Gena Rowlands

Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Born
June 19, 1930 (94 years old)
Died
August 14, 2024
Place of Birth
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Popular Genres
Drama Romance Comedy
Career Span
1958 – 2021

Gena Rowlands

1 win
77 nominations
80 credits

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).

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Personal Info

Born
Jun 19, 1930
From
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Known For
Acting
Career
1958 – 2021

Award Recognition

1
Win
77
Nominations

Complete Filmography

2021

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age as Self Award

2019

Gena Rowlands: A Life on Film as Self

2017

Bette Davis: Larger Than Life as Self
Unfortunate Circumstances as Dr. Cohen

2014

And the Oscar Goes To... as Self (archive footage) Award
Parts Per Billion as Esther
Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks as Lily Harrison
Watching Gena Rowlands as Self (archive footage)

2012

Yellow as Mimi

2011

Faces as Jeannie Rapp (archive footage)
Olive as Tess M Powell

2007

Broken English as Vivien Wilder-Mann Award
Cannes: All Access as Self
What If God Were the Sun? as Melissa Eisenbloom

2006

Paris Je T'aime as Gena (Quartier Latin)
Edge of Outside as Self
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story as Self

2005

The Skeleton Key as Violet Devereaux Award

2004

The Notebook as Older Allie Award
Taking Lives as Mrs. Rebecca Asher Award
The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie as Mrs. Evelyn Ritchie
Making 'Faces' as Self

2003

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There as Self Award

2002

Hysterical Blindness as Virginia Miller
Charms for the Easy Life as Charlie Kate

2001

Wild Iris as Minnie Brinn

2000

Light Keeps Me Company as Self
The Color of Love: Jacey's Story as Georgia Porter
A Constant Forge as Self

1999

The Weekend as Laura Ponti

1998

Hope Floats as Ramona Calvert Award
Paulie as Ivy Award
Playing by Heart as Hannah Award
The Mighty as Gram Award
Grace & Glorie as Grace Stiles
Best Friends for Life as Mrs. Harriet Cahill
1001 Nights as Narrator (voice)

1997

She's So Lovely as Miss Green Award

1996

Unhook the Stars as Mildred
John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All as Self

1995

Something to Talk About as Georgia King Award
The Neon Bible as Mae Morgan

1994

Parallel Lives as Francie Pomerantz

1993

Silent Cries as Peggy Sutherland
Anything for John as Self

1992

Crazy in Love as Honora Swift

1991

Night on Earth as Victoria Snelling Award
Ted & Venus as Mrs. Turner
Once Around as Marilyn Bella
Face of a Stranger as Pat Foster

1990

Montana as Bess Guthrie
Hollywood Mavericks as Self (archive footage)

1988

Another Woman as Marion

1987

Light of Day as Janette Rasnick
The Betty Ford Story as Betty Ford

1985

An Early Frost as Katherine Pierson
Nederland C as Self - Interviewed actress

1984

Love Streams as Sarah Lawson
I'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes — The Man and His Work as Self

1983

Rapunzel as The Witch
Thursday's Child as Victoria Alden

1982

Tempest as Antonia Award

1980

Gloria as Gloria Swenson Award

1979

Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter as Abigail Mason

1978

A Question of Love as Linda Ray Guettner
The Brink's Job as Mary Pino

1977

Opening Night as Myrtle Gordon Award

1976

Two-Minute Warning as Janet Award

1974

A Woman Under the Influence as Mabel Longhetti Award

1971

Minnie and Moskowitz as Minnie Moore

1970

Husbands as Party Guest

1969

Machine Gun McCain as Rosemary Scott

1968

Faces as Jeannie Rapp
Nick Quarry

1967

Tony Rome as Rita Kosterman

1963

A Child Is Waiting as Sophie Widdicombe Benham

1962

Lonely are the Brave as Jerry Bondi Award
The Spiral Road as Els

1960

Shadows as Woman in Nightclub Audience (uncredited)

1958

The High Cost of Loving as Ginny Fry

Photos & Videos

Featured in Trailers

The Notebook
Hope Floats
Paulie
The Skeleton Key
Night on Earth
Playing by Heart
Opening Night
Something to Talk About
Lonely are the Brave

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