Cora Cartmell |
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|---|---|
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| Biological Information | |
| Full name |
Coraline Cartmell |
| Nicknames |
'Best girl' (by Jack Dawson) |
| Gender |
Female |
| Born |
1907 |
| Death |
15th April 1912 (age 5) |
| Cause |
Sinking of the Titanic, trapped behind gates |
| Background Information | |
| Family |
Bert Cartmell (Father) |
| Titanic Statistics | |
| Boarded |
Southampton, England |
| Destination |
New York, U.S.A. |
| Occupation |
Passenger |
| Class |
Third Class |
| Fate |
Drowned during the sinking of the ship |
| Production | |
| Classification |
Fictional character |
| Portrayal | |
Coraline "Cora" Cartmell was a character in the film Titanic. She was a little girl who boarded the Titanic at Southampton on April 10, 1912 with her father, Bert Cartmell and her unnamed mother, Mrs. Cartmell as Third Class passengers. She was amazed by the incredible size of the Titanic. and looked on in awe, then she corrects her father who calls Titanic a boat, saying: "Daddy, it's a ship!"
Cora befriends Jack Dawson during the voyage (even calling him 'Uncle Jack' in a deleted scene) and later danced with him at a typical Third Class party. When Jack told her he was going to dance with Rose, Cora looked jealous, so Jack told her that she was "still his best girl", which made her smile. He also drew a picture of her with her father.
Cora and her parents perished in the final moments of the ship's sinking. At 2:15 A.M, when the propellors started rising from the water, they were still down in the steerage quarters. They were rushing up the stairways whilst the water rose very quickly but they were behind a locked gate with no escape, sealing their fate. In 1997, her doll's head was found as part of the ship's wreckage by Brock Lovett.
She is last seen in the epilogue of the movie, in 'Titanic heaven', being held up by her dad and smiling at Rose, while waving.
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