Gena Rowlands
Known for Acting · 121 credits
- Born
- 1930-06-19
- Died
- 2024-08-14
- Place of birth
- Madison, Wisconsin, USA
- Also known as
- Virginia Cathryn Rowlands
Biography
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).
Known For
TV Shows (40)
NCIS
2003
as Joann Fielding
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
Columbo
1971
as Elizabeth Van Wick
Monk
2002
as Marge Johnson
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
Bonanza
1959
as Ragan Miller
The View
1997
as Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee / Self - Presenter
Numb3rs
2005
as Erika Hellman
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as Helen Martin / Louise Henderson / Diana Justin
The Virginian
1962
as Savannah
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
as Myrtle Wilson
Dr. Kildare
1961
as Helen Scott
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
as June
Studio One
1948
as Betty
Burke's Law
1963
as Paullette Shane / Mitzi Carlisle
Medical Center
1969
as Karen Coberly / Frances Delaney
Run for Your Life
1965
as Charlotte Hyde
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
Marcus Welby, M.D.
1969
as Lorraine Denby
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
as Self
77 Sunset Strip
1958
as Barbara Adams
Adventures in Paradise
1959
as Dr. Abigail Brent
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Lucille Jones
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982
as Witch
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963
as Janet Cord / Lois Baxter
Laramie
1959
as Laurel DeWalt
Riverboat
1959
as Rose Traynor
Ghost Story
1972
as Kate Lucas
87th Precinct
1961
as Teddy Carella
Garrison's Gorillas
1967
as Duchess
Target: The Corruptors!
1961
as Marian Praisewater
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
1966
as Baroness Ingrid Blangstead
The Islanders
1960
as Pepper Mint
Johnny Staccato
1959
as Nina Van Ness
The Lloyd Bridges Show
1962
as Leslie Kaufman
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Victoria Alden / Grace
General Electric Theater
1953
as Dorothy Dickenson
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
as Self
Peyton Place
1964
as Adrienne Van Leyden
Movies (81)
The Notebook
2004
as Older Allie
Hope Floats
1998
as Ramona Calvert
Taking Lives
2004
as Mrs. Rebecca Asher
The Skeleton Key
2005
as Violet Devereaux
Paulie
1998
as Ivy
Paris Je T'aime
2006
as Gena (Quartier Latin)
Night on Earth
1991
as Victoria Snelling
Playing by Heart
1998
as Hannah
Opening Night
1977
as Myrtle Gordon
Gloria
1980
as Gloria Swenson
Something to Talk About
1995
as Georgia King
The Mighty
1998
as Gram
Another Woman
1988
as Marion
Two-Minute Warning
1976
as Janet
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021
as Self
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003
as Self
Light of Day
1987
as Janette Rasnick
A Woman Under the Influence
1974
as Mabel Longhetti
Silent Cries
1993
as Peggy Sutherland
Love Streams
1984
as Sarah Lawson
Lonely are the Brave
1962
as Jerry Bondi
Tempest
1982
as Antonia
Faces
1968
as Jeannie Rapp
Once Around
1991
as Marilyn Bella
Shadows
1960
as Woman in Nightclub Audience (uncredited)
She's So Lovely
1997
as Miss Green
Broken English
2007
as Vivien Wilder-Mann
Hysterical Blindness
2002
as Virginia Miller
Yellow
2012
as Mimi
The Brink's Job
1978
as Mary Pino
Montana
1990
as Bess Guthrie
Ted & Venus
1991
as Mrs. Turner
Cannes: All Access
2007
as Self
Parts Per Billion
2014
as Esther
Light Keeps Me Company
2000
as Self
Grace & Glorie
1998
as Grace Stiles
Heart of the Festival
2002
as Self (archive footage)
Tony Rome
1967
as Rita Kosterman
The Spiral Road
1962
as Els
Unhook the Stars
1996
as Mildred
An Early Frost
1985
as Katherine Pierson
Minnie and Moskowitz
1971
as Minnie Moore
Charms for the Easy Life
2002
as Charlie Kate
A Child Is Waiting
1963
as Sophie Widdicombe Benham
A Constant Forge
2000
as Self
The Weekend
1999
as Laura Ponti
Peter Falk versus Columbo
2019
as Self (archive footage)
Machine Gun McCain
1969
as Rosemary Scott
Parallel Lives
1994
as Francie Pomerantz
Edge of Outside
2006
as Self
Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks
2014
as Lily Harrison
Hollywood Mavericks
1990
as Self (archive footage)
Husbands
1970
as Party Guest
Crazy in Love
1992
as Honora Swift
The Betty Ford Story
1987
as Betty Ford
The High Cost of Loving
1958
as Ginny Fry
Best Friends for Life
1998
as Mrs. Harriet Cahill
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
2006
as Self
What If God Were the Sun?
2007
as Melissa Eisenbloom
Gena Rowlands: A Life on Film
2019
as Self
Wild Iris
2001
as Minnie Brinn
The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie
2004
as Mrs. Evelyn Ritchie
The Neon Bible
1995
as Mae Morgan
John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All
1996
as Self
Anything for John
1993
as Self
Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter
1979
as Abigail Mason
I'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes — The Man and His Work
1984
as Self
Bette Davis: Larger Than Life
2017
as Self
A Question of Love
1978
as Linda Ray Guettner
Face of a Stranger
1991
as Pat Foster
The Color of Love: Jacey's Story
2000
as Georgia Porter
Thursday's Child
1983
as Victoria Alden
1001 Nights
1998
as Narrator (voice)
Faces
2011
as Jeannie Rapp (archive footage)
Olive
2011
as Tess M Powell
Rapunzel
1983
as The Witch
Unfortunate Circumstances
2017
as Dr. Cohen
Nick Quarry
1968
Nederland C
1985
as Self - Interviewed actress
Making 'Faces'
2004
as Self
Watching Gena Rowlands
2014
as Self (archive footage)
About 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). With 121 credits spanning from 1944 to 2021, Gena Rowlands has appeared in 81 films and 40 TV shows.
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- The Notebook (2004) — as Older Allie
- Hope Floats (1998) — as Ramona Calvert
- Taking Lives (2004) — as Mrs. Rebecca Asher
- The Skeleton Key (2005) — as Violet Devereaux
- Paulie (1998) — as Ivy
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