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