Gena Rowlands
Acting • Born 1930-06-19 – Died 2024-08-14
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).
Filmography
128 credits
Night on Earth
Movie • 1991
Victoria Snelling
Light of Day
Movie • 1987
Janette Rasnick
Faces
Movie • 1968
Jeannie Rapp
Playing by Heart
Movie • 1998
Hannah
Paris Je T'aime
Movie • 2006
Gena (Quartier Latin)
Gloria
Movie • 1980
Gloria Swenson
The Notebook
Movie • 2004
Older Allie
Taking Lives
Movie • 2004
Mrs. Rebecca Asher
Another Woman
Movie • 1988
Marion
Two-Minute Warning
Movie • 1976
Janet
Minnie and Moskowitz
Movie • 1971
Minnie Moore
The Brink's Job
Movie • 1978
Mary Pino
Tony Rome
Movie • 1967
Rita Kosterman
Hope Floats
Movie • 1998
Ramona Calvert
Opening Night
Movie • 1977
Myrtle Gordon
The Mighty
Movie • 1998
Gram
Broken English
Movie • 2007
Vivien Wilder-Mann
The Skeleton Key
Movie • 2005
Violet Devereaux
Paulie
Movie • 1998
Ivy
A Woman Under the Influence
Movie • 1974
Mabel Longhetti
Lonely are the Brave
Movie • 1962
Jerry Bondi
Hysterical Blindness
Movie • 2002
Virginia Miller
Machine Gun McCain
Movie • 1969
Rosemary Scott
Once Around
Movie • 1991
Marilyn Bella
Unhook the Stars
Movie • 1996
Mildred
The Neon Bible
Movie • 1995
Mae Morgan
Tempest
Movie • 1982
Antonia
Something to Talk About
Movie • 1995
Georgia King
Wild Iris
Movie • 2001
Minnie Brinn
Love Streams
Movie • 1984
Sarah Lawson
Charms for the Easy Life
Movie • 2002
Charlie Kate
1001 Nights
Movie • 1998
Narrator (voice)
An Early Frost
Movie • 1985
Katherine Pierson
Yellow
Movie • 2012
Mimi
What If God Were the Sun?
Movie • 2007
Melissa Eisenbloom
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Movie • 2003
Self
A Child Is Waiting
Movie • 1963
Sophie Widdicombe Benham
Crazy in Love
Movie • 1992
Honora Swift
The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie
Movie • 2004
Mrs. Evelyn Ritchie
Silent Cries
Movie • 1993
Peggy Sutherland
Anything for John
Movie • 1993
Self
John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All
Movie • 1996
Self
The Spiral Road
Movie • 1962
Els
The High Cost of Loving
Movie • 1958
Ginny Fry
The Weekend
Movie • 1999
Laura Ponti
The Color of Love: Jacey's Story
Movie • 2000
Georgia Porter
The Betty Ford Story
Movie • 1987
Betty Ford
Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter
Movie • 1979
Abigail Mason
Face of a Stranger
Movie • 1991
Pat Foster
Parts Per Billion
Movie • 2014
Esther
Edge of Outside
Movie • 2006
Self
Olive
Movie • 2011
Tess M Powell
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
Movie • 2006
Self
Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks
Movie • 2014
Lily Harrison
Parallel Lives
Movie • 1994
Francie Pomerantz
Nick Quarry
Movie • 1968
A Question of Love
Movie • 1978
Linda Ray Guettner
Faces
Movie • 2011
Jeannie Rapp (archive footage)
Unfortunate Circumstances
Movie • 2017
Dr. Cohen
Nederland C
Movie • 1985
Self - Interviewed actress
Thursday's Child
Movie • 1983
Victoria Alden
I'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes — The Man and His Work
Movie • 1984
Self
Best Friends for Life
Movie • 1998
Mrs. Harriet Cahill
Grace & Glorie
Movie • 1998
Grace Stiles
Montana
Movie • 1990
Bess Guthrie
Light Keeps Me Company
Movie • 2000
Self
A Constant Forge
Movie • 2000
Self
She's So Lovely
Movie • 1997
Miss Green
Cannes: All Access
Movie • 2007
Self
Hollywood Mavericks
Movie • 1990
Self (archive footage)
Bette Davis: Larger Than Life
Movie • 2017
Self
Making 'Faces'
Movie • 2004
Self
Watching Gena Rowlands
Movie • 2014
Self (archive footage)
Gena Rowlands: A Life on Film
Movie • 2019
Self
Rapunzel
Movie • 1983
The Witch
Shadows
Movie • 1960
Woman in Nightclub Audience (uncredited)
Husbands
Movie • 1970
Party Guest
Ted & Venus
Movie • 1991
Mrs. Turner
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Movie • 2021
Self
Heart of the Festival
Movie • 2002
Self (archive footage)
Garrison's Gorillas
TV • 1967
Duchess
Columbo
TV • 1971
Elizabeth Van Wick
77 Sunset Strip
TV • 1958
Barbara Adams
Burke's Law
TV • 1963
Paullette Shane
Numb3rs
TV • 2005
Erika Hellman
Kraft Suspense Theatre
TV • 1963
Janet Cord
The View
TV • 1997
Self
Monk
TV • 2002
Marge Johnson
E! True Hollywood Story
TV • 1996
Self
Medical Center
TV • 1969
Karen Coberly
Studio One
TV • 1948
Betty
Faerie Tale Theatre
TV • 1982
Witch
General Electric Theater
TV • 1953
Dorothy Dickenson
The Islanders
TV • 1960
Pepper Mint
Johnny Staccato
TV • 1959
Nina Van Ness
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Victoria Alden
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV • 1955
Lucille Jones
87th Precinct
TV • 1961
Teddy Carella
Target: The Corruptors!
TV • 1961
Marian Praisewater
Run for Your Life
TV • 1965
Charlotte Hyde
The Virginian
TV • 1962
Savannah
Adventures in Paradise
TV • 1959
Dr. Abigail Brent
Peyton Place
TV • 1964
Adrienne Van Leyden
Laramie
TV • 1959
Laurel DeWalt
Riverboat
TV • 1959
Rose Traynor
Robert Montgomery Presents
TV • 1950
Myrtle Wilson
Dr. Kildare
TV • 1961
Helen Scott
Ghost Story
TV • 1972
Kate Lucas
Burke's Law
TV • 1963
Mitzi Carlisle
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
TV • 1963
June
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV • 1948
Self
Kraft Suspense Theatre
TV • 1963
Lois Baxter
Bonanza
TV • 1959
Ragan Miller
The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Grace
NCIS
TV • 2003
Joann Fielding
Medical Center
TV • 1969
Frances Delaney
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
TV • 1975
Self
Marcus Welby, M.D.
TV • 1969
Lorraine Denby
The Lloyd Bridges Show
TV • 1962
Leslie Kaufman
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962
Self
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Nominee
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Presenter
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
TV • 1962
Helen Martin
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
TV • 1962
Louise Henderson
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
TV • 1962
Diana Justin
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
TV • 1966
Baroness Ingrid Blangstead