Gena Rowlands
June 19, 1930 (94 years old) in 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).
Known For
Credits
- 2021 · Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age as Self
- 2019 · Gena Rowlands: A Life on Film as Self
- 2017 · Bette Davis: Larger Than Life as Self
- 2017 · Unfortunate Circumstances as Dr. Cohen
- 2014 · Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks as Lily Harrison
- 2014 · Watching Gena Rowlands as Self (archive footage)
- 2014 · Parts Per Billion as Esther
- 2014 · And the Oscar Goes To... as Self (archive footage)
- 2012 · Yellow as Mimi
- 2011 · Olive as Tess M Powell
- 2011 · Faces as Jeannie Rapp (archive footage)
- 2007 · Broken English as Vivien Wilder-Mann
- 2007 · Cannes: All Access as Self
- 2007 · What If God Were the Sun? as Melissa Eisenbloom
- 2006 · Paris Je T'aime as Gena (Quartier Latin)
- 2006 · Edge of Outside as Self
- 2006 · Stardust: The Bette Davis Story as Self
- 2005 · The Skeleton Key as Violet Devereaux
- 2005 · Numb3rs as Erika Hellman
- 2004 · The Notebook as Older Allie
- 2004 · The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie as Mrs. Evelyn Ritchie
- 2004 · Taking Lives as Mrs. Rebecca Asher
- 2004 · Making 'Faces' as Self
- 2003 · NCIS as Joann Fielding
- 2003 · Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There as Self
- 2002 · Charms for the Easy Life as Charlie Kate
- 2002 · Monk as Marge Johnson
- 2002 · Hysterical Blindness as Virginia Miller
- 2001 · Wild Iris as Minnie Brinn
- 2000 · Light Keeps Me Company as Self
- 2000 · The Color of Love: Jacey's Story as Georgia Porter
- 2000 · A Constant Forge as Self
- 1999 · The Weekend as Laura Ponti
- 1998 · Playing by Heart as Hannah
- 1998 · Grace & Glorie as Grace Stiles
- 1998 · The Mighty as Gram
- 1998 · Hope Floats as Ramona Calvert
- 1998 · 1001 Nights as Narrator (voice)
- 1998 · Paulie as Ivy
- 1998 · Best Friends for Life as Mrs. Harriet Cahill
- 1997 · She's So Lovely as Miss Green
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1996 · Unhook the Stars as Mildred
- 1996 · E! True Hollywood Story as Self
- 1996 · John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All as Self
- 1995 · The Neon Bible as Mae Morgan
- 1995 · Something to Talk About as Georgia King
- 1994 · Parallel Lives as Francie Pomerantz
- 1993 · Anything for John as Self
- 1993 · Silent Cries as Peggy Sutherland
- 1992 · Crazy in Love as Honora Swift
- 1991 · Face of a Stranger as Pat Foster
- 1991 · Night on Earth as Victoria Snelling
- 1991 · Ted & Venus as Mrs. Turner
- 1991 · Once Around as Marilyn Bella
- 1990 · Hollywood Mavericks as Self (archive footage)
- 1990 · Montana as Bess Guthrie
- 1988 · Another Woman as Marion
- 1987 · The Betty Ford Story as Betty Ford
- 1987 · Light of Day as Janette Rasnick
- 1985 · An Early Frost as Katherine Pierson
- 1985 · Nederland C as Self - Interviewed actress
- 1984 · I'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes - The Man and His Work as Self
- 1984 · Love Streams as Sarah Lawson
- 1983 · Rapunzel as The Witch
- 1983 · Thursday's Child as Victoria Alden
- 1982 · Faerie Tale Theatre as Witch
- 1982 · Tempest as Antonia
- 1980 · Gloria as Gloria Swenson
- 1979 · Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter as Abigail Mason
- 1978 · The Brink's Job as Mary Pino
- 1978 · A Question of Love as Linda Ray Guettner
- 1977 · Opening Night as Myrtle Gordon
- 1976 · Two-Minute Warning as Janet
- 1975 · Les Rendez-vous du dimanche as Self
- 1974 · A Woman Under the Influence as Mabel Longhetti
- 1972 · Ghost Story as Kate Lucas
- 1971 · Minnie and Moskowitz as Minnie Moore
- 1971 · Columbo as Elizabeth Van Wick
- 1970 · Husbands as Party Guest
- 1969 · Medical Center as Karen Coberly
- 1969 · Medical Center as Frances Delaney
- 1969 · Marcus Welby, M.D. as Lorraine Denby
- 1969 · Machine Gun McCain as Rosemary Scott
- 1968 · Faces as Jeannie Rapp
- 1968 · Nick Quarry as
- 1967 · Tony Rome as Rita Kosterman
- 1967 · Garrison's Gorillas as Duchess
- 1965 · Run for Your Life as Charlotte Hyde
- 1964 · Peyton Place as Adrienne Van Leyden
- 1963 · Kraft Suspense Theatre as Janet Cord
- 1963 · Kraft Suspense Theatre as Lois Baxter
- 1963 · Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre as June
- 1963 · Burke's Law as Paullette Shane
- 1963 · Burke's Law as Mitzi Carlisle
- 1963 · A Child Is Waiting as Sophie Widdicombe Benham
- 1962 · The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- 1962 · The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Helen Martin
- 1962 · The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Louise Henderson
- 1962 · The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Diana Justin
- 1962 · The Virginian as Savannah
- 1962 · The Lloyd Bridges Show as Leslie Kaufman
- 1962 · The Spiral Road as Els
- 1962 · Lonely are the Brave as Jerry Bondi
- 1961 · The Mike Douglas Show as Self
- 1961 · Target: The Corruptors! as Marian Praisewater
- 1961 · Dr. Kildare as Helen Scott
- 1961 · 87th Precinct as Teddy Carella
- 1960 · Shadows as Woman in Nightclub Audience (uncredited)
- 1960 · The Islanders as Pepper Mint
- 1959 · Adventures in Paradise as Dr. Abigail Brent
- 1959 · Laramie as Laurel DeWalt
- 1959 · Riverboat as Rose Traynor
- 1959 · Bonanza as Ragan Miller
- 1959 · Johnny Staccato as Nina Van Ness
- 1958 · 77 Sunset Strip as Barbara Adams
- 1958 · The High Cost of Loving as Ginny Fry
- 1955 · Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Lucille Jones
- 1953 · General Electric Theater as Dorothy Dickenson
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Victoria Alden
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Grace
- 1950 · Robert Montgomery Presents as Myrtle Wilson
- 1948 · Studio One as Betty
- 1948 · The Ed Sullivan Show as Self - live scenes from 'Middle of the Night'
- 1948 · The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Winner
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter