
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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