Gena Rowlands
64 movies · 32 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jun 19, 1930
- Died
- Aug 14, 2024 (age 94)
- Place of birth
- Madison, Wisconsin, USA
- Also known as
- Virginia Cathryn Rowlands
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).
Profiles IMDb
Known for
Gena Rowlands: movies and TV shows
Acting (95)
- 2017 Unfortunate Circumstances
as Dr. Cohen
- 2014 Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks
as Lily Harrison
- 2014 Yellow
as Mimi
- 2014 Parts Per Billion
as Esther
- 2011 Olive
as Tess M Powell
- 2011 Faces
as Jeannie Rapp (archive footage)
- 2007 Broken English
as Vivien Wilder-Mann
- 2007 What If God Were the Sun?
as Melissa Eisenbloom
- 2006 Paris Je T'aime
as Gena (Quartier Latin)
- 2005 The Skeleton Key
as Violet Devereaux
- 2005
- 2004 The Notebook
as Older Allie
- 2004 The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie
as Mrs. Evelyn Ritchie
- 2004 Taking Lives
as Mrs. Rebecca Asher
- 2003
- 2002 Charms for the Easy Life
as Charlie Kate
- 2002
- 2002 Hysterical Blindness
as Virginia Miller
- 2001 Wild Iris
as Minnie Brinn
- 2000 The Color of Love: Jacey's Story
as Georgia Porter
- 1999 The Weekend
as Laura Ponti
- 1998 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
- 1997 She's So Lovely
as Miss Green
- 1996 Unhook the Stars
as Mildred
- 1995 The Neon Bible
as Mae Morgan
- 1995 Something to Talk About
as Georgia King
- 1994 Parallel Lives
as Francie Pomerantz
- 1993 Silent Cries
as Peggy Sutherland
- 1992 Crazy in Love
as Honora Swift
- 1991 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
- 1990 Montana
as Bess Guthrie
- 1988 Another Woman
as Marion
- 1987 The Betty Ford Story
as Betty Ford
- 1987 Light of Day
as Janette Rasnick
- 1985 An Early Frost
as Katherine Pierson
- 1984 Love Streams
as Sarah Lawson
- 1983 Rapunzel
as The Witch
- 1983 Thursday's Child
as Victoria Alden
- 1982
- 1982 Tempest
as Antonia
- 1980 Gloria
as Gloria Swenson
- 1979 Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter
as Abigail Mason
- 1978 The Brink's Job
as Mary Pino
- 1978 A Question of Love
as Linda Ray Guettner
- 1977 Opening Night
as Myrtle Gordon
- 1976 Two-Minute Warning
as Janet
- 1974 A Woman Under the Influence
as Mabel Longhetti
- 1972
- 1971 Minnie and Moskowitz
as Minnie Moore
- 1971
- 1970 Husbands
as Party Guest
- 1969
- 1969
- 1969 Machine Gun McCain
as Rosemary Scott
- 1968 Faces
as Jeannie Rapp
- 1968
- 1967 Tony Rome
as Rita Kosterman
- 1967
- 1966
- 1965
- 1964
- 1963
- 1963
- 1963 A Child Is Waiting
as Sophie Widdicombe
- 1962
- 1962
- 1962
- 1962 The Spiral Road
as Els
- 1962 Lonely are the Brave
as Jerry Bondi
- 1961
- 1961
- 1961
- 1960 Shadows
as Woman in Nightclub Audience (uncredited)
- 1960
- 1959
- 1959
- 1959
- 1959
- 1959
- 1958
- 1958 The High Cost of Loving
as Ginny Fry
- 1955
- 1953
- 1951
- 1950
- 1948
Behind the camera (2)
- 2006 Paris Je T'aime
Writer
- 1999 All About My Mother
In Memory Of
Talk shows and appearances (27)
- 2021
- 2019
- 2019
- 2017
- 2014
- 2007
- 2006
- 2006
- 2004
- 2003
- 2002
- 2000
- 2000
- 1997 The View
1 episode
- 1996 E! True Hollywood Story
1 episode
- 1996
- 1993
- 1990
- 1985
- 1984
- 1975 Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1 episode
- 1971 Film '72
1 episode
- 1963 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1 episode
- 1962 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
3 episodes
- 1961 The Mike Douglas Show
1 episode
- 1948 The Ed Sullivan Show
2 episodes
- 1944 Golden Globe Awards
7 episodes