Nightly News   |  September 27, 2010

'Titanic' actress dies at 100

Gloria Stuart, who played the spunky survivor in "Titanic" and became the oldest person to be nominated for an Academy Award, has died. NBC's Brian Williams reports.

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BRIAN WILLIAMS, anchor: And Gloria Stuart has died at the age of 100 . She was best known to movie audiences for her comeback role in "Titanic" for which she received an Academy Award nomination for her portrayal of a 101-year-old survivor. Stuart didn't like film acting, though she starred in 50 of them. She preferred the stage and she preferred painting. She was born in 1910 as a third generation Californian . Her mother was related to Jesse James . Gloria Francis Stuart died at home in Los Angeles . We're