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The brilliant actress was twice nominated for an Oscar for her stunning performances...
Gena Rowlands, who played Allie Hamilton in the Ryan Gosling movie, passed away surrounded by her close family in California after a five-year battle with Alzheimer's. While celebrating the 20th anniversary of the movie, Gena's 65-year-old filmmaker son Nick Cassavetes told Entertainment Weekly: "I got my mom to play older Allie, and we spent a lot of time talking about Alzheimer’s and wanting to be authentic with it. The actress opened up in 2004 about how her own mum’s struggle with Alzheimer’s had influenced her decision to play Allie in The Notebook, which was adapted from Nicholas Sparks’ 1996 novel.
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