Gena Rowlands
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 19, 1930
- Died
- August 14, 2024 (aged 94)
- Birthplace
- 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).
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Filmography
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Movie · as Self
Gena Rowlands: A Life on Film
Movie · as Self
Peter Falk versus Columbo
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Unfortunate Circumstances
Movie · as Dr. Cohen
Bette Davis: Larger Than Life
Movie · as Self
Yellow
Movie · as Mimi
Parts Per Billion
Movie · as Esther
Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks
Movie · as Lily Harrison
Watching Gena Rowlands
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Olive
Movie · as Tess M Powell
Faces
Movie · as Jeannie Rapp (archive footage)
Broken English
Movie · as Vivien Wilder-Mann
What If God Were the Sun?
Movie · as Melissa Eisenbloom
Cannes: All Access
Movie · as Self
Paris Je T'aime
Movie · as Gena (Quartier Latin)
Edge of Outside
Movie · as Self
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
Movie · as Self
The Skeleton Key
Movie · as Violet Devereaux
Numb3rs
TV · as Erika Hellman · 1 ep
The Notebook
Movie · as Older Allie
Taking Lives
Movie · as Mrs. Rebecca Asher
The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie
Movie · as Mrs. Evelyn Ritchie
Making 'Faces'
Movie · as Self
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Movie · as Self
NCIS
TV · as Joann Fielding · 1 ep
Hysterical Blindness
Movie · as Virginia Miller
Charms for the Easy Life
Movie · as Charlie Kate
Heart of the Festival
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Monk
TV · as Marge Johnson · 1 ep
Wild Iris
Movie · as Minnie Brinn
The Color of Love: Jacey's Story
Movie · as Georgia Porter
Light Keeps Me Company
Movie · as Self
A Constant Forge
Movie · as Self
The Weekend
Movie · as Laura Ponti
Playing by Heart
Movie · as Hannah
Hope Floats
Movie · as Ramona Calvert
The Mighty
Movie · as Gram
Paulie
Movie · as Ivy
1001 Nights
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Best Friends for Life
Movie · as Mrs. Harriet Cahill
Grace & Glorie
Movie · as Grace Stiles
She's So Lovely
Movie · as Miss Green
The View
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Unhook the Stars
Movie · as Mildred
John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All
Movie · as Self
E! True Hollywood Story
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Neon Bible
Movie · as Mae Morgan
Something to Talk About
Movie · as Georgia King
Parallel Lives
Movie · as Francie Pomerantz
Silent Cries
Movie · as Peggy Sutherland
Anything for John
Movie · as Self
Crazy in Love
Movie · as Honora Swift
Night on Earth
Movie · as Victoria Snelling
Once Around
Movie · as Marilyn Bella
Face of a Stranger
Movie · as Pat Foster
Ted & Venus
Movie · as Mrs. Turner
Montana
Movie · as Bess Guthrie
Hollywood Mavericks
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Another Woman
Movie · as Marion
Light of Day
Movie · as Janette Rasnick
The Betty Ford Story
Movie · as Betty Ford
An Early Frost
Movie · as Katherine Pierson
Nederland C
Movie · as Self - Interviewed actress
Love Streams
Movie · as Sarah Lawson
I'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes — The Man and His Work
Movie · as Self
Thursday's Child
Movie · as Victoria Alden
Rapunzel
Movie · as The Witch
Tempest
Movie · as Antonia
Faerie Tale Theatre
TV · as Witch · 1 ep
Gloria
Movie · as Gloria Swenson
Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter
Movie · as Abigail Mason
The Brink's Job
Movie · as Mary Pino
A Question of Love
Movie · as Linda Ray Guettner
Opening Night
Movie · as Myrtle Gordon
Two-Minute Warning
Movie · as Janet
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
TV · as Self · 1 ep
A Woman Under the Influence
Movie · as Mabel Longhetti
Ghost Story
TV · as Kate Lucas · 1 ep
Minnie and Moskowitz
Movie · as Minnie Moore
Columbo
TV · as Elizabeth Van Wick · 1 ep
Film '72
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Husbands
Movie · as Party Guest
Machine Gun McCain
Movie · as Rosemary Scott
Medical Center
TV · as Karen Coberly, Frances Delaney · 1 ep
Marcus Welby, M.D.
TV · as Lorraine Denby · 1 ep
Faces
Movie · as Jeannie Rapp
Nick Quarry
Movie
Tony Rome
Movie · as Rita Kosterman
Garrison's Gorillas
TV · as Duchess · 1 ep
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
TV · as Baroness Ingrid Blangstead · 1 ep
Run for Your Life
TV · as Charlotte Hyde · 1 ep
Peyton Place
TV · as Adrienne Van Leyden · 193 eps
A Child Is Waiting
Movie · as Sophie Widdicombe
Burke's Law
TV · as Paullette Shane, Mitzi Carlisle · 1 ep
Kraft Suspense Theatre
TV · as Janet Cord, Lois Baxter · 1 ep
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
TV · as June · 1 ep
Lonely are the Brave
Movie · as Jerry Bondi
The Spiral Road
Movie · as Els
The Virginian
TV · as Savannah · 1 ep
The Lloyd Bridges Show
TV · as Leslie Kaufman · 1 ep
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV · as Self · 3 eps
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
TV · as Helen Martin, Louise Henderson, Diana Justin · 1 ep
87th Precinct
TV · as Teddy Carella · 30 eps
Target: The Corruptors!
TV · as Marian Praisewater · 1 ep
Dr. Kildare
TV · as Helen Scott · 1 ep
The Mike Douglas Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Shadows
Movie · as Woman in Nightclub Audience (uncredited)
The Islanders
TV · as Pepper Mint · 1 ep
Johnny Staccato
TV · as Nina Van Ness · 1 ep
Adventures in Paradise
TV · as Dr. Abigail Brent · 1 ep
Laramie
TV · as Laurel DeWalt · 1 ep
Riverboat
TV · as Rose Traynor · 1 ep
Bonanza
TV · as Ragan Miller · 1 ep
The High Cost of Loving
Movie · as Ginny Fry
77 Sunset Strip
TV · as Barbara Adams · 1 ep
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV · as Lucille Jones · 1 ep
General Electric Theater
TV · as Dorothy Dickenson · 1 ep
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV · as Victoria Alden, Grace · 1 ep
Robert Montgomery Presents
TV · as Myrtle Wilson · 1 ep
Studio One
TV · as Betty · 1 ep
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Golden Globe Awards
TV · as Self - Nominee, Self - Presenter · 1 ep