Gena Rowlands
Known for acting · Born 19 June 1930 · Died 14 August 2024 · aged 94 · Madison, Wisconsin, USA
124 credits
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
The Notebook
2004
The Skeleton Key
2005
Night on Earth
1991
Peyton Place
1964
A Woman Under the Influence
1974
Paulie
1998
Hope Floats
1998
Taking Lives
2004
Paris Je T'aime
2006
Another Woman
1988
Gloria
1980
Opening Night
1977
Acting (122)
2021Broadway: Beyond the Golden AgeSelfFilm
2019Peter Falk versus ColumboSelf (archive footage)Film
2019Gena Rowlands: A Life on FilmSelfFilm
2017Bette Davis: Larger Than LifeSelfFilm
2017Unfortunate CircumstancesDr. CohenFilm
2014Parts Per BillionEstherFilm
2014YellowMimiFilm
2014Six Dance Lessons in Six WeeksLily HarrisonFilm
2014Watching Gena RowlandsSelf (archive footage)Film
2011OliveTess M PowellFilm
2011FacesJeannie Rapp (archive footage)Film
2007Broken EnglishVivien Wilder-MannFilm
2007What If God Were the Sun?Melissa EisenbloomFilm
2007Cannes: All AccessSelfFilm
2006Paris Je T'aimeGena (Quartier Latin)Film
2006Stardust: The Bette Davis StorySelfFilm
2006Edge of OutsideSelfFilm
2005The Skeleton KeyViolet DevereauxFilm
2005Numb3rsErika HellmanSeries
2004The NotebookOlder AllieFilm
2004Taking LivesMrs. Rebecca AsherFilm
2004The Incredible Mrs. RitchieMrs. Evelyn RitchieFilm
2004Making 'Faces'SelfFilm
2003NCISJoann FieldingSeries
2003Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were ThereSelfFilm
2002MonkMarge JohnsonSeries
2002Hysterical BlindnessVirginia MillerFilm
2002Heart of the FestivalSelf (archive footage)Film
2002Charms for the Easy LifeCharlie KateFilm
2001Wild IrisMinnie BrinnFilm
2000A Constant ForgeSelfFilm
2000Light Keeps Me CompanySelfFilm
2000The Color of Love: Jacey's StoryGeorgia PorterFilm
1999The WeekendLaura PontiFilm
1998PaulieIvyFilm
1998Hope FloatsRamona CalvertFilm
1998The MightyGramFilm
1998Playing by HeartHannahFilm
19981001 NightsNarrator (voice)Film
1998Grace & GlorieGrace StilesFilm
1998Best Friends for LifeMrs. Harriet CahillFilm
1997She's So LovelyMiss GreenFilm
1997The ViewSelfSeries
1996E! True Hollywood StorySelfSeries
1996Unhook the StarsMildredFilm
1996John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It AllSelfFilm
1995Something to Talk AboutGeorgia KingFilm
1995The Neon BibleMae MorganFilm
1994Parallel LivesFrancie PomerantzFilm
1993Anything for JohnSelfFilm
1993Silent CriesPeggy SutherlandFilm
1992Crazy in LoveHonora SwiftFilm
1991Night on EarthVictoria SnellingFilm
1991Once AroundMarilyn BellaFilm
1991Ted & VenusMrs. TurnerFilm
1991Face of a StrangerPat FosterFilm
1990MontanaBess GuthrieFilm
1990Hollywood MavericksSelf (archive footage)Film
1988Another WomanMarionFilm
1987Light of DayJanette RasnickFilm
1987The Betty Ford StoryBetty FordFilm
1985An Early FrostKatherine PiersonFilm
1985Nederland CSelf - Interviewed actressFilm
1984Love StreamsSarah LawsonFilm
1984I'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes — The Man and His WorkSelfFilm
1983RapunzelThe WitchFilm
1983Thursday's ChildVictoria AldenFilm
1982TempestAntoniaFilm
1982Faerie Tale TheatreWitchSeries
1980GloriaGloria SwensonFilm
1979Strangers: The Story of a Mother and DaughterAbigail MasonFilm
1978The Brink's JobMary PinoFilm
1978A Question of LoveLinda Ray GuettnerFilm
1977Opening NightMyrtle GordonFilm
1976Two-Minute WarningJanetFilm
1975Les Rendez-vous du dimancheSelfSeries
1974A Woman Under the InfluenceMabel LonghettiFilm
1972Ghost StoryKate LucasSeries
1971ColumboElizabeth Van WickSeries
1971Minnie and MoskowitzMinnie MooreFilm
1971Film '72SelfSeries
1970HusbandsParty GuestFilm
1969Machine Gun McCainRosemary ScottFilm
1969Marcus Welby, M.D.Lorraine DenbySeries
1969Medical CenterKaren Coberly, Frances DelaneySeries
1968FacesJeannie RappFilm
1968Nick QuarryFilm
1967Tony RomeRita KostermanFilm
1967Garrison's GorillasDuchessSeries
1966The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.Baroness Ingrid BlangsteadSeries
1965Run for Your LifeCharlotte HydeSeries
1964Peyton PlaceAdrienne Van Leyden · 193 episodesSeries
1963A Child Is WaitingSophie WiddicombeFilm
1963Burke's LawPaullette Shane, Mitzi CarlisleSeries
1963Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler TheatreJuneSeries
1963Kraft Suspense TheatreJanet Cord, Lois BaxterSeries
1962Lonely are the BraveJerry BondiFilm
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf · 3 episodesSeries
1962The Alfred Hitchcock HourHelen Martin, Louise Henderson, Diana JustinSeries
1962The VirginianSavannahSeries
1962The Spiral RoadElsFilm
1962The Lloyd Bridges ShowLeslie KaufmanSeries
1961Dr. KildareHelen ScottSeries
1961The Mike Douglas ShowSelfSeries
196187th PrecinctTeddy Carella · 30 episodesSeries
1961Target: The Corruptors!Marian PraisewaterSeries
1960ShadowsWoman in Nightclub Audience (uncredited)Film
1960The IslandersPepper MintSeries
1959BonanzaRagan MillerSeries
1959LaramieLaurel DeWaltSeries
1959Johnny StaccatoNina Van NessSeries
1959Adventures in ParadiseDr. Abigail BrentSeries
1959RiverboatRose TraynorSeries
195877 Sunset StripBarbara AdamsSeries
1958The High Cost of LovingGinny FryFilm
1955Alfred Hitchcock PresentsLucille JonesSeries
1953General Electric TheaterDorothy DickensonSeries
1951Hallmark Hall of FameVictoria Alden, GraceSeries
1950Robert Montgomery PresentsMyrtle WilsonSeries
1948The Ed Sullivan ShowSelf · 2 episodesSeries
1948Studio OneBettySeries
1944Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Nominee, Self - Presenter · 3 episodes, Self · 3 episodesSeries
Crew (1)
1999All About My MotherIn Memory OfFilm
Writing (1)
2006Paris Je T'aimeWriterFilm