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Virginia Cathryn "Gena" Rowlands was an American actress, whose career in film, stage, and television spanned nearly seven decades. She was a four-time Emmy Award and two-time Golden Globe winner, and she was twice nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress.
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Born 19 June 1930 · Died 14 August 2024 · Q229258
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Los Angeles Magazine: Oscar-Winning Actress Gena Rowlands Dies at 94
People: Gena Rowlands’ Son Nick Cassavetes Posts Tribute to Mom After Her Death at Age 94: 'See You Soon'
Yahoo: Inside Gena Rowlands and Filmmaker John Cassavetes' Love Story and 35-Year Marriage
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New York Post: Gena Rowlands, star of ‘The Notebook,’ dead at 94
Yahoo: Gena Rowlands, veteran actor who brought husband John Cassavetes' films to life, dies at 94
Cleveland.com: Gena Rowlands, acclaimed actor from ‘A Woman Under the Influence,’ ‘The Notebook,’ has died
The Hollywood Reporter: Gena Rowlands, Actress of Unparalleled Excellence, Dies at 94
Died 2024-08-14.
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Nick Cassavetes announced that his mother had been living with Alzheimer's disease for the previous five years
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Rowlands was called by critic Richard Brody of The New Yorker as "the most important and original movie actor of the past half century-plus
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Awarded Academy Honorary Award (2016).
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Described herself as generally retired from acting
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Awarded Los Angeles Film Critics Association (2014).
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Starred in the film adaptation of Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks
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“s daughter in the 1979 made-for-TV film Strangers. Illness and death On June 24, 2024, Nick Cassavetes announced that his mother had been living with Alzheimer”
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Appeared on an episode of NCIS as lead character Leroy Jethro Gibbs's former mother-in-law, who is embroiled in a murder investigation
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Played a supporting role opposite Parker Posey and Melvil Poupaud in Broken English, an independent American feature written and directed by her daughter Zoe Cassavetes
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Appeared opposite Kate Hudson, Peter Sarsgaard, and John Hurt in the gothic thriller The Skeleton Key
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Awarded Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in Children's Programming for The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie (2004).
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Starred as the older version of Rachel McAdams's character in the romantic drama film The Notebook alongside James Garner as her husband, which was directed by her son Nick Cassavetes
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Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for Hysterical Blindness (2003).
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Rowlands appeared in Mira Nair's HBO movie Hysterical Blindness, for which she won her third Emmy
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Awarded Seattle International Film Festival (1999).
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Awarded National Board of Review of Motion Pictures (1996).
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Rowlands appeared as Julia Roberts's mother in the comedy-drama film Something to Talk About, and in 1998, she played Sandra Bullock's mother in the dramatic film Hope Floats
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Awarded Sundance Film Festival (1994).
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Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie (1992).
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Won Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film for The Betty Ford Story (1988).
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Rowlands starred in Woody Allen's dramatic film Another Woman
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Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for The Betty Ford Story (1987).
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Rowlands played the mother in the critically acclaimed made-for-TV movie An Early Frost
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Awarded Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress for Gloria (1980).
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Earned Silver Bear for Best Actress for Opening Night (1978).
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Earned Silver Shell for Best Actress (1975).
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Won Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama for A Woman Under the Influence (1975).
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Awarded National Board of Review Award for Best Actress for A Woman Under the Influence (1974).
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Awarded San Francisco International Film Festival for A Woman Under the Influence (1974).
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Was cast as socialite Adrienne Van Leyden in the prime-time ABC soap opera Peyton Place
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Guest-starred in the medical drama Dr
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Starred in director David Miller's Lonely Are the Brave, with Kirk Douglas and Walter Matthau
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Appeared in the adventure series The Islanders, set in the South Pacific, and in Target: The Corruptors
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Rowlands appeared in the Western series Laramie, alongside her husband John Cassavetes in the detective series Johnny Staccato, and in the Western series Riverboat, starring Darren McGavin
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Starred in the Broadway play Middle of the Night opposite Edward G
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Studied at American Academy of Dramatic Arts (1952).
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When Edwin was appointed to a position in the United States Department of Agriculture; moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1942, when he was appointed branch manager of the Office of Price Administration; and later moved t
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Born 1930-06-19.
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