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Remembering Gena Rowlands: ‘The Notebook’ Actress Lived ‘Many Lives’ Before Her Death at Age 94


Gena Rowlands died at the age of 94 on August 14 after a five-year battle with Alzheimer's disease. Closer takes a look back at the late Notebook star's career.

The Notebook ‘s passionate and feisty Allie Hamilton is far from the first spirited woman Gena, who died at 94 on August 14 after a five-year battle with Alzheimer’s disease, played during her long career. She received Oscar nominations for 1974’s A Woman Under the Influence, about a wife on the cusp of a breakdown, and Gloria, a 1980 thriller about a gangster’s moll on the run with an orphaned boy. Kevork Djansezian/Getty ImagesThe movie business became a family affair when children Nick, Alexandra and Zoe entered their lives.

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