attended the University of California-Berkeley but dropped out.
Her younger brother, Thomas Stewart, died in infancy in 1912 from spinal meningitis.
Her brother, Frank Finch, a writer for the Los Angeles Times, was born in 1911.
Twelve great-grandchildren are Sarah-Leah Thompson; Jacob Thompson; Samuel Thompson; Deborah Thompson; Tzipporah Thompson; Maggie Thompson; Dylan, Weston, Stuart, Jasen, Frannie, and Katie.
Interviewed in "It Came from Horrorwood: Interviews with Moviemakers in the SF and Horror Tradition" by Tom Weaver (McFarland, 1996).
In Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935), Stuart played a young woman whose mother pushes her to marry an unlikable rich man, but the young woman falls in love with a poor man. In Titanic (1997), Stuart`s character did all that, 84 years earlier.
She is the grandmother-in-law of Jill Church and Ella Thompson.
Lives directly opposite the house in Brentwood, CA where Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman were murdered.
She graduated from Santa Monica High School in 1927 and attended the University of California-Berkeley but dropped out.
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She has four grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
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Interviewed in "It Came from Horrorwood: Interviews with Moviemakers in the SF and Horror Tradition" by Tom Weaver (McFarland, 1996).
(imdb.com)
Twelve great-grandchildren are Sarah-Leah Thompson; Jacob Thompson; Samuel Thompson; Deborah Thompson; Tzipporah Thompson; Maggie Thompson; Dylan, Weston, Stuart, Jasen, Frannie, and Katie.
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Second wife of screenwriter Arthur Sheekman.
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Grandchildren are David Oxley Thompson born on January 15, 1957 in Berkeley, California; Benjamin Stuart Thompson born on September 21, 1959 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England; Dinah Vaughn Thompson born on December 6, 1960 in Los Angeles, California; and Amanda Greenleaf Thompson born on July 30, 1962 in Berkeley, California.
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Stepdaughter of Fred J. Finch.
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Mother-in-law of TV writer Gene Thompson.
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In Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935), Stuart played a young woman whose mother pushes her to marry an unlikable rich man, but the young woman falls in love with a poor man. In Titanic (1997), Stuart's character did all that, 84 years earlier.
(imdb.com)
Following her husband's death she engaged in a decade-long relationship with printer Ward Ritchie, born in 1904. They first met 1930 when he was a best friend of first husband, sculptor Blair Gordon Newell. The two reacquainted in March 1983 and lived together until his death in 1996.
(imdb.com)
Her brother, Frank Finch, a writer for the Los Angeles Times, was born in 1911.
(imdb.com)
Her younger brother, Thomas Stewart, died in infancy in 1912 from spinal meningitis.
(imdb.com)
Her daughter, Sylvia Sheekman Thompson, born June 19, 1935, was a cookbook author.
(imdb.com)
Of the 15 WAMPAS Baby Stars of 1932 only three survive today--Stuart, Dorothy Layton and Mary Carlisle. Those who have passed on are are Ruth Hall, at age 92; Eleanor Holm, 90; Dorothy Wilson, 88; Ginger Rogers, 83; 'Toshia Mori' (qv,) 83; Lilian Bond, 83; June Clyde, 77; Lona Andre, 77; Evalyn Knapp, 73; Marion Shockley, 70; Patricia Ellis, 53; and Boots Mallory, 45.
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Turned down Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938) because she felt that the material was not to her dramatic acting abilities; however, Darryl F. Zanuck forced her to do the picture, and explained that she would be seen by millions, due to Shirley Temple`s popularity. Stuart agreed in a 1998 interview that Zanuck was correct.
Shortened her last name from "Stewart" to "Stuart" because she thought its six letters balanced perfectly on a theater`s marquee with the six letters in "Gloria".
Titanic (1997) was her second film that featured a doomed ship. One of her early film, Here Comes the Navy (1934), was filmed aboard the USS Arizona.
She was the only cast member of Titanic (1997) who was alive at the time of the actual disaster.
Founding member of the Screen Actors Guild.
Chosen by People Magazine as one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world (1998).
Oldest person ever to be nominated for an Academy Award, 2/10/98.
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