The 100 year old, who was nominated for an Academy Award at the age of 87, passed away today after a long battle with lung cancer. Gloria Stuart, who began her long career at age 22 in the movie, “Street of Women ” went on to appear in dozens of movies throughout the 1930-1940′s.

She began her comeback in the early 1980′s after decades of time away from the movie business. In 1997, she was cast as Old Rose, in the James Cameron blockbuster “Titanic.” She played the present day, 101 year old version of Rose, as she helped to narrate the story.

Movie reviewer, Elvis Mitchell wrote in 1997 that, “Her ease is poetic. This actress in her 80s holds the picture together, and the irony is, we come to look forward more to her scenes than we do those featuring the colossal scale of the rebuilt Titanic and its expertly milling passengers.”

Gloria Stuart is survived by one daughter, four grandchildren, and 12 great-grandchildren.