Gena Rowlands
Born June 19, 1930 · Madison, 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).
Notable Appearances
Movies
The Notebook
The Skeleton Key
Taking Lives
Hope Floats
Playing by Heart
A Woman Under the Influence
Paris Je T'aime
Night on Earth
Paulie
She's So Lovely
Lonely are the Brave
The Mighty
Something to Talk About
Two-Minute Warning
Another Woman
Faces
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Opening Night
The Brink's Job
Love Streams
A Child Is Waiting
Husbands
Gloria
Machine Gun McCain
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Tony Rome
Tempest
Peter Falk versus Columbo
Light of Day
Minnie and Moskowitz
Light Keeps Me Company
Hollywood Mavericks
Hysterical Blindness
The Color of Love: Jacey's Story
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
TV Shows
Columbo
Monk
Golden Globe Awards
Bonanza
Numb3rs
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Dr. Kildare
Studio One
Robert Montgomery Presents
The Virginian
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Run for Your Life
Burke's Law
Marcus Welby, M.D.
The Ed Sullivan Show
Medical Center
77 Sunset Strip
Adventures in Paradise
Faerie Tale Theatre
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Laramie
87th Precinct
Riverboat
Ghost Story
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
Target: The Corruptors!
The Lloyd Bridges Show
Garrison's Gorillas
Johnny Staccato
The Islanders
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Peyton Place
E! True Hollywood Story
General Electric Theater
More Movies
Charms for the Easy Life
The Spiral Road
The Weekend
Unhook the Stars
Shadows
What If God Were the Sun?
The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie
The Betty Ford Story
Cannes: All Access
Parts Per Billion
Montana
1001 Nights
Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter
An Early Frost
Ted & Venus
Once Around
Crazy in Love
A Question of Love
Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks
A Constant Forge
Face of a Stranger
Heart of the Festival
Yellow
Silent Cries
Gena Rowlands: A Life on Film
Best Friends for Life
Grace & Glorie
The Neon Bible
Broken English
Thursday's Child
I'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes — The Man and His Work
Anything for John
Wild Iris
The High Cost of Loving
Edge of Outside
Parallel Lives
Rapunzel
Bette Davis: Larger Than Life
Faces
Making 'Faces'
Unfortunate Circumstances
Olive
Nick Quarry
