Acting
Gena Rowlands
EN, DE, FR, SV cinema · 82 credits
Born
19 June 1930
Died
14 August 2024 (aged 94)
Birthplace
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Also known as Virginia Cathryn Rowlands
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
Filmography
Peter Falk versus Columbo
as Self (archive footage)
Unfortunate Circumstances
as Dr. Cohen
Yellow
as Mimi
Parts Per Billion
as Esther
Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks
as Lily Harrison
Watching Gena Rowlands
as Self (archive footage)
Olive
as Tess M Powell
Faces
as Jeannie Rapp (archive footage)
Broken English
as Vivien Wilder-Mann
What If God Were the Sun?
as Melissa Eisenbloom
Paris Je T'aime
as Gena (Quartier Latin), Writer
Edge of Outside
as Self
The Skeleton Key
as Violet Devereaux
The Notebook
as Older Allie
Taking Lives
as Mrs. Rebecca Asher
The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie
as Mrs. Evelyn Ritchie
Hysterical Blindness
as Virginia Miller
Charms for the Easy Life
as Charlie Kate
Heart of the Festival
as Self (archive footage)
Wild Iris
as Minnie Brinn
The Color of Love: Jacey's Story
as Georgia Porter
A Constant Forge
as Self
The Weekend
as Laura Ponti
All About My Mother
In Memory Of
Playing by Heart
as Hannah
Hope Floats
as Ramona Calvert
The Mighty
as Gram
Paulie
as Ivy
1001 Nights
as Narrator (voice)
Best Friends for Life
as Mrs. Harriet Cahill
Grace & Glorie
as Grace Stiles
She's So Lovely
as Miss Green
Unhook the Stars
as Mildred
The Neon Bible
as Mae Morgan
Something to Talk About
as Georgia King
Parallel Lives
as Francie Pomerantz
Silent Cries
as Peggy Sutherland
Crazy in Love
as Honora Swift
Night on Earth
as Victoria Snelling
Once Around
as Marilyn Bella
Face of a Stranger
as Pat Foster
Ted & Venus
as Mrs. Turner
Montana
as Bess Guthrie
Hollywood Mavericks
as Self (archive footage)
Another Woman
as Marion
Light of Day
as Janette Rasnick
The Betty Ford Story
as Betty Ford
An Early Frost
as Katherine Pierson
Nederland C
1985
Nederland C
as Self - Interviewed actress
Love Streams
as Sarah Lawson
Thursday's Child
as Victoria Alden
Rapunzel
as The Witch
Tempest
as Antonia
Gloria
as Gloria Swenson
Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter
as Abigail Mason
The Brink's Job
as Mary Pino
A Question of Love
as Linda Ray Guettner
Opening Night
as Myrtle Gordon
Two-Minute Warning
as Janet
A Woman Under the Influence
as Mabel Longhetti
Minnie and Moskowitz
as Minnie Moore
Husbands
as Party Guest
Machine Gun McCain
as Rosemary Scott
Faces
as Jeannie Rapp
Tony Rome
as Rita Kosterman
A Child Is Waiting
as Sophie Widdicombe
Lonely are the Brave
as Jerry Bondi
Shadows
as Woman in Nightclub Audience (uncredited)
The High Cost of Loving
as Ginny Fry