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