The Oscar nominee passed away last Sunday in Los Angeles after suffering from lung cancer for several years, according to The Washington Post.
Stuart became the oldest Oscar nominee ever in 1997 when she was nominated for playing an older version of Kate Winslet's character Rose in James Cameron's hit film Titanic.
"When I graduated from Santa Monica High in 1927, I was voted the girl most likely to succeed. I didn't realise it would take so long," she joked in her memoir I Just Kept Hoping, published in 1999.
The actress appeared in more than 40 films in the 1930s.
