Gena Rowlands , the actress who played the senior version of Allie in The Notebook , has sadly passed away. According to reporting by TMZ , the actress died on Wednesday (August 14). She was 94.
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The outlet reported that her family was with her at her home in Indian Wells, Calif. at the time of her passing. A cause of death has not yet been confirmed.
Gena ‘s death comes months after her son Nick Cassavetes announced that she had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease . If you were unaware, her character Allie has the same illness in The Notebook . “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.
She’s in full dementia. And it’s so crazy — we lived it, she acted it, and now it’s on us,” he said at the time. Gena retired from acting in 2015.
That same year, she was awarded an Honorary Academy Award. She won multiple other awards over her lengthy career, including Golden Globes and Emmys. The actress has also appeared in projects such as Hope Floats , The Skeleton Key and A Woman Under the Influence .
Our thoughts are with everyone who knew and loved Gena at this time. She will be missed. RIP .
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