Rose dewitt bukater notable aliases

Rose DeWitt Bukater

Biological Information
Full name

Rose DeWitt-Bukater

Nicknames

Sweet Pea (by Cal)
Darlin' (by Molly)

Gender

Female

Born

1895
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Death

1996 (implied)
In her sleep while on a ship on the Atlantic Ocean

Background Information
Family

Ruth DeWitt Bukater(mother; deceased)
Mr. DeWitt Bukater (father; deceased)
Elizabeth Calvert(granddaughter)
Three children

Romances

Mr. Calvert(husband; deceased)
Jack Dawson(lover; deceased)
Caledon Hockley(ex-fiancé; deceased)

Hometown

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Titanic Statistics
Boarded

Southampton, England

Destination

New York, U.S.A.

Class

First class

Fate

Survived (Picked up by Lifeboat 14) - 1912
Deceased (1996)

Production
Portrayal

Young Rose – Kate Winslet
Old Rose – Gloria Stuart

Rose Dawson Calvert (née DeWitt-Bukater) is the main protagonist of the film Titanic.

She was an American socialite and later actress. She was born in Philadelphia

Rose DeWitt Bukater

Full name

  • Rose DeWitt Bukater (maiden name)
  • Rose Dawson (former name)
  • Rose Calvert (married name)

Destination

New York, USA

Fate

Rescued by Lifeboat 14, later reunited with Jack in the afterlife after 84 years

I promise you Jack. I´ll never let go.

—Rose DeWitt Bukater

Rose DeWitt Bukater is a fictional character from the 1997 film Titanic. She is the main protagonist, portrayed by Kate Winslet (as young woman) and Gloria Stuart (as old woman).

Biography

Early life

Rose was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1895; her exact birthdate is unknown. Tragically, her father passed away which resulted in a series of bad debts that left her family crippled in financial issues. At some point, she met Caledon Hockley and prior to the Maiden Voyage, she became engaged to him. The goal of her mother was to have Rose marry him, and stay in their wealthy lifestyle.

Boarded the Titanic

It was the ship of dreams... to everyone else. To me, it was a slave ship... taking me back to America in chain

The Real-Life Inspiration for Rose From Titanic

Depicting a fictional love story amidst a real-life tragedy, director James Cameron’s Titanic (1997) mixes both historical and imagined elements, as well as people. Some characters, like Leonardo DiCaprio’s Jack Dawson, are purely fictional, while others, like Kathy Bates’ portrayal of the “Unsinkable” Molly Brown, were based on real individuals.

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Kate Winslet portrayed protagonist Rose DeWitt Bukater, the love interest of DiCaprio’s character. A young heiress and socialite forced into a loveless engagement with a wealthy man (played by Billy Zane), Rose becomes enamored with Jack, a poor, free-spirited artist who made his way onto the doomed vessel.

Even a quarter-century after the film’s release, one of the most common questions among views of Titanic remains: Was Rose based upon a real person? The answer, according to Cameron, is yes … and no.

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