American actress Gena Rowlands, known for her roles in The Notebook and Another Woman, has died at the age of 94.
Rowlands, who was nominated for Oscars for 1974’s A Woman Under the Influence and 1980’s Gloria, died at her home in Indian Wells, California.
The cause of death was not given, but she reportedly suffered from Alzheimer’s disease.
She retired from acting in 2015 after winning four Emmys, two Golden Globes and being nominated for two Oscars, according to Duration.
Both A Woman Under the Influence and Gloria were collaborations with her ex-husband John Cassavetes.
She won Emmy Awards for The Betty Ford Story, Face of a Stranger, Hysterical Blindness and The Incredible Mrs Ritchie.
Born in Wisconsin, she moved to New York and made her Broadway debut in The Seven Year Itch.
In 1956, she starred in the play Middle of the Night on Broadway.
In 2015, she was awarded an honorary Academy Award for her long acting career.
“Working that long? I didn’t even think I would live that long,” she recently said. Diversity.
She also starred in the films Faces, Opening Night, Unhook the Stars, Yellow and Broken English, Hope Floats, Tempest, The Brink’s Job, Tony Rome and The Neon Bible.
The Notebook was directed in 2004 by her son Nick Cassavetes, who recently spoke to Weekly Entertainment about his mother playing a character with dementia.
“We spent a lot of time talking about Alzheimer’s and wanting to be honest about it, and in the last five years she’s had Alzheimer’s,” he said.
“She’s completely insane. And it’s crazy — we lived like that, she acted like that, and now we’re responsible.”
