Gena Rowlands, who famously performed Allie in “The Notebook,” is useless … TMZ has discovered.
The retired actress died Wednesday afternoon at her house in Indian Wells, CA … the place she was surrounded by household, together with her husband, Robert, and her daughter Alexandra Cassavetes.
We’re advised her son, director Nick Cassavetes, had additionally been on the house steadily this week.
Whereas there isn’t any official explanation for dying but, Gena had been battling Alzheimer’s illness.
As we reported, Nick introduced Gena’s prognosis again in June … on the twentieth anniversary of “The Notebook,” which he directed. Gena’s character within the flick additionally suffered with the illness.
On the time, Nick stated Gena had really been battling Alzheimer’s for five years, and was in “full dementia.”
Gena — the daughter of actress Girl Rowlands, who was additionally identified with Alzheimer’s earlier than her dying — retired from Hollywood in 2015 after incomes 4 Emmy awards, 2 Golden Globes, and a pair of Oscar nominations.
She collaborated along with her first husband, filmmaker John Cassavetes, on various events … together with “Gloria” and “A Woman Under the Influence.”
Gena is survived by Robert — to whom she’s been married since 2012 — and her 3 kids … Nick, Alexandra and Zoe Cassavetes.
She was 94.
RIP
