Gena Rowlands
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
Jun 19, 1930 (96 years old)
Place of Birth
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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).
Known For
| 2021 | Broadway: Beyond the Golden AgeSelf | |
| 2019 | Gena Rowlands: A Life on FilmSelf | |
| 2017 | Unfortunate CircumstancesDr. Cohen | |
| 2017 | Bette Davis: Larger Than LifeSelf | |
| 2014 | Parts Per BillionEsther | |
| 2014 | Six Dance Lessons in Six WeeksLily Harrison | |
| 2014 | Watching Gena RowlandsSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2012 | YellowMimi | |
| 2011 | OliveTess M Powell | |
| 2011 | FacesJeannie Rapp (archive footage) | |
| 2007 | Broken EnglishVivien Wilder-Mann | |
| 2007 | What If God Were the Sun?Melissa Eisenbloom | |
| 2007 | Cannes: All AccessSelf | |
| 2006 | Paris Je T'aimeGena (Quartier Latin) | |
| 2006 | Edge of OutsideSelf | |
| 2006 | Stardust: The Bette Davis StorySelf | |
| 2005 | The Skeleton KeyViolet Devereaux | |
| 2005 | Numb3rsErika Hellman | |
| 2004 | The NotebookOlder Allie | |
| 2004 | Taking LivesMrs. Rebecca Asher | |
| 2004 | The Incredible Mrs. RitchieMrs. Evelyn Ritchie | |
| 2004 | Making 'Faces'Self | |
| 2003 | Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were ThereSelf | |
| 2003 | NCISJoann Fielding | |
| 2002 | Hysterical BlindnessVirginia Miller | |
| 2002 | Charms for the Easy LifeCharlie Kate | |
| 2002 | Heart of the FestivalSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2002 | MonkMarge Johnson | |
| 2001 | Wild IrisMinnie Brinn | |
| 2000 | The Color of Love: Jacey's StoryGeorgia Porter | |
| 2000 | Light Keeps Me CompanySelf | |
| 2000 | A Constant ForgeSelf | |
| 1999 | The WeekendLaura Ponti | |
| 1998 | Playing by HeartHannah | |
| 1998 | Hope FloatsRamona Calvert | |
| 1998 | The MightyGram | |
| 1998 | PaulieIvy | |
| 1998 | 1001 NightsNarrator (voice) | |
| 1998 | Best Friends for LifeMrs. Harriet Cahill | |
| 1998 | Grace & GlorieGrace Stiles | |
| 1997 | She's So LovelyMiss Green | |
| 1997 | The ViewSelf | |
| 1996 | Unhook the StarsMildred | |
| 1996 | John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It AllSelf | |
| 1996 | E! True Hollywood StorySelf | |
| 1995 | The Neon BibleMae Morgan | |
| 1995 | Something to Talk AboutGeorgia King | |
| 1994 | Parallel LivesFrancie Pomerantz | |
| 1993 | Silent CriesPeggy Sutherland | |
| 1993 | Anything for JohnSelf | |
| 1992 | Crazy in LoveHonora Swift | |
| 1991 | Night on EarthVictoria Snelling | |
| 1991 | Once AroundMarilyn Bella | |
| 1991 | Face of a StrangerPat Foster | |
| 1991 | Ted & VenusMrs. Turner | |
| 1990 | MontanaBess Guthrie | |
| 1990 | Hollywood MavericksSelf (archive footage) | |
| 1988 | Another WomanMarion | |
| 1987 | Light of DayJanette Rasnick | |
| 1987 | The Betty Ford StoryBetty Ford | |
| 1985 | An Early FrostKatherine Pierson | |
| 1985 | Nederland CSelf - Interviewed actress | |
| 1984 | Love StreamsSarah Lawson | |
| 1984 | I'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes — The Man and His WorkSelf | |
| 1983 | Thursday's ChildVictoria Alden | |
| 1983 | RapunzelThe Witch | |
| 1982 | TempestAntonia | |
| 1982 | Faerie Tale TheatreWitch | |
| 1980 | GloriaGloria Swenson | |
| 1979 | Strangers: The Story of a Mother and DaughterAbigail Mason | |
| 1978 | The Brink's JobMary Pino | |
| 1978 | A Question of LoveLinda Ray Guettner | |
| 1977 | Opening NightMyrtle Gordon | |
| 1976 | Two-Minute WarningJanet | |
| 1975 | Les Rendez-vous du dimancheSelf | |
| 1974 | A Woman Under the InfluenceMabel Longhetti | |
| 1972 | Ghost StoryKate Lucas | |
| 1971 | Minnie and MoskowitzMinnie Moore | |
| 1971 | ColumboElizabeth Van Wick | |
| 1970 | HusbandsParty Guest | |
| 1969 | Machine Gun McCainRosemary Scott | |
| 1969 | Medical CenterKaren Coberly | |
| 1969 | Medical CenterFrances Delaney | |
| 1969 | Marcus Welby, M.D.Lorraine Denby | |
| 1968 | FacesJeannie Rapp | |
| 1968 | Nick Quarry | |
| 1967 | Tony RomeRita Kosterman | |
| 1967 | Garrison's GorillasDuchess | |
| 1966 | The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.Baroness Ingrid Blangstead | |
| 1965 | Run for Your LifeCharlotte Hyde | |
| 1964 | Peyton PlaceAdrienne Van Leyden | |
| 1963 | A Child Is WaitingSophie Widdicombe Benham | |
| 1963 | Burke's LawPaullette Shane | |
| 1963 | Kraft Suspense TheatreJanet Cord | |
| 1963 | Burke's LawMitzi Carlisle | |
| 1963 | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler TheatreJune | |
| 1963 | Kraft Suspense TheatreLois Baxter | |
| 1962 | Lonely are the BraveJerry Bondi | |
| 1962 | The Spiral RoadEls | |
| 1962 | The VirginianSavannah | |
| 1962 | The Lloyd Bridges ShowLeslie Kaufman | |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf | |
| 1962 | The Alfred Hitchcock HourHelen Martin | |
| 1962 | The Alfred Hitchcock HourLouise Henderson | |
| 1962 | The Alfred Hitchcock HourDiana Justin | |
| 1961 | 87th PrecinctTeddy Carella | |
| 1961 | Target: The Corruptors!Marian Praisewater | |
| 1961 | Dr. KildareHelen Scott | |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas ShowSelf | |
| 1960 | ShadowsWoman in Nightclub Audience (uncredited) | |
| 1960 | The IslandersPepper Mint | |
| 1959 | Johnny StaccatoNina Van Ness | |
| 1959 | Adventures in ParadiseDr. Abigail Brent | |
| 1959 | LaramieLaurel DeWalt | |
| 1959 | RiverboatRose Traynor | |
| 1959 | BonanzaRagan Miller | |
| 1958 | The High Cost of LovingGinny Fry | |
| 1958 | 77 Sunset StripBarbara Adams | |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock PresentsLucille Jones | |
| 1953 | General Electric TheaterDorothy Dickenson | |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of FameVictoria Alden | |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of FameGrace | |
| 1950 | Robert Montgomery PresentsMyrtle Wilson | |
| 1948 | Studio OneBetty | |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan ShowSelf | |
| 1944 | Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Nominee | |
| 1944 | Golden Globe AwardsSelf | |
| 1944 | Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Presenter |
| 2006 | Paris Je T'aimeWriter |
| 1999 | All About My MotherIn Memory Of |