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Inside ‘Notebook’ Actress Gena Rowlands’ Alzheimer’s Battle: ‘She’s in Full Dementia’


The Notebook actress Gena Rowlands was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, her son, Nick Cassavetes, revealed. 'She’s in full dementia,' the director said.

Get back to the She gave a heart-wrenching performance as a woman with Alzheimer’s disease in the beloved romantic drama The Notebook. “It was a tough but wonderful movie.” Gena, whose decades-long career includes Oscar-nominated roles in such films as A Woman Under theInfluence and Gloria, has been spending her days surrounded by love. Her husband of 12 years, Robert Forrest, and the three children from her first marriage, to director John Cassavetes, are her support and strength.

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