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Gena Rowlands

Gena Rowlands

Acting

Born: June 19, 1930Madison, Wisconsin, USA

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

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

Self

2021
Gena Rowlands: A Life on Film

Gena Rowlands: A Life on Film

Self

2019
Bette Davis: Larger Than Life

Bette Davis: Larger Than Life

Self

2017
Unfortunate Circumstances

Unfortunate Circumstances

Dr. Cohen

2017
Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks

Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks

Lily Harrison

2014
Watching Gena Rowlands

Watching Gena Rowlands

Self (archive footage)

2014
Parts Per Billion

Parts Per Billion

Esther

2014
Yellow

Yellow

Mimi

2012
Olive

Olive

Tess M Powell

2011
Faces

Faces

Jeannie Rapp (archive footage)

2011
Cannes: All Access

Cannes: All Access

Self

2007
Broken English

Broken English

Vivien Wilder-Mann

2007
What If God Were the Sun?

What If God Were the Sun?

Melissa Eisenbloom

2007
Paris Je T'aime

Paris Je T'aime

Gena (Quartier Latin)

2006
Edge of Outside

Edge of Outside

Self

2006
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story

Stardust: The Bette Davis Story

Self

2006
The Skeleton Key

The Skeleton Key

Violet Devereaux

2005
The Notebook

The Notebook

Older Allie

2004
The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie

The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie

Mrs. Evelyn Ritchie

2004
Taking Lives

Taking Lives

Mrs. Rebecca Asher

2004
Making 'Faces'

Making 'Faces'

Self

2004
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There

Self

2003
Charms for the Easy Life

Charms for the Easy Life

Charlie Kate

2002
Heart of the Festival

Heart of the Festival

Self (archive footage)

2002
Hysterical Blindness

Hysterical Blindness

Virginia Miller

2002
Wild Iris

Wild Iris

Minnie Brinn

2001
A Constant Forge

A Constant Forge

Self

2000
Light Keeps Me Company

Light Keeps Me Company

Self

2000
The Color of Love: Jacey's Story

The Color of Love: Jacey's Story

Georgia Porter

2000
The Weekend

The Weekend

Laura Ponti

1999
Playing by Heart

Playing by Heart

Hannah

1998
Grace & Glorie

Grace & Glorie

Grace Stiles

1998
The Mighty

The Mighty

Gram

1998
Hope Floats

Hope Floats

Ramona Calvert

1998
1001 Nights

1001 Nights

Narrator (voice)

1998
Paulie

Paulie

Ivy

1998
Best Friends for Life

Best Friends for Life

Mrs. Harriet Cahill

1998
She's So Lovely

She's So Lovely

Miss Green

1997
Unhook the Stars

Unhook the Stars

Mildred

1996

John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All

Self

1996
The Neon Bible

The Neon Bible

Mae Morgan

1995
Something to Talk About

Something to Talk About

Georgia King

1995
Parallel Lives

Parallel Lives

Francie Pomerantz

1994
Anything for John

Anything for John

Self

1993
Silent Cries

Silent Cries

Peggy Sutherland

1993
Crazy in Love

Crazy in Love

Honora Swift

1992
Face of a Stranger

Face of a Stranger

Pat Foster

1991
Night on Earth

Night on Earth

Victoria Snelling

1991
Ted & Venus

Ted & Venus

Mrs. Turner

1991
Once Around

Once Around

Marilyn Bella

1991
Hollywood Mavericks

Hollywood Mavericks

Self (archive footage)

1990
Montana

Montana

Bess Guthrie

1990
Another Woman

Another Woman

Marion

1988
The Betty Ford Story

The Betty Ford Story

Betty Ford

1987
Light of Day

Light of Day

Janette Rasnick

1987
An Early Frost

An Early Frost

Katherine Pierson

1985

Nederland C

Self - Interviewed actress

1985
I'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes — The Man and His Work

I'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes — The Man and His Work

Self

1984
Love Streams

Love Streams

Sarah Lawson

1984
Rapunzel

Rapunzel

The Witch

1983
Thursday's Child

Thursday's Child

Victoria Alden

1983
Tempest

Tempest

Antonia

1982
Gloria

Gloria

Gloria Swenson

1980
Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter

Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter

Abigail Mason

1979
The Brink's Job

The Brink's Job

Mary Pino

1978
A Question of Love

A Question of Love

Linda Ray Guettner

1978
Opening Night

Opening Night

Myrtle Gordon

1977
Two-Minute Warning

Two-Minute Warning

Janet

1976
A Woman Under the Influence

A Woman Under the Influence

Mabel Longhetti

1974
Minnie and Moskowitz

Minnie and Moskowitz

Minnie Moore

1971
Husbands

Husbands

Party Guest

1970
Machine Gun McCain

Machine Gun McCain

Rosemary Scott

1969
Faces

Faces

Jeannie Rapp

1968
Nick Quarry

Nick Quarry

1968
Tony Rome

Tony Rome

Rita Kosterman

1967
A Child Is Waiting

A Child Is Waiting

Sophie Widdicombe Benham

1963
The Spiral Road

The Spiral Road

Els

1962
Lonely are the Brave

Lonely are the Brave

Jerry Bondi

1962
Shadows

Shadows

Woman in Nightclub Audience (uncredited)

1960
The High Cost of Loving

The High Cost of Loving

Ginny Fry

1958