Washington,
(ANI):
Leonardo
DiCaprio
has
said
that
Gloria
Stuart,
his
co-star
in
Titanic,
who
passed
away
Sunday
at
the
age
of
100,
was
a
force.
"Gloria
Stuart
was
a
force
both
on
and
off
screen," Usmagazine.com
quoted
him
as
saying
"An
amazingly
sweet
person,
a
fantastic
actress,
and
someone
who
always
fought
for
what
she
believed
in.She
was
one
of
the
last
great
actresses
from
the
Golden
era
of
Hollywood.
I
was
honored
to
have
worked
along
side
her.
She
will
be
missed," he
added.
Beginning
in
the
1930s,
Stuart
starred
in
over
40
films,
but
semi-retired
after
A-list
movie
star
status
eluded
her.
Nominated
for
a
Best
Supporting
Actress
Oscar
in
1998
for
her
Titanic
turn,
she
became
the
oldest
woman
ever
nominated
for
an
Academy
Award
but
lost
to
Kim
Basinger.
She
is
survived
by
a
daughter,
four
grandchildren
and
twelve
great
grandchildren.