Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Notebook star Gena Rowlands has been living with Alzheimer’s disease …
Classic cult movie The Notebook recently celebrated 20 years since it was revealed in 2004. Cassavetes, in an interview with Entertainment Weekly published Tuesday, says Rowlands has had Alzheimer’s for five years. Director Nick Cassavetes says, ‘She acted it and now it's upon us’ Director and actor, Nick Cassavetes who is also the son of the 94-year-old actor revealed that …
NEW YORK — The celebrated actor and honorary Academy Award recipient Gena Rowlands is suffering from Alzheimer’s disease, her son, the filmmaker Nick Cassavetes, has revealed. “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 said. And it’s so crazy — we …
Actor Gena Rowlands, 94, has been living with Alzheimer’s disease for years, her son revealed in a recent interview. When Oscar winner Gena Rowlands appeared in “The Notebook” 20 years ago, she starred as an older version of Rachel McAdams’ character who was living with Alzheimer’s. The prolific 94-year-old actor, who is the widow of director John Cassavetes, has Alzheimer’s, …