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Gena Rowlands

Gena Rowlands

Virginia Cathryn "Gena" Rowlands (June 19, 1930 – August 14, 2024) was an American actress. A four-time Emmy and two-time Golden Globe winner, she is known for her collaborations with her late actor-director husband John Cassavetes in ten films, including A Woman Under the Influence (1974) and Gloria (1980), which earned her nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actress. She also won the Silver Bear for Best Actress for Opening Night (1977).

Born

Jun 19, 1930

Madison, Wisconsin, USA

Died

Aug 14, 2024

Known For

Acting

Movies

81 acting

2 crew

Popularity

1.4

Known For

The Notebook
The Notebook
2004 • as Older Allie
★ 7.9
The Skeleton Key
The Skeleton Key
2005 • as Violet Devereaux
★ 6.6
Hope Floats
Hope Floats
1998 • as Ramona Calvert
★ 6.5
Taking Lives
Taking Lives
2004 • as Mrs. Rebecca Asher
★ 6.4
A Woman Under the Influence
A Woman Under the Influence
1974 • as Mabel Longhetti
★ 7.7
Machine Gun McCain
Machine Gun McCain
1969 • as Rosemary Scott
★ 6.1
Paris Je T'aime
Paris Je T'aime
2006 • as Gena (Quartier Latin)
★ 6.8
Night on Earth
Night on Earth
1991 • as Victoria Snelling
★ 7.5
Paulie
Paulie
1998 • as Ivy
★ 7.1
Lonely are the Brave
Lonely are the Brave
1962 • as Jerry Bondi
★ 7.4
Opening Night
Opening Night
1977 • as Myrtle Gordon
★ 7.6
She's So Lovely
She's So Lovely
1997 • as Miss Green
★ 5.9
The Weekend
The Weekend
1999 • as Laura Ponti
★ 2.7
The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie
The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie
2004 • as Mrs. Evelyn Ritchie
★ 7.2
Something to Talk About
Something to Talk About
1995 • as Georgia King
★ 5.6
Hollywood Mavericks
Hollywood Mavericks
1990 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 7.3
Playing by Heart
Playing by Heart
1998 • as Hannah
★ 6.7
Faces
Faces
1968 • as Jeannie Rapp
★ 7.1
The Mighty
The Mighty
1998 • as Gram
★ 7.2
Another Woman
Another Woman
1988 • as Marion
★ 6.8
Husbands
Husbands
1970 • as Party Guest
★ 6.7
Gloria
Gloria
1980 • as Gloria Swenson
★ 6.9
The Brink's Job
The Brink's Job
1978 • as Mary Pino
★ 6.2
Unhook the Stars
Unhook the Stars
1996 • as Mildred
★ 5.9
Two-Minute Warning
Two-Minute Warning
1976 • as Janet
★ 6.3
Love Streams
Love Streams
1984 • as Sarah Lawson
★ 7.2
A Child Is Waiting
A Child Is Waiting
1963 • as Sophie Widdicombe
★ 6.8
Light of Day
Light of Day
1987 • as Janette Rasnick
★ 5.5
Hysterical Blindness
Hysterical Blindness
2002 • as Virginia Miller
★ 6.1
Shadows
Shadows
1960 • as Woman in Nightclub Audience (uncredited)
★ 6.9
Tony Rome
Tony Rome
1967 • as Rita Kosterman
★ 6.4
Tempest
Tempest
1982 • as Antonia
★ 5.9
Minnie and Moskowitz
Minnie and Moskowitz
1971 • as Minnie Moore
★ 6.7
Once Around
Once Around
1991 • as Marilyn Bella
★ 6.1
Anything for John
Anything for John
1993 • as Self
★ 7.3
Peter Falk versus Columbo
Peter Falk versus Columbo
2019 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 7.2
Broken English
Broken English
2007 • as Vivien Wilder-Mann
★ 5.9
Parts Per Billion
Parts Per Billion
2014 • as Esther
★ 4.4
Cannes: All Access
Cannes: All Access
2007 • as Self
★ 3.2
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
★ 6.7
Crazy in Love
Crazy in Love
1992 • as Honora Swift
★ 4.6
The Betty Ford Story
The Betty Ford Story
1987 • as Betty Ford
Parallel Lives
Parallel Lives
1994 • as Francie Pomerantz
★ 5.7
Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks
Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks
2014 • as Lily Harrison
★ 2.8
Face of a Stranger
Face of a Stranger
1991 • as Pat Foster
★ 10.0
Charms for the Easy Life
Charms for the Easy Life
2002 • as Charlie Kate
★ 8.5
The Spiral Road
The Spiral Road
1962 • as Els
★ 5.5
The Color of Love: Jacey's Story
The Color of Love: Jacey's Story
2000 • as Georgia Porter
★ 7.0
Ted & Venus
Ted & Venus
1991 • as Mrs. Turner
★ 4.5
Wild Iris
Wild Iris
2001 • as Minnie Brinn
★ 7.4
A Question of Love
A Question of Love
1978 • as Linda Ray Guettner
★ 5.2
Heart of the Festival
Heart of the Festival
2002 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 6.7
Gena Rowlands: A Life on Film
★ 6.8
What If God Were the Sun?
What If God Were the Sun?
2007 • as Melissa Eisenbloom
★ 7.0
Montana
Montana
1990 • as Bess Guthrie
★ 6.0
Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter
★ 9.4
Yellow
Yellow
2014 • as Mimi
★ 5.3
Grace & Glorie
Grace & Glorie
1998 • as Grace Stiles
★ 6.3
The High Cost of Loving
The High Cost of Loving
1958 • as Ginny Fry
★ 6.6
The Neon Bible
The Neon Bible
1995 • as Mae Morgan
★ 6.1
An Early Frost
An Early Frost
1985 • as Katherine Pierson
★ 5.8
Light Keeps Me Company
Light Keeps Me Company
2000 • as Self
★ 7.9
Best Friends for Life
Best Friends for Life
1998 • as Mrs. Harriet Cahill
★ 7.0
1001 Nights
1001 Nights
1998 • as Narrator (voice)
★ 6.7
Rapunzel
Rapunzel
1983 • as The Witch
★ 5.9
Edge of Outside
Edge of Outside
2006 • as Self
★ 5.8
Silent Cries
Silent Cries
1993 • as Peggy Sutherland
★ 5.0
Thursday's Child
Thursday's Child
1983 • as Victoria Alden
★ 5.5
A Constant Forge
A Constant Forge
2000 • as Self
★ 6.8
Bette Davis: Larger Than Life
★ 6.0
Nick Quarry
★ 9.0
Olive
Olive
2011 • as Tess M Powell
★ 6.5
Making 'Faces'
Making 'Faces'
2004 • as Self
Faces
Faces
2011 • as Jeannie Rapp (archive footage)
Unfortunate Circumstances
Unfortunate Circumstances
2017 • as Dr. Cohen
movie
Nederland C
1985 • as Self - Interviewed actress
★ 4.0
Watching Gena Rowlands
Watching Gena Rowlands
2014 • as Self (archive footage)