Actress Gena Rowlands, Hollywood icon and star of ‘The Notebook’, dies aged 94

Hollywood legend Gena Rowlands passed away on Wednesday at her homein Indian Wells, California, USA, surrounded by her family. The actress, whose career spanned more than six decades, was 94 years old.

The news was confirmed by Variety the office of his son’s agent, the film director Nick CasavetesThe causes of death are currently unknown.

During her six-decade career, the artist reaped a long list of successes, including the Nominations for two Oscars for his roles in A Woman Under the Influence (A woman under the influence; 1974) y Gloria (1980), both directed by her ex-husband and film director John Cassavetes, who died in 1989 – with whom she worked on more than ten films. She was also awarded with four Emmy Awards and two Golden Globes.

His son, also a director, made public last June, in an interview with Weekly Entertainmentwhich His mother suffered from Alzheimer’s. He told this when mentioning the filming of The Notebook (Noah’s diary), film in which Rowland played, precisely, a woman with this disease.

In that film, which marks two decades since its premiere on the big screen, the artist played Allie, the older version of the same character played by Rachel McAdams.

Cassavetes’ grandmother, actress Lady Rowlands, also suffered from Alzheimer’s. and her struggle inspired Gena to play Allie in The Notebookbased on the novel by Nicholas Sparks.

His last role in a feature film was in Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks (2014) co-starring Cheyenne Jackson.