death_date death_place children birth_place birth_date spouse birthname article_title name occupation
29 march 1983 los angeles , california , u.s. john cassavetes new york city , new york , u.s. 24 june 1906 nicholas john cassavetes katherine demetre katherine cassavetes
 katherine cassavetes actress
katherine cassavetes

katherine cassavetes -lrb- born katherine demetre ; june 24 , 1906 -- march 29 , 1983 -rrb- was a greek american actress .
she was the mother of actor-director john cassavetes and mother-in-law of actress gena rowlands .
her grandchildren are actor-directors nick cassavetes , zoe cassavetes , and alexandra cassavetes .
she appeared in four films , three of which were written and directed by her son , including `` minnie and moskowitz '' -lrb- 1971 -rrb- .
