Acting powerhouse Gena Rowlands, who charmed in The Notebook, dead at age 94

Gena Rowlands, hailed as one of the greatest actors to ever practice the craft and a guiding light in independent cinema as a star in groundbreaking movies by her director husband, John Cassavetes, and later charmed audiences in her son's tear-jerker The Notebook, has died. She was 94.

Acting powerhouse Gena Rowlands, who charmed in The Notebook, dead at age 94
Gena Rowlands is seen posing for a photo in a file photo taken in West Hollywood, Calif., in December 2014.

Gena Rowlands, hailed as one of the greatest actors to ever practice the craft and a guiding light in independent cinema as a star in groundbreaking movies by her director husband, John Cassavetes, and later charmed audiences in her son's tear-jerker The Notebook, has died. She was 94.