Rose DeWitt Bukater

Rose DeWitt Bukater is the fictional heroine of James Cameron's 1997 blockbuster Titanic. She was played by British actress Kate Winslet, and the 101-year-old Rose was played by Gloria Stuart.

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Fictional - James Cameron - 1997 - Blockbuster - Titanic - British - Kate Winslet - Gloria Stuart

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Both actresses were nominated for Academy Awards, Winslet for Best Actress in a Leading Role and Stuart for Best Supporting Actress nomination, becoming the oldest person to receive an acting nomination.

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Academy Awards - Best Actress in a Leading Role - Best Supporting Actress

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Rose was on a transatlantic journey from Southampton, England to New York City in order for her to marry a man she did not love, just so her mother Ruth DeWitt Bukater could become wealthy again. Since she did not love the man, she tried committing suicide by jumping off the back of the RMS Titanic, the tremendous vessel on which she was travelling. However, a friendly young tramp, Jack Dawson saved her, and they fell deeply in love.

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Southampton - England - New York City - Suicide - RMS ''Titanic'' - Jack Dawson

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But then the ship hit an iceberg and started to sink. The second half of the movie is crucial to Rose's character: It shows her standing up to her mother and her fiance Caledon Hockley, and risking all to save Jack from the icy bowels of the ship. After the ship finally went under, she and Jack clung onto driftwood for hours before finally, Jack died of the cold. Heartbroken, she blows a whistle she finds in the water for help, and a lifeboat comes back for her. She lived the rest of her life doing the things that Jack and herself talked about doing, like riding horses in Santa Monica, California.

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Caledon Hockley - Santa Monica - California

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In 1996, when she was 101, her portrait was discovered in the wreck of the titanic, and from the television picture she identified it as her young self. So she is brought to the salvagers and tells of her Titanic voyage. She casts the diamond into the ocean above the wreck, and then goes to bed. She dreams that she is young again, back on the still functioning Titanic. Doors are opened for her as she enters the huge central room, and she walks up the stairs. Jack is waiting, and turns and takes her hand. They kiss and a huge number of passengers appaud heartily. There is some dispute among fans whether she dies in her sleep that night.

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