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The Notebook actress Gena Rowlands dies at 94

 Actress Gena Rowlands attends the 88th Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood & Highland Center on February 28, 2016Image source, Getty Images
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American actress Gena Rowlands, who is known for roles including in The Notebook and Another Woman, has died at the age of 94.

Rowlands, who was nominated for an Oscar for 1974's A Woman Under the Influence and 1980's Gloria, died at her home in Indian Wells, California.

No cause of death was given, but she had been suffering from Alzheimer's, according to reports.

She quit acting in 2015 after winning four Emmys, two Golden Globes, and earning two Oscar nominations, according to .

Both A Woman Under the Influence and Gloria were collaborations with her late husband John Cassavetes.

Her Emmys were for The Betty Ford Story, Face of a Stranger, Hysterical Blindness, and The Incredible Mrs Ritchie.

Born in Wisconsin, she moved to New York and starred in the Broadway debut of The Seven Year Itch.

In 1956 she starred in Broadway play Middle of the Night.

In 2015, she was given an honorary Academy Award for her long acting career.

鈥淲orking this long? I didn鈥檛 even think I鈥檇 be living this long,鈥 she recently told .

She also starred in films Faces, Opening Night, Unhook the Stars, Yellow and Broken English, Hope Floats, Tempest, The Brink's Job, Tony Rome and The Neon Bible.

The Notebook was directed in 2004 by her son Nick Cassavetes, who recently spoke to about how his mother played a character suffering from dementia.

"We spent a lot of time talking about Alzheimer鈥檚 and wanting to be authentic with it, and now, for the last five years, she鈥檚 had Alzheimer鈥檚,鈥 he said.

"She鈥檚 in full dementia. And it鈥檚 so crazy 鈥 we lived it, she acted it, and now it鈥檚 on us.鈥