Gena Rowlands

ActorWriterCrew Jun 19 (died age 94) Madison, Wisconsin, USA 1944–2021 (77 year career)

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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).

Known For

Film

The Notebook

Older Allie

Film

All About My Mother

In Memory Of

Film

Night on Earth

Victoria Snelling

Film

The Skeleton Key

Violet Devereaux

Film

A Woman Under the Influence

Mabel Longhetti

Film

Taking Lives

Mrs. Rebecca Asher

Film

Paris Je T'aime

Gena (Quartier Latin)

Film

Paulie

Ivy

Filmography

Acting (119)

Movies (79)

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

2021

as Self

Gena Rowlands: A Life on Film

2019

as Self

7.2

Unfortunate Circumstances

2017

as Dr. Cohen

Bette Davis: Larger Than Life

as Self

Parts Per Billion

as Esther

Watching Gena Rowlands

2014

as Self (archive footage)

Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks

as Lily Harrison

Yellow

as Mimi

Faces

as Jeannie Rapp (archive footage)

Olive

2011

as Tess M Powell

6.5

What If God Were the Sun?

2007

as Melissa Eisenbloom

7.0

Broken English

2007

as Vivien Wilder-Mann

5.9

Cannes: All Access

2007

as Self

3.8

Stardust: The Bette Davis Story

2006

as Self

6.7

Paris Je T'aime

2006

as Gena (Quartier Latin)

Edge of Outside

as Self

The Skeleton Key

as Violet Devereaux

The Notebook

as Older Allie

Taking Lives

as Mrs. Rebecca Asher

6.4

The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie

2004

as Mrs. Evelyn Ritchie

7.2

Making 'Faces'

2004

as Self

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

as Self

Hysterical Blindness

as Virginia Miller

Charms for the Easy Life

as Charlie Kate

Wild Iris

as Minnie Brinn

The Color of Love: Jacey's Story

2000

as Georgia Porter

7.0

Light Keeps Me Company

as Self

A Constant Forge

as Self

The Weekend

as Laura Ponti

Paulie

as Ivy

The Mighty

as Gram

Best Friends for Life

1998

as Mrs. Harriet Cahill

Hope Floats

as Ramona Calvert

1001 Nights

as Narrator (voice)

Playing by Heart

as Hannah

Grace & Glorie

as Grace Stiles

She's So Lovely

as Miss Green

Unhook the Stars

as Mildred

John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All

1996

as Self

The Neon Bible

1995

as Mae Morgan

6.1

Something to Talk About

as Georgia King

Parallel Lives

as Francie Pomerantz

Anything for John

as Self

Silent Cries

as Peggy Sutherland

Crazy in Love

as Honora Swift

Night on Earth

as Victoria Snelling

Ted & Venus

as Mrs. Turner

Once Around

as Marilyn Bella

Face of a Stranger

as Pat Foster

Hollywood Mavericks

as Self (archive footage)

Montana

as Bess Guthrie

Another Woman

as Marion

Light of Day

as Janette Rasnick

The Betty Ford Story

as Betty Ford

An Early Frost

1985

as Katherine Pierson

5.7

Nederland C

1985

as Self - Interviewed actress

4.0

Love Streams

1984

as Sarah Lawson

7.2

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

as Self

Rapunzel

as The Witch

Thursday's Child

as Victoria Alden

Tempest

as Antonia

Gloria

as Gloria Swenson

Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter

1979

as Abigail Mason

9.2

A Question of Love

1978

as Linda Ray Guettner

The Brink's Job

as Mary Pino

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

Nick Quarry

Tony Rome

as Rita Kosterman

A Child Is Waiting

as Sophie Widdicombe Benham

Lonely are the Brave

as Jerry Bondi

The Spiral Road

as Els

Shadows

as Woman in Nightclub Audience (uncredited)

6.9

The High Cost of Loving

1958

as Ginny Fry

5.7

Television (40)

Numb3rs

as Erika Hellman

NCIS

as Joann Fielding

Monk

as Marge Johnson

The View

as Self

E! True Hollywood Story

as Self

Faerie Tale Theatre

as Witch

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

as Self

Ghost Story

as Kate Lucas

Columbo

as Elizabeth Van Wick

Marcus Welby, M.D.

as Lorraine Denby

Medical Center

as Frances Delaney

Garrison's Gorillas

as Duchess

The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.

1966

as Baroness Ingrid Blangstead

Run for Your Life

as Charlotte Hyde

Peyton Place

as Adrienne Van Leyden

6.1

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

as June

Burke's Law

as Paullette Shane

Kraft Suspense Theatre

1963

as Janet Cord

5.3

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

as Self

7.4

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

as Helen Martin

The Virginian

as Savannah

The Lloyd Bridges Show

1962

as Leslie Kaufman

5.0

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self

Dr. Kildare

as Helen Scott

Target: The Corruptors!

1961

as Marian Praisewater

87th Precinct

as Teddy Carella

The Islanders

as Pepper Mint

Bonanza

as Ragan Miller

Adventures in Paradise

as Dr. Abigail Brent

Laramie

as Laurel DeWalt

Johnny Staccato

as Nina Van Ness

Riverboat

as Rose Traynor

77 Sunset Strip

as Barbara Adams

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955

as Lucille Jones

7.8

General Electric Theater

1953

as Dorothy Dickenson

6.4

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

as Victoria Alden

8.6

Robert Montgomery Presents

as Myrtle Wilson

Studio One

as Betty

The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee

Crew (2)

Movies (2)

Paris Je T'aime

Writer

All About My Mother

In Memory Of