Edwin Myrwyn Rowlands

Edwin Myrwyn Rowlands
Wisconsin State Assembly
In office
1927–1933
Wisconsin State Senate
In office
1935–1937
Chairman of Wisconsin Progressive Party
In office
?–?
Personal details
BornApril 1, 1901
Cambria, Wisconsin, U.S.
DiedMarch 28, 1961 (aged 59)
Harris County, Texas, U.S.
Spouse
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(m. 1924)​
Children2, including Gena Rowlands
RelativesNick Cassavetes (grandson)
Alexandra Cassavetes (granddaughter)
Zoe Cassavetes (granddaughter)
OccupationPolitician

Edwin Myrwyn Rowlands (April 1, 1901 – March 28, 1961) was a Welsh-American member of the Wisconsin State Assembly and the Wisconsin State Senate. He was born in Cambria, Wisconsin, the son of Emma (née Davies) and David Morris Rowlands, of Welsh descent. He had an elder brother, Morris.[1]

Biography

On September 10, 1924, in Arkansas, he married Mary Allen Neal, who became an actress in her later years, and was known as Lady Rowlands. They had two children: a son, David, and a daughter, Virginia, who is best known as the Emmy Award-winning and Academy Award-nominated actress Gena Rowlands.[citation needed]

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 Party.[2]

Edwin Myrwyn Rowlands died in 1961 in Harris County, Texas, four days before his 60th birthday.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ Edwin Rowlands Google profile
  2. ^ State of Wisconsin Blue Book. Legislative Reference Bureau. 1933. p. PA448. Retrieved 8 January 2018.


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