Gena Rowlands was nominated for the Oscar for best actress twice, for her roles in “A Woman Under the Influence” (1974) and “Gloria” (1980).
INDIAN WELLS, California — Gena Rowlands, an Emmy-winning and Oscar-nominated actor who had a groundbreaking performance in “A Woman Under the Influence” and a major role in her son’s film “The Notebook,” has died at the age of 94, reports say.Rowlands’ death was confirmed by the office of her son’s agent. Rowlands reportedly had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease.
Although she didn’t win the Oscar for “A Woman Under the Influence,” many of her contemporaries, including the late Peter Falk, hailed the performance as a wife and mother cracking under the burden of domestic harmony as one of the best of all time. In addition to the Oscar nominations, Rowlands earned three Primetime Emmy Awards, one Daytime Emmy and two Golden Globes. She was awarded an honorary Academy Award in 2015 in recognition of her work and legacy in Hollywood. “You know what’s wonderful about being an actress? You don’t just live one life,” she said at the podium. “You live many lives.”
“He had a particular sympathetic interest in women and their problems in society, how they were treated and how they solved and overcame what they needed to, so all his movies have some interesting women, and you don’t need many,” Rowlands told the Associated Press in 2015.
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