Gena Rowlands
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderFemale
Birthday19 June 1930
Died14 August 2024 (age 94)
Place of birthMadison, Wisconsin, USA
Known credits123
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).
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021 · Self
Gena Rowlands: A Life on Film
2019 · Self
Peter Falk versus Columbo
2019 · Self (archive footage)
Bette Davis: Larger Than Life
2017 · Self
Unfortunate Circumstances
2017 · Dr. Cohen
Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks
2014 · Lily Harrison
Yellow
2014 · Mimi
Watching Gena Rowlands
2014 · Self (archive footage)
Parts Per Billion
2014 · Esther
Olive
2011 · Tess M Powell
Faces
2011 · Jeannie Rapp (archive footage)
Cannes: All Access
2007 · Self
Broken English
2007 · Vivien Wilder-Mann
What If God Were the Sun?
2007 · Melissa Eisenbloom
Paris Je T'aime
2006 · Gena (Quartier Latin)
Paris Je T'aime
2006 · Writer
Edge of Outside
2006 · Self
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
2006 · Self
The Skeleton Key
2005 · Violet Devereaux
Numb3rs
2005 · Erika Hellman
The Notebook
2004 · Older Allie
The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie
2004 · Mrs. Evelyn Ritchie
Taking Lives
2004 · Mrs. Rebecca Asher
Making 'Faces'
2004 · Self
NCIS
2003 · Joann Fielding
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003 · Self
Charms for the Easy Life
2002 · Charlie Kate
Monk
2002 · Marge Johnson
Heart of the Festival
2002 · Self (archive footage)
Hysterical Blindness
2002 · Virginia Miller
Wild Iris
2001 · Minnie Brinn
A Constant Forge
2000 · Self
Light Keeps Me Company
2000 · Self
The Color of Love: Jacey's Story
2000 · Georgia Porter
The Weekend
1999 · Laura Ponti
All About My Mother
1999 · In Memory Of
Playing by Heart
1998 · Hannah
Grace & Glorie
1998 · Grace Stiles
The Mighty
1998 · Gram
Hope Floats
1998 · Ramona Calvert
1001 Nights
1998 · Narrator (voice)
Paulie
1998 · Ivy
Best Friends for Life
1998 · Mrs. Harriet Cahill
She's So Lovely
1997 · Miss Green
The View
1997 · Self
Unhook the Stars
1996 · Mildred
E! True Hollywood Story
1996 · Self
John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All
1996 · Self
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