FoxNews: Gena Rowlands, acclaimed actress known for 'The Notebook' role, dead at 94

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Gena Rowlands, acclaimed actress known for 'The Notebook' role, dead at 94

Actress Gena Rowlands, who famously played Allie in "The Notebook," is dead at 94 years old...                        ...                        ...                            ...Gena Rowlands, the You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login who portrayed an older version of Rachel McAdam's character, Allie, in the 2004 film "The Notebook," has died at 94.......Rowlands died Wednesday afternoon at her home in Indian Wells, California, representatives for her son, filmmaker Nick Cassavetes, said, according to the Associated Press.......Her official cause of death has not been released.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, the director of the famed 2004 romantic comedy, previously revealed his mother's Alzheimer's diagnosis when discussing the "Notebooks" 20th anniversary......."I got my mom to play older Allie, and we spent a lot of time talking about Alzheimer's and wanting to be authentic with it, and now, for the last five years, she's had Alzheimer's," Cassavetes told You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login of Rowlands' character, who also had dementia. "She's in full dementia. And it's so crazy — we lived it, she acted it, and now it's on us."......Rowlands was also a You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login winner and a two-time Best Actress nominee at the Academy Awards. She was nominated for her roles in "A Woman Under the Influence" and "Gloria."......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......She also had two Golden Globes among many other achievements.......On TV, Rowlands earned her Primetime Emmys for "The Betty Ford Story," "Face of a Stranger" and "Hysterical Blindness," as well as You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login for "The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie."...

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