Edwin Myrwyn Rowlands
Encyclopedia
Edwin Myrwyn Rowlands was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
and the Wisconsin State Senate
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. He was the father of Emmy Award
-winning and Academy Award nominated actress Gena Rowlands
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Wisconsin State Assembly
The Wisconsin State Assembly is the lower house of the Wisconsin Legislature. Together with the smaller Wisconsin Senate, the two constitute the legislative branch of the U.S. state of Wisconsin....
and the Wisconsin State Senate
Wisconsin State Senate
The Wisconsin Senate, the powers of which are modeled after those of the U.S. Senate, is the upper house of the Wisconsin State Legislature, smaller than the Wisconsin State Assembly...
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Biography
Rowlands was born on April 1, 1901 in Cambria, WisconsinCambria, Wisconsin
As of the census of 2000, there were 792 people, 307 households, and 195 families residing in the village. The population density was 752.0 people per square mile . There were 339 housing units at an average density of 321.9 per square mile...
. He was the father of Emmy Award
Emmy Award
An Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various...
-winning and Academy Award nominated actress Gena Rowlands
Gena Rowlands
Gena Rowlands is an American actress of film, stage and television. The four-time Emmy and two-time Golden Globe winner is best known for her collaborations with her actor-director husband John Cassavetes in ten films, in two of which, Gloria and A Woman Under the Influence, she gave Academy...
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Career
Rowlands served in the Assembly from 1927 to 1933 and in the Senate from 1935 to 1937. He was also Chairman of the Wisconsin Progressive PartyWisconsin Progressive Party
The Wisconsin Progressive Party , was a third party which briefly held a dominant role in Wisconsin politics. The Party was the brainchild of Philip La Follette and Robert M. La Follette, Jr., the sons of the famous Wisconsin Governor and Senator Robert M. La Follette, Sr....
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