One day we hope there will be a cure, too. So brave! When celebrities use their platforms to spread awareness for awful diseases like this, we applaud. “It’s important to me to be a part of the future, a part of the hopeful tide, which will help to eradicate the disease.
In 2000, she won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress as Lee Krasner, in Pollock, a biopic about the painter Jackson Pollock. I n 1990, Marcia Gay Harden made her big screen debut as Verna Bernbaum in the Coen brothers black comedy Millers Crossing. When discussing how her mom’s condition has affected her family, Harden said this: “I can be quiet about it but I don’t see how that helps anybody,” she says. Actress Marcia Gay Harden Becomes Alzheimer’s Advocate After Mother’s Diagnosis. MUST-SEE: The Secret to Reversing–and Preventing–Alzheimer’s May Have Been In This Medication All Along In 2004, Harden had kids after 40 when she gave birth to twins Julitta and Hudson. Harden has three kids, Eulala, Julitta, and Hudson with her ex-husband Thaddaeus Scheel. She was a great traveler, and she was a very hands-on mom like me,” said Harden.” Harden, an Oscar winner who most recently acted in Fifty Shades Darker, is writing a memoir that is lovingly devoted to their strong mother-daughter bond–a bond even Alzheimer’s cant destroy. Ever since the Fifty Shades franchise began back in 2015 with Fifty Shades of Grey, the role of Christian Grey's mother has been played by the inimitable Marcia Gay Harden. “This campaign struck me to the heart because it is about the scariest first moments,” said Harden. “I think one of the most important things to do when dealing with this is that the family be very cohesive and that the person with the disease be active in describing what they want their future to be,” said Harden.Īnd in the spirit of bringing awareness, the 57-year-old has joined forces with Notes to Remember and Biogen, organizations aimed at educating people about the early signs and symptoms of Alzheimer’s. Harden and her siblings took their then 72-year-old mother, Beverly, to see a doctor, who officially diagnosed her as suffering from Alzheimer’s. MUST-SEE: The Sleeping Trick That Lowers Your Risk for Alzheimer’s