Gena Rowlands
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jun 19, 1930
- Died
- Aug 14, 2024 (aged 94)
- Place of birth
- Madison, Wisconsin, USA
- Credits
- 122
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
Filmography
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021Movie
Self
Gena Rowlands: A Life on Film
2019Movie
Self
Peter Falk versus Columbo
2019Movie
Self (archive footage)
Bette Davis: Larger Than Life
2017Movie
Self
Unfortunate Circumstances
2017Movie
Dr. Cohen
Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks
2014Movie
Lily Harrison
Yellow
2014Movie
Mimi
Watching Gena Rowlands
2014Movie
Self (archive footage)
Parts Per Billion
2014Movie
Esther
Olive
2011Movie
Tess M Powell
Faces
2011Movie
Jeannie Rapp (archive footage)
Cannes: All Access
2007Movie
Self
Broken English
2007Movie
Vivien Wilder-Mann
What If God Were the Sun?
2007Movie
Melissa Eisenbloom
Paris Je T'aime
2006Movie
Gena (Quartier Latin)
Edge of Outside
2006Movie
Self
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
2006Movie
Self
The Skeleton Key
2005Movie
Violet Devereaux
Numb3rs
2005TV
Erika Hellman
The Notebook
2004Movie
Older Allie
The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie
2004Movie
Mrs. Evelyn Ritchie
Taking Lives
2004Movie
Mrs. Rebecca Asher
Making 'Faces'
2004Movie
Self
NCIS
2003TV
Joann Fielding
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003Movie
Self
Charms for the Easy Life
2002Movie
Charlie Kate
Monk
2002TV
Marge Johnson
Heart of the Festival
2002Movie
Self (archive footage)
Hysterical Blindness
2002Movie
Virginia Miller
Wild Iris
2001Movie
Minnie Brinn
A Constant Forge
2000Movie
Self
Light Keeps Me Company
2000Movie
Self
The Color of Love: Jacey's Story
2000Movie
Georgia Porter
The Weekend
1999Movie
Laura Ponti
Playing by Heart
1998Movie
Hannah
Grace & Glorie
1998Movie
Grace Stiles
The Mighty
1998Movie
Gram
Hope Floats
1998Movie
Ramona Calvert
1001 Nights
1998Movie
Narrator (voice)
Paulie
1998Movie
Ivy
Best Friends for Life
1998Movie
Mrs. Harriet Cahill
She's So Lovely
1997Movie
Miss Green
The View
1997TV
Self
Unhook the Stars
1996Movie
Mildred
E! True Hollywood Story
1996TV
Self
John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All
1996Movie
Self
The Neon Bible
1995Movie
Mae Morgan
Something to Talk About
1995Movie
Georgia King
Parallel Lives
1994Movie
Francie Pomerantz
Anything for John
1993Movie
Self
Silent Cries
1993Movie
Peggy Sutherland
Crazy in Love
1992Movie
Honora Swift
Face of a Stranger
1991Movie
Pat Foster
Night on Earth
1991Movie
Victoria Snelling
Ted & Venus
1991Movie
Mrs. Turner
Once Around
1991Movie
Marilyn Bella
Hollywood Mavericks
1990Movie
Self (archive footage)
Montana
1990Movie
Bess Guthrie
Another Woman
1988Movie
Marion
The Betty Ford Story
1987Movie
Betty Ford
Light of Day
1987Movie
Janette Rasnick
An Early Frost
1985Movie
Katherine Pierson
Nederland C
1985Movie
Self - Interviewed actress
I'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes — The Man and His Work
1984Movie
Self
Love Streams
1984Movie
Sarah Lawson
Rapunzel
1983Movie
The Witch
Thursday's Child
1983Movie
Victoria Alden
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982TV
Witch
Tempest
1982Movie
Antonia
Gloria
1980Movie
Gloria Swenson
Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter
1979Movie
Abigail Mason
The Brink's Job
1978Movie
Mary Pino
A Question of Love
1978Movie
Linda Ray Guettner
Opening Night
1977Movie
Myrtle Gordon
Two-Minute Warning
1976Movie
Janet
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975TV
Self
A Woman Under the Influence
1974Movie
Mabel Longhetti
Ghost Story
1972TV
Kate Lucas
Minnie and Moskowitz
1971Movie
Minnie Moore
Film '72
1971TV
Self
Columbo
1971TV
Elizabeth Van Wick
Husbands
1970Movie
Party Guest
Medical Center
1969TV
Karen Coberly, Frances Delaney
Marcus Welby, M.D.
1969TV
Lorraine Denby
Machine Gun McCain
1969Movie
Rosemary Scott
Faces
1968Movie
Jeannie Rapp
Nick Quarry
1968Movie
Tony Rome
1967Movie
Rita Kosterman
Garrison's Gorillas
1967TV
Duchess
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
1966TV
Baroness Ingrid Blangstead
Run for Your Life
1965TV
Charlotte Hyde
Peyton Place
1964TV
Adrienne Van Leyden
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963TV
Janet Cord, Lois Baxter
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963TV
June
Burke's Law
1963TV
Paullette Shane, Mitzi Carlisle
A Child Is Waiting
1963Movie
Sophie Widdicombe
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962TV
Self
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962TV
Helen Martin, Louise Henderson, Diana Justin
The Virginian
1962TV
Savannah
The Lloyd Bridges Show
1962TV
Leslie Kaufman
The Spiral Road
1962Movie
Els
Lonely are the Brave
1962Movie
Jerry Bondi
The Mike Douglas Show
1961TV
Self
Target: The Corruptors!
1961TV
Marian Praisewater
Dr. Kildare
1961TV
Helen Scott
87th Precinct
1961TV
Teddy Carella
Shadows
1960Movie
Woman in Nightclub Audience (uncredited)
The Islanders
1960TV
Pepper Mint
Adventures in Paradise
1959TV
Dr. Abigail Brent
Laramie
1959TV
Laurel DeWalt
Riverboat
1959TV
Rose Traynor
Bonanza
1959TV
Ragan Miller
Johnny Staccato
1959TV
Nina Van Ness
77 Sunset Strip
1958TV
Barbara Adams
The High Cost of Loving
1958Movie
Ginny Fry
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955TV
Lucille Jones
General Electric Theater
1953TV
Dorothy Dickenson
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951TV
Victoria Alden, Grace
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950TV
Myrtle Wilson
Studio One
1948TV
Betty
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948TV
Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944TV
Self - Nominee, Self - Presenter, Self