Gena Rowlands

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).

Personal Facts

Known For

Acting

Gender

female

Known Credits

101

Birth Date

1930-06-19 00:00:00

Birth Place

Madison, Wisconsin, USA

Known For

• 

  The Notebook
• 

  The Skeleton Key
• 

  Paulie
• 

  Silent Cries
• 

  Another Woman
• 

  A Woman Under the Influence

Credits

• actors (99 credits)

  • Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2021
  • Gena Rowlands: A Life on Film

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2019
  • Peter Falk versus Columbo

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2019
  • Bette Davis: Larger Than Life

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2017
  • Unfortunate Circumstances

    Dr. Cohen

    actor

    actors
    2017
  • Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks

    Lily Harrison

    actor

    actors
    2014
  • Watching Gena Rowlands

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2014
  • Parts Per Billion

    Esther

    actor

    actors
    2014
  • Yellow

    Mimi

    actor

    actors
    2012
  • Olive

    Tess M Powell

    actor

    actors
    2011
  • Faces

    Jeannie Rapp (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2011
  • Cannes: All Access

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2007
  • Broken English

    Vivien Wilder-Mann

    actor

    actors
    2007
  • What If God Were the Sun?

    Melissa Eisenbloom

    actor

    actors
    2007
  • Paris Je T'aime

    Gena (Quartier Latin)

    actor

    actors
    2006
  • Edge of Outside

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2006
  • Stardust: The Bette Davis Story

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2006
  • The Skeleton Key

    Violet Devereaux

    actor

    actors
    2005
  • Numb3rs

    - Provenance (2006) ... Erika Hellman actor actors
    2005
  • The Notebook

    Older Allie

    actor

    actors
    2004
  • The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie

    Mrs. Evelyn Ritchie

    actor

    actors
    2004
  • Taking Lives

    Mrs. Rebecca Asher

    actor

    actors
    2004
  • Making 'Faces'

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2004
  • Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2003
  • Charms for the Easy Life

    Charlie Kate

    actor

    actors
    2002
  • Heart of the Festival

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2002
  • Hysterical Blindness

    Virginia Miller

    actor

    actors
    2002
  • Monk

    - Mr. Monk and the Lady Next Door (2009) ... Marge Johnson actor actors
    2002
  • Wild Iris

    Minnie Brinn

    actor

    actors
    2001
  • A Constant Forge

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2000
  • Light Keeps Me Company

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2000
  • The Color of Love: Jacey's Story

    Georgia Porter

    actor

    actors
    2000
  • The Weekend

    Laura Ponti

    actor

    actors
    1999
  • Playing by Heart

    Hannah

    actor

    actors
    1998
  • Grace & Glorie

    Grace Stiles

    actor

    actors
    1998
  • The Mighty

    Gram

    actor

    actors
    1998
  • Hope Floats

    Ramona Calvert

    actor

    actors
    1998
  • 1001 Nights

    Narrator (voice)

    actor

    actors
    1998
  • Paulie

    Ivy

    actor

    actors
    1998
  • Best Friends for Life

    Mrs. Harriet Cahill

    actor

    actors
    1998
  • She's So Lovely

    Miss Green

    actor

    actors
    1997
  • The View

    - Gena Rowlands, Brooke Shields, guest co-host Goldie Hawn (2007) ... Self actor actors
    1997
  • Unhook the Stars

    Mildred

    actor

    actors
    1996
  • John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1996
  • The Neon Bible

    Mae Morgan

    actor

    actors
    1995
  • Something to Talk About

    Georgia King

    actor

    actors
    1995
  • Parallel Lives

    Francie Pomerantz

    actor

    actors
    1994
  • Anything for John

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1993
  • Silent Cries

    Peggy Sutherland

    actor

    actors
    1993
  • Crazy in Love

    Honora Swift

    actor

    actors
    1992
  • Night on Earth

    Victoria Snelling

    actor

    actors
    1991
  • Ted & Venus

    Mrs. Turner

    actor

    actors
    1991
  • Once Around

    Marilyn Bella

    actor

    actors
    1991
  • Hollywood Mavericks

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    1990
  • Montana

    Bess Guthrie

    actor

    actors
    1990
  • Another Woman

    Marion

    actor

    actors
    1988
  • The Betty Ford Story

    Betty Ford

    actor

    actors
    1987
  • Light of Day

    Janette Rasnick

    actor

    actors
    1987
  • An Early Frost

    Katherine Pierson

    actor

    actors
    1985
  • Nederland C

    Self - Interviewed actress

    actor

    actors
    1985
  • I'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes — The Man and His Work

