High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Beatrice Wood (March 3, 1893 – March 12, 1998) was an American artist and studio potter, who late in life was dubbed the "Mama of Dada," and served as a partial inspiration for the character of Rose DeWitt Bukater in James Cameron`s 1997 film, Titanic. Beatrice Wood died nine days after her 105th birthday in Ojai, California.