Gena Rowlands, an American actress better known for the roles she played in ‘The Notebook’ and ‘Another Woman’, has died at the age of 94.
Rowlands, who received Oscar nominations for her contributions in 1974’s ‘A Woman Under the Influence’ and 1980’s ‘Gloria’, passed away at her home in Indian Wells, California. Reports indicate she had been battling Alzheimer’s disease, but no cause of death was provided.
Rowlands stopped acting in 2015 after a beautiful career where she earned four Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and two Oscar nominations, according to Deadline.
Both ‘A Woman Under the Influence’ and ‘Gloria’ were the products of a merger between her and her former husband, filmmaker John Cassavetes.
Rowlands earned her Emmy Awards for performances in ‘The Betty Ford Story’, ‘Face of a Stranger’, ‘Hysterical Blindness’, and ‘The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie’. Rowlands was born in Wisconsin, after which he later moved to New York, where she starred in the Broadway debut of ‘The Seven Year Itch’.
She acted in the Broadway play ‘Middle of the Night’ around 1956.
Rowlands also earned an Academy Award in 2015 for her contributions to Hollywood.
Her filmography is not limited to ‘Faces’, ‘Opening Night’, ‘Unhook the Stars’, ‘Yellow and Broken English’, ‘Hope Floats’, ‘Tempest’, ‘The Brink’s Job’, ‘Tony Rome’, and ‘The Neon Bible’.
Rowlands son Nick Cassavetes directed ‘The Notebook’, which in 2004 featured herself in the role of a character battling from the forgetful disease of dementia, a performance her son recently discussed with ‘Entertainment Weekly’.
