Gena Rowlands
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 19, 1930
- Died
- August 14, 2024
- Birthplace
- Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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).
Filmography
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age 2021
as Self
Gena Rowlands: A Life on Film 2019
as Self
Peter Falk versus Columbo 2019
as Self (archive footage)
Bette Davis: Larger Than Life 2017
as Self
Unfortunate Circumstances 2017
as Dr. Cohen
Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks 2014
as Lily Harrison
Yellow 2014
as Mimi
Watching Gena Rowlands 2014
as Self (archive footage)
Parts Per Billion 2014
as Esther
Olive 2011
as Tess M Powell
Faces 2011
as Jeannie Rapp (archive footage)
Cannes: All Access 2007
as Self
Broken English 2007
as Vivien Wilder-Mann
What If God Were the Sun? 2007
as Melissa Eisenbloom
Paris Je T'aime 2006
as Gena (Quartier Latin), Writer
Edge of Outside 2006
as Self
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story 2006
as Self
The Skeleton Key 2005
as Violet Devereaux
The Notebook 2004
as Older Allie
The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie 2004
as Mrs. Evelyn Ritchie
Taking Lives 2004
as Mrs. Rebecca Asher
Making 'Faces' 2004
as Self
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There 2003
as Self
Charms for the Easy Life 2002
as Charlie Kate
Heart of the Festival 2002
as Self (archive footage)
Hysterical Blindness 2002
as Virginia Miller
Wild Iris 2001
as Minnie Brinn
A Constant Forge 2000
as Self
Light Keeps Me Company 2000
as Self
The Color of Love: Jacey's Story 2000
as Georgia Porter
The Weekend 1999
as Laura Ponti
All About My Mother 1999
In Memory Of
Playing by Heart 1998
as Hannah
Grace & Glorie 1998
as Grace Stiles
The Mighty 1998
as Gram
Hope Floats 1998
as Ramona Calvert
1001 Nights 1998
as Narrator (voice)
Paulie 1998
as Ivy
Best Friends for Life 1998
as Mrs. Harriet Cahill
She's So Lovely 1997
as Miss Green
Unhook the Stars 1996
as Mildred
- John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All
John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All 1996
as Self
The Neon Bible 1995
as Mae Morgan
Something to Talk About 1995
as Georgia King
Parallel Lives 1994
as Francie Pomerantz
Anything for John 1993
as Self
Silent Cries 1993
as Peggy Sutherland
Crazy in Love 1992
as Honora Swift
Face of a Stranger 1991
as Pat Foster
Night on Earth 1991
as Victoria Snelling
Ted & Venus 1991
as Mrs. Turner
Once Around 1991
as Marilyn Bella
Hollywood Mavericks 1990
as Self (archive footage)
Montana 1990
as Bess Guthrie
Another Woman 1988
as Marion
The Betty Ford Story 1987
as Betty Ford
Light of Day 1987
as Janette Rasnick
An Early Frost 1985
as Katherine Pierson
- Nederland C
Nederland C 1985
as Self - Interviewed actress
I'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes — The Man and His Work 1984
as Self
Love Streams 1984
as Sarah Lawson
Rapunzel 1983
as The Witch
Thursday's Child 1983
as Victoria Alden
Tempest 1982
as Antonia
Gloria 1980
as Gloria Swenson
Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter 1979
as Abigail Mason
The Brink's Job 1978
as Mary Pino
A Question of Love 1978
as Linda Ray Guettner
Opening Night 1977
as Myrtle Gordon
Two-Minute Warning 1976
as Janet
A Woman Under the Influence 1974
as Mabel Longhetti
Minnie and Moskowitz 1971
as Minnie Moore
Husbands 1970
as Party Guest
Machine Gun McCain 1969
as Rosemary Scott
Faces 1968
as Jeannie Rapp
Nick Quarry 1968
Actor
Tony Rome 1967
as Rita Kosterman
A Child Is Waiting 1963
as Sophie Widdicombe
The Spiral Road 1962
as Els
Lonely are the Brave 1962
as Jerry Bondi
Shadows 1960
as Woman in Nightclub Audience (uncredited)
The High Cost of Loving 1958
as Ginny Fry
Credits from TMDB.