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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

1.3

Known For

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