Suffered from Alzheimer's disease
Gena Rowlands died at the age of 94
The actress Gena Rowlands, known from films such as "A Woman Under the Influence" and "Gloria", has died. The artist agency WME, which represents Rowlands' son Nick Cassavetes, confirmed the death of the actress. She died on Wednesday in Indian Wells, Southern California. Rowlands was 94 years old.
Director Nick Cassavetes (65) had announced in June that his mother had been suffering from Alzheimer's for several years.
Played in "Like a single day"
He had brought Rowlands in front of the camera in 2004 for the romantic drama "The Notebook". In the bestselling film adaptation, she played a woman suffering from Alzheimer's in a nursing home.
Rowlands has appeared in dozens of films since the 1960s, many of them directed by her husband John Cassavetes. She was married to the director from 1954 until his death in 1989. The couple had three children who followed them into the film business.
Two nominations, one honorary Oscar
She was nominated for an Oscar for her roles in the successful films "A Woman Under the Influence" (1974) and "Gloria" (1980), both directed by John Cassavetes, but came away empty-handed in both cases.
In 2015, the Film Academy paid tribute to the then 85-year-old actress with an honorary Oscar for her life's work.
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