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1984
  • Love Streams

    Sarah Lawson

    actor

    actors
    1984
  • Rapunzel

    The Witch

    actor

    actors
    1983
  • Thursday's Child

    Victoria Alden

    actor

    actors
    1983
  • Tempest

    Antonia

    actor

    actors
    1982
  • Faerie Tale Theatre

    - Rapunzel (1983) ... Witch actor actors
    1982
  • Gloria

    Gloria Swenson

    actor

    actors
    1980
  • Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter

    Abigail Mason

    actor

    actors
    1979
  • The Brink's Job

    Mary Pino

    actor

    actors
    1978
  • A Question of Love

    Linda Ray Guettner

    actor

    actors
    1978
  • Opening Night

    Myrtle Gordon

    actor

    actors
    1977
  • Two-Minute Warning

    Janet

    actor

    actors
    1976
  • Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

    - Episode 9 (1976) ... Self actor actors
    1975
  • A Woman Under the Influence

    Mabel Longhetti

    actor

    actors
    1974
  • Minnie and Moskowitz

    Minnie Moore

    actor

    actors
    1971
  • Columbo

    - Playback (1975) ... Elizabeth Van Wick actor actors
    1971
  • Husbands

    Party Guest

    actor

    actors
    1970
  • Machine Gun McCain

    Rosemary Scott

    actor

    actors
    1969
  • Marcus Welby, M.D.

    - The 266 Days (1974) ... Lorraine Denby actor actors
    1969
  • Faces

    Jeannie Rapp

    actor

    actors
    1968
  • Nick Quarry

    actor

    actors
    1968
  • Tony Rome

    Rita Kosterman

    actor

    actors
    1967
  • A Child Is Waiting

    Sophie Widdicombe Benham

    actor

    actors
    1963
  • Burke's Law

    - Who Killed Annie Foran? (1964) ... Mitzi Carlisle actor actors

    - Who Killed What's His Name? (1964) ... Paullette Shane actor actors
    1963
  • The Spiral Road

    Els

    actor

    actors
    1962
  • Lonely are the Brave

    Jerry Bondi

    actor

    actors
    1962
  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    - Episode 50 (1975) ... Self actor actors

    - Episode 256 (1971) ... Self actor actors

    - Episode 239 (1968) ... Self actor actors
    1962
  • The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

    - Murder Case (1964) ... Diana Justin actor actors

    - The Lonely Hours (1963) ... Louise Henderson actor actors

    - Ride the Nightmare (1962) ... Helen Martin actor actors
    1962
  • The Virginian

    - No Tears for Savannah (1963) ... Savannah actor actors
    1962
  • The Mike Douglas Show

    - Episode 76 (1974) ... Self actor actors
    1961
  • Dr. Kildare

    - To Walk in Grace (1964) ... Helen Scott actor actors
    1961
  • Shadows

    Woman in Nightclub Audience (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1960
  • Bonanza

    - She Walks in Beauty (1963) ... Ragan Miller actor actors
    1959
  • Laramie

    - The Run To Tumavaca (1959) ... Laurel DeWalt actor actors
    1959
  • The High Cost of Loving

    Ginny Fry

    actor

    actors
    1958
  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    - The Doubtful Doctor (1960) ... Lucille Jones actor actors
    1955
  • Robert Montgomery Presents

    - The Great Gatsby (1955) ... Myrtle Wilson actor actors
    1950
  • Studio One

    - A Chance at Love (1955) ... Betty actor actors
    1948
  • Golden Globe Awards

    - The 46th Golden Globe Awards (1989) ... Self - Presenter actor actors

    - The 43rd Golden Globe Awards (1986) ... Self actor actors

    - The 38th Golden Globe Awards (1981) ... Self actor actors

    - The 35th Golden Globe Awards (1978) ... Self actor actors

    - The 34th Golden Globe Awards (1977) ... Self - Presenter actor actors
    1944

• writing (1 credits)

  • Paris Je T'aime

    writer

    writing
    2006

• crew (1 credits)

  • All About My Mother

    in memory of

    crew
    1999