Acting

Gena Rowlands

Born 1930-06-19 · Madison, Wisconsin, USA

Died 2024-08-14

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).

Credits

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Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
as Self
2021
Gena Rowlands: A Life on Film
as Self
2019
Peter Falk versus Columbo
as Self (archive footage)
2019
Bette Davis: Larger Than Life
as Self
2017
Unfortunate Circumstances
as Dr. Cohen
2017
Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks
as Lily Harrison
2014
Yellow
as Mimi
2014
Watching Gena Rowlands
as Self (archive footage)
2014
Parts Per Billion
as Esther
2014
Olive
as Tess M Powell
2011
Faces
as Jeannie Rapp (archive footage)
2011
Cannes: All Access
as Self
2007
Broken English
as Vivien Wilder-Mann
2007
What If God Were the Sun?
as Melissa Eisenbloom
2007
Paris Je T'aime
as Gena (Quartier Latin)
2006
Paris Je T'aime
Writer
2006
Edge of Outside
as Self
2006
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
as Self
2006
The Skeleton Key
as Violet Devereaux
2005
Numb3rs
as Erika Hellman
2005
The Notebook
as Older Allie
2004
The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie
as Mrs. Evelyn Ritchie
2004
Taking Lives
as Mrs. Rebecca Asher
2004
Making 'Faces'
as Self
2004
NCIS
as Joann Fielding
2003
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
as Self
2003
Charms for the Easy Life
as Charlie Kate
2002
Monk
as Marge Johnson
2002
Heart of the Festival
as Self (archive footage)
2002
Hysterical Blindness
as Virginia Miller
2002
Wild Iris
as Minnie Brinn
2001
A Constant Forge
as Self
2000
Light Keeps Me Company
as Self
2000
The Color of Love: Jacey's Story
as Georgia Porter
2000
The Weekend
as Laura Ponti
1999
All About My Mother
In Memory Of
1999
Playing by Heart
as Hannah
1998
Grace & Glorie
as Grace Stiles
1998
The Mighty
as Gram
1998
Hope Floats
as Ramona Calvert
1998
1001 Nights
as Narrator (voice)
1998
Paulie
as Ivy
1998
Best Friends for Life
as Mrs. Harriet Cahill
1998
She's So Lovely
as Miss Green
1997
The View
as Self
1997
Unhook the Stars
as Mildred
1996
E! True Hollywood Story
as Self
1996
John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All
as Self
1996
The Neon Bible
as Mae Morgan
1995
Something to Talk About
as Georgia King
1995
Parallel Lives
as Francie Pomerantz
1994
Anything for John
as Self
1993
Silent Cries
as Peggy Sutherland
1993
Crazy in Love
as Honora Swift
1992
Face of a Stranger
as Pat Foster
1991
Night on Earth
as Victoria Snelling
1991
Ted & Venus
as Mrs. Turner
1991
Once Around
as Marilyn Bella
1991
Hollywood Mavericks
as Self (archive footage)
1990
Montana
as Bess Guthrie
1990
Another Woman
as Marion
1988
The Betty Ford Story
as Betty Ford
1987
Light of Day
as Janette Rasnick
1987
An Early Frost
as Katherine Pierson
1985
Nederland C
as Self - Interviewed actress
1985
I'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes — The Man and His Work
as Self
1984
Love Streams
as Sarah Lawson
1984
Rapunzel
as The Witch
1983
Thursday's Child
as Victoria Alden
1983
Faerie Tale Theatre
as Witch
1982
Tempest
as Antonia
1982
Gloria
as Gloria Swenson
1980
Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter
as Abigail Mason
1979
The Brink's Job
as Mary Pino
1978
A Question of Love
as Linda Ray Guettner
1978
Opening Night
as Myrtle Gordon
1977
Two-Minute Warning
as Janet
1976
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as Self
1975
A Woman Under the Influence
as Mabel Longhetti
1974
Ghost Story
as Kate Lucas
1972