Gena Rowlands, who won a Golden Globe for playing an older version of Rachel McAdam’s character Ally in the 2004 film “The Notebook,” has died at the age of 94.
Rowlands died on Wednesday afternoon at her home in Indian Wells, California, a representative for her son, film director Nick Cassavetes, said, according to the Associated Press.
Her official cause of death has not been released.
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Actress Gena Rowlands attends the 88th Annual Academy Awards at the Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood, California on February 28, 2016. (Getty Images)
CassavetesThe director of the famous 2004 romantic comedy previously revealed that his mother had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s while speaking about the 20th anniversary of “The Notebook.”
“I had my mother play the older Allie and we spent a lot of time talking about Alzheimer’s, and I wanted it to be authentic, and now for the last five years, my mother has had Alzheimer’s,” Cassavetes said. Entertainment Weekly Rowlands’ character also suffers from dementia. “She’s totally demented. It’s so crazy. We’ve lived it, she’s acted it, and now we’re responsible for it.”
Actress Gena Rowlands attends the premiere screening of ‘By the Sea’ at the 2015 AFI Fest at the TCL Chinese 6 Theatre on November 5, 2015 in Hollywood, California. (Jason Lovelis/FilmMagic)
Rowlands has won four Emmy Awards and has been nominated twice for Best Actress at the Academy Awards for her performances in A Woman Under the Influence and Gloria.
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She has many other accomplishments, including being a two-time Golden Globe winner.
The Notebook, directed by Nick Cassavetes and featuring Gena Rowlands, 2004, (c) New Line/Courtesy of the Everett Collection (Everett Collection)
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On television, Rowlands won Primetime Emmy Awards for “The Betty Ford Story,” “Face of a Stranger” and “Hysterical Blindness,” as well as a Daytime Emmy Award for “The Incredible Mrs. Richie.”
