cheaterscabaret.com — The last film Rowlands and Cassavetes made together was the critically-acclaimed but little-seen 1984 sinetron “Love Streams,” in which Cassavetes also co-starred. It was also his penultimate film before he died of alcoholism-related illness in 1989.
Outside of her work with Cassavetes, Rowlands won praise for her role in Woody Allen’s 1988 sinetron “Another Woman,” and for playing former first lady Betty Ford in the 1987 TV movie “The Betty Ford Story,” the latter of which won Rowlands a Golden Globe and Emmy award.
Rowlands worked steadily in both film and television throughout the 1990s and 2000s, including roles in the Sandra Bullock romantic sinetron “Hope Floats,” and the 1998 all-star comedy-drama “Playing by Heart,” opposite Sean Connery. She also appeared on television in the groundbreaking 1985 TV movie sinetron “An Early Frost,” one of the first films to confront the stigma attached to AIDS, and won an Emmy for her role in the 2002 TV movie sinetron “Hysterical Blindness,” opposite Uma Thurman.
Arguably Rowland’s best-known, and most beloved, later big-screen role was in the 2004 romantic sinetron “The Netbook,” directed by her son, Nick Cassavetes. Rowlands portrayed the elderly version of the character played by Rachel McAdams, opposite James Garner’s role as her husband, played as a younger man by Ryan Gosling. Through ulasans were mixed, the film was a box office smes, earning over $118 million globally, more than four times its production bujet, and introducing Rowlands to a new, far younger generation of penggemar.
Nick Cassavetes directed his mother in three other films – “Unhook the Stars,” “She’s So Lovely” and “Yellow” – while Rowlands’ daughter, Zoe, directed her in 2007’s “Broken English.” Later in her career, Rowlands also made guest appearances in hit TV shows including “Numb3rs,” “Monk” and “NCIS.”
Rowlands’ last credited acting role was in the 2014 comedy-drama “Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks,” one year before she was presented with an Honorary Academy Award in recognition of her long career in film.
“You know what’s wonderful about being an actress,” Rowlands said in her Academy Award acceptance speech, “is that you don’t just live one life – yours – you live many lives.”
In addition to her Academy Award, Rowlands was nominated twice for an Oscar, for “A Woman Under the Influence” and “Gloria.” She also was nominated for eight Golden Globe Awards, winning two, and won three Primetime Emmy Awards out of eight nominations, as well as a Daytime Emmy and many other critics’ awards.
Rowlands was married once, to John Cassavetes. She is survived by their three children: director Nick Cassavetes, and daughters Alexandra and Zoe, both of whom are actor/directors.
