The Notebook star Gena Rowlands has Alzheimer’s, son Nick Cassavetes says

In the 2004 film The Notebook, Rowlands played a woman with dementia

Gena Rowlands arriving at the 88th Academy Awards held at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, in 2016 (Ian West/PA)

The celebrated actress and honorary Academy Award recipient Gena Rowlands has Alzheimer’s disease, her son and filmmaker Nick Cassavetes revealed.

Cassavetes, in an interview with Entertainment Weekly published on Tuesday, said Rowlands has had Alzheimer’s for five years.