Ruth Frances Louise DeWitt Bukater October 26,1867-October 1,1982 (Aged 114) is one of the main antagonists in Titanic and the mother of Rose DeWitt Bukater. She was very snobby, rude, selfish, most likely due to the fact that she was consumed by her wealth. After her husband died and left her and Rose penniless, Ruth's golddigging personality went to the extreme and targeted Cal for Rose so that they could remain wealthy. She is played by Frances Fisher.Ruth was born on 1867. Not much else is known about Ruth's early life, but it is known that she was born in Pennsylvania. It is not known who her parents were, but they were most likely first-class, because Ruth inherited much of their wealth. It is also unknown who Ruth's husband was, but it is known that she gave birth to his daughter, Rose DeWitt Bukater. When her husband died when Rose was still a child, Ruth claimed that he left them with nothing but a legacy of bad debts hidden by a good name. Rose and Ruth did not develop a very good relationship, however, because when Rose was about 16, Ruth forced her into an arranged marriage with Caledon Hockley for his money, commonly referred to as Cal.In 1912, Cal and Rose boarded the Titanic with Ruth. When they boarded, Rose fell for a penniless third-class artist known as Jack Dawson. Although Ruth forbid her daughter to see Jack out of fear that Rose may abandon Cal and her mother and run away with Jack, leaving Ruth penniless. When Rose finally had enough of her mother's snobbish behavior and selfishness, she abandoned both her and Cal and fell in love with Jack. When the Titanic sunk, Ruth escaped in a lifeboat with one of the few kind-hearted passengers, Molly Brown. Ruth survived the Titanic sinking, but never saw her daughter again due to her daughter's immence hatred of her. Ruth died on the afternoon of October 1,1982.25 days before her birthday. Show less